Queer feminist translation, affect and decoloniality
26 February 2025
University of Birmingham (UK)
Alan Walters building LT2 G11
Welcome by the organisers and opening speech (10-11.30 UK time)
Sara Ahmed (independent scholar): “Killjoys in Translation”
Chair: Michela Baldo (University of Birmingham)
Coffee Break (11.30-12.00)
Panel 1: “Translating Affect in Queer Transfeminist Scenarios” (12.00-13.00)
Michela Baldo (University of Birmingham) and Laura Scarmoncin (independent scholar): “Feminist killjoy translation and affects”
Elpida Karaba and Valia Papastamou (University of Thessaly): “Killjoyfully translating. A feminist index of his publishing house”
Chair: Hilary Brown (University of Birmingham)
Respondent: Elena Basile (York University)
Lunch break (13.00-14.00)
Lunch will be offered and served in the foyer outside G11
Panel 2: “The (De)coloniality of Knowledge in Feminist Translation” (14.00-15.00)
Elena Basile (York University): “Of Reparation and Repair: Colonial Contact Zones and the Wagers of Implicated Translation”
Luciana Carvalho Fonseca (University of São Paulo): “Decolonizing Birth: A Feminist Approach to Translation and Publishing in Brazil”
Chair: Emanuelle Rodrigues Dos Santos (University of Birmingham)
Respondent: Alberica Bazzoni (University for foreigners of Siena)
Coffee Break (15.00-15.15)
Roundtable on affect and decoloniality (15.15 -16.45)
Michela Baldo (University of Birmingham), Laura Scarmoncin (independent scholar),Elpida Karaba and Valia Papastamou (University of Thessaly), Elena Basile (York University), Alberica Bazzoni (University for foreigners of Siena), Luciana Carvalho Fonseca (University of São Paulo), Angelica Pesarini (University of Toronto) and Sandrine Montin (Université Côte d’Azur)
Roundtable moderator: Samuele Grassi (Monash University, Prato-University of Florence)
Performance event/ book launch (location:The Mosely Hive) (19.00 -21.00)
“rumi roaming in birmingham: evening crossings in language, place, and belonging”
“Co-hosted by Friction Arts https://www.frictionarts.com , Shout https://shoutfestival.co.uk/ , and University of Birmingham, in collaboration with SubversivePress https://subversivepress.org:
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