The International Association for Translation and Intercultural Studies (IATIS) has held 6 conferences so far: Seoul in 2004, Cape Town in 2006, Melbourne in 2009, Belfast in 2012, Belo Horizonte in 2015, Hong Kong in 2018. The organisation of the 7th IATIS Conference, to be held in Barcelona in July 2021, is now well underway, and already we’re turning our attention to the 8th IATIS Conference, which is to be held in 2024.
IATIS would thus like to invite interested to prepare proposals to host the 2024 Conference following these guidelines.
Proposals to host the 2024 conference should be emailed to Dr. Julie Boéri, Chair of the IATIS Conference Committee, at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., to arrive no later than June 30th, 2021. Please put “IATIS 2024 Proposal” in the subject line.
The IATIS Executive hopes to announce the venue for the 2021 IATIS Conference in Barcelona in September 2021.
Details of previous conferences and the forthcoming Barcelona Conference are available here: https://www.iatis.org/index.php/7th-conference-barcelona-2021
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Full program and Book of Abstracts available here.
Guidelines for speakers, chairs, convenors, and invitation for the technical test here
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Registration is now open for participating in the 7th IATIS Conference, which will be held both on site in Barcelona and remotely.
We are aware that these are difficult times for many people given the cuts and redundancies in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic.
This is why, IATIS and the Organizing committee are raising a solidarity fund of 1500 euros to lift the registration fee of delegates whose income has been severely affected by the Covid-19 and who are subsequently struggling to cover their registration. IATIS will also fund one full bursary for speakers from band 3 and band 4 countries, including travel, accommodation, and registration fees. See eligibility and modality of application here: (deadline: 30 April 2021).
The registration fees, which were announced in October 2020, have been established with a lot of care to ensure the financial viability of the conference. With the Covid-19 pandemic, we are learning that online delivery of conferences is not cheaper as on-site budget items are replaced by costs of technical devices and support. A hybrid mode is even more complex as we still have the on-site costs. In spite of these complexities, the Organizing Committee and IATIS remain 100% committed to a hybrid mode, because it can create a dynamic that will benefit not only those who are onsite but also those who are offsite.
For example, the OC is currently working towards the provision of an online space (for the conference delegates only) for a one-month access to the recording of the panels and papers of the conference. This is because we are aware that despite delegates' eagerness to participate in the conference for 5 days, online fatigue and time zone differences may make such a thing impossible in real time. This means that there will be live interaction (spoken or written) during the conference as well as asynchronous interaction for a month after the conference. This is the first time that IATIS conference participants will have the opportunity to enjoy all the papers which are delivered simultaneously in parallel sessions. The Conference policy will soon be updated accordingly, to provide for the necessary consent and confidentiality by all participants to guarantee participants' rights and duties. The OC will update the website as soon as details are confirmed.
Only with your contribution and participation can the Barcelona conference be true to the IATIS spirit of solidarity and scientific excellence.
Last but not least, we are proud to announce over 300 presentations covering a wide spectrum of topics and approaches to Translation and Ecology, to be delivered by speakers from every corner of the planet, including our four Keynote Speakers, whom we are honoured to have with us: Emily Apter, Esperança Bielsa, Michael Cronin, and Liudmila Kushnina. There will be many papers in and beyond the 20 thematic Panels, 4 workshops, 2 roundtables, and 12 posters. We have a provisional programme that provides for all of the necessary slots, so that you can see the basic structure of each Conference day.
We are looking forward to seeing you all in (connection to) Barcelona.
Thank you and kind regards
Julie Boéri, Chair of IATIS International Conferences Committee
Patrick Zabalbeascoa, Chair of the 7th IATIS International
1) Conference dates: 14-17 September 2021
Our Conference has been forced to search for alternative dates given the important changes in the 2021 calendar for big events in Barcelona. Now, Barcelona’s biggest international conference, Mobile World Congress (MWC), has moved its dates (from February) to coincide exactly with those of our original program. Accordingly, all conference-worthy hotels have blocked their bookings for MWC only, making it impossible for us to expect IATIS Conference attendees to find accommodation for 29th June to 2nd July in Barcelona.
Because of this unfortunate and unforeseen change of scenario we have reprogrammed the Conference dates to 14th-17th September, 2021. We apologize for any inconvenience and hope you understand we did not want to impose a fully online conference, aware as we are that our community needs to reunite face-to-face.
2) Deadline extension: new deadlines
In accordance with the new dates there is an extended period for Submitting Abstracts and for Registration: 30 November 2020
Key Deadlines: Here
Submitting a proposal: Instructions here
3) Conference mode of delivery
The Organizing Committee is committed to offering an onsite Conference but given the difficulties some of you may experience in being present on campus, we are switching to a hybrid mode of delivery, allowing for remote attendance or on-site attendance.
However, on-site attendance will only be available for delegates who are scheduled to speak at the conference; remote attendance will only be available to some speaker-participants (priority given to to speakers with travel restrictions).
This is because the Organizing Committee intends to strike a balance between the need to encourage face-to-face, on-site interaction, the need to accommodate for people’s travel restrictions and the obligation to ensure social distancing and any other safety and health regulations applicable at the time of the conference.
Registration fees have been updated accordingly: HERE
ANNOUNCEMENT |
ANUNCI |
The International Association for Translation and Intercultural Studies (IATIS) is delighted to announce that its seventh conference will take place from 14th to 17th September 2021 at the Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF) in Barcelona. |
L'Associació Internacional d'Estudis Interculturals i de la Traducció (IATIS) es complau a anunciar la celebració del seu setè congrés del 14 al 17 septiembre 2021 a la Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF) de Barcelona. |
The seventh IATIS Conference will invite contributions to the theme "The Cultural Ecology of Translation" from all subareas of the discipline, but it also welcomes interdisciplinary research. |
El setè Congrés IATIS convida a la participació amb el tema "L'ecologia cultural de la traducció" des de qualsevol especialitat de la traducció i la interpretació, així com de la recerca interdisciplinària. |
Julie Boéri Chair of IATIS Conference Committee |
Patrick Zabalbeascoa Chair of Barcelona Organizing Committee |
IATIS 7th International Conference
Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Catalunya, Spain
14 – 17 September 2021
The Cultural Ecology of Translation
Find out about the TraduXio-IATIS Project and consult the Chinese translations of the Hong Kong Conference abstracts
IATIS Call for volunteer English-into-Chinese translators
IATIS (the International Association of Translation and Intercultural Studies) is currently looking for Translation Studies scholars willing to undertake volunteer English-into-Chinese (繁體中文/complex characters) translations for translating the abstracts of its 6thinternational conference (Hong Kong, July 2018) in an innovative online environment.
To facilitate the coordination and the translation of hundreds of abstracts, IATIS has launched a partnership with TraduXio (a web-based platform of collaborative and multilingual translation). If you are a translation scholar or student and have English-into-Chinese (繁體中文/complex characters) translation skills and you would like to co-develop our nascent translation platform, please submit the following form here
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