The Center for Translation Studies at Barnard College is pleased to announce our calendar of events for Fall 2011. Please visit http://www.barnard.edu/translation/calendar for more information and for future additions to the fall program.
"Translating Irène Némirovsky: A Roundtable Discussion with Liesl Schillinger, Sandra Smith and Susan Suleiman"
Tuesday, September 27, 2011, 7PM, Event Oval, The Diana Center
The invited speakers will talk about the life and writings of Némirovsky, the challenges of translating her works, and questions of Jewish identity in France in the interwar years. A reception will follow.
"Translating the Indian Past: The Poets’ Experience: A Reading and Discussion with Arvind Krishna Mehrotra"
Tuesday, November 1, 2011, 7PM, Event Oval, The Diana Center
Professor Mehrotra, translator of the *Songs of Kabir*, will read from and talk about the translations of four Indian poets, A.K. Ramanujan, Arun Kolatkar, Dilip Chitre and himself. A reception will follow.
These events are sponsored by the Barnard Center for Translation Studies thanks to a grant from the Mellon Foundation. Free and open to the public. No registration or reservations are necessary.