Mandelbaum, Kostelanetz and other leading writers gather at Stevens November 13 - 15 for International Literary Translation Conference

Writers, translators, critics and other literary scholars will discuss translation theory and the work of ancient and modern works during Stevens Institute of Technology’s "Translations: Priorities, Theory, Practice" Conference Nov. 13 - 15, at the university’s Hoboken, N.J., campus. The media are invited to this event.

The conference will offer sessions for: translators, critics and scholars; readings by writers and/or their translators; and translations workshops in Armenian, Chinese, French, Greek, Hebrew, Hindu, Italian, Russian, Spanish, Turkish, Urdu and other languages.

The three day series of workshops and lectures will feature a keynote session by Allen Mandelbaum on Nov. 14. Richard Kostelanetz, Chanah Bloch, David Hirsh, Preety Sengupta, Michael Heller (New York University), Robert Fagles (Princeton University), Rika Lesser (Yale University), John High (San Francisco State University), Pierre Joris (State University of New York, Albany), are among the leading writers who plan to participate in this conference. Other sessions will involve:

• Henry Weinfield (Notre Dame)discussing his translations;
• Serge Gavronsky’s (Barnard College) perspectives on Zukofsky;
• Christopher Sawyer-Laucanno’s (Mills College) discussion on his translation of Mallarmé into Spanish;
• Stephen Ratcliffe’s views on Mallarmé’s influence on his own poetry;
• and a plenary session dedicated to Armand Schwerner.

The conference will also offer general sessions on Nov. 13, on various anthologies of contemporary Greek, Turkish, Chinese and Russian poetry in English translation. On Nov. 14, there will be a general session on Katharine Washburn’s new anthology of world poetry in English translations.

For more information, or to register, please call 201-216-5398. Admissions for all three days of the conference is $35 for faculty and the general public; $10 for graduate students.

WHAT: Stevens Institute of Technology’s "Translations: Priorities, Theory, Practice" Conference

WHEN:Nov. 13 - 15

WHERE: Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken, NJ (Minutes north of the Hoboken PATH station and across the Hudson River from midtown Manhattan)

About Stevens Institute of Technology

Founded in 1870 and celebrating 140 Years of Innovation, Stevens Institute of Technology, The Innovation University TM , lives at the intersection of industry, academics and research.  The University's students, faculty and partners leverage their collective real-world experience and culture of innovation, research and entrepreneurship to confront global challenges in engineering, science, systems and technology management.

Based in Hoboken, N.J. and with a location in Washington, D.C., Stevens offers baccalaureate, master’s, certificates and doctoral degrees in engineering, the sciences and management, in addition to baccalaureate degrees in business and liberal arts.  Stevens has been recognized by both the US Department of Defense and the Department of Homeland Security as a National Center of Excellence in the areas of systems engineering and port security research. The University has a total enrollment of more than 2,200 undergraduate and 3,700 graduate students with almost 450 faculty. Stevens’ graduate programs have attracted international participation from China, India, Southeast Asia, Europe and Latin America as well as strategic partnerships with industry leaders, governments and other universities around the world.  Additional information may be obtained at www.stevens.edu and www.stevens.edu/press.