Research
Generating academic debate
BCLT encourages and generates academic debate about the theory and practice of literary translation and its teaching.
The Centre is an integral part of the School of Literature and Creative Writing which is dedicated to the study and practice of writing in all of its many forms, to the recovery of the history of writing and to exploring the interface between the critical and the creative.
The School believes firmly that literary translation is an important aspect of creative writing, and its teaching underscores this relationship in many ways.
Faculty affiliated with BCLT teach at both undergraduate and postgraduate level, including the well-established MA in Literary Translation, which has strong international recruitment, and the supervision of PhD students.
PhD students within the School are currently working on the intersection of translation with such issues of gender, poetic voice and rhythm, philosophy and postcolonialism, and BCLT is happy to support this research in various ways.
Acting Director Valerie Henitiuk researches primarily in the areas of gender, east-west cultural contact, and world literature, with special interests in French and Japanese.
BCLT is also actively involved in literary translation teaching and research both in the UK and internationally. We offer workshops and design curricula to help train translators and facilitate intellectual exchange.
BCLT Acting Director
Dr Valerie Henitiuk
Lecturer in Literature and Translation
B J Epstein
Further details about the MA in Literary Translation
Norwich Papers
Students of the MA in Literary Translation and the MA in Applied Translation Studies edit and publish the annual journal Norwich Papers.
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Sebald Lecture
Will Self gave this year's Sebald lecture at Kings Place on Monday 11 January 2010.
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Our publications include the journal In Other Words as well as initiatives about new books in German and Spanish
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