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OrganizationSchool of International Studies, Sun Yat-sen University | SYSU, ChinaFaculty of Letters, University of Lisbon | FLUL, PortugalVenue: Sun Yat-sen University, Zhuhai Campus, ChinaDate: 26-27 September 2013ArgumentThis conference aims to provide a biannual forum for East &#38; West dialogue on Translation Studies.&#160; This inaugural edition will be dedicated to &#8220;Translation History Matters&#8221; and welcomes contributions addressing issues related (though not circumscribed) to translation history, historiography and metahistoriography.&#160; Centred on translation understood as an intentional phenomenon of human and mostly intercultural communication, this conference aims to focus on the role played by translation in Eastern and Western cultural practices and encounters through history as well as on the role of history to understand both translation and translation studies.&#160; By bringing together Eastern and Western views on a multitude of translation history matters, this conference aims to stress why, how and for which purposes translation history matters.Conference Topics:This conference will be organized in five plenary lectures and multiple parallel sessions on different topics such as the following:Translation and History: On-going Projects to Map TranslationTranslation in History: Main Periods and TrendsTranslators in HistoryTranslation Studies in HistoryTranslation Theory in HistoryMethod in Translation HistoryHistoriography: Main Issues in Translation HistoryTranslating Otherness: Eastern configurations of Western IdentitiesTranslating Otherness: Western configurations of Eastern IdentitiesEast and West Encounters in Translation: Main Issues and ProtagonistsSubmission guidelinesSubmissions for 20-minute papers should be sent to east.west.conference2013@gmail.com and they should include:Title of PaperNameInstitutional AffiliationAbstract (500 words in English)Bio-Note (max. 100 words, mentioning main research interests, projects and selected publications)Audiovisual RequirementsLanguage of Presentation5 KeywordsDeadline for proposals: 30 June 2013Communication of Acceptance: 26 July 2013Conference Languages: The language of this scientific meeting is English. Papers in Chinese and Portuguese will also be accepted. Paper proposals must be submitted in English.&#160; There will be no interpreting during the conference.PublicationThe scientific committee chairs plan to edit a volume with a selection of papers to be submitted for publication in a peer-reviewed collection by an international publisher.FeeRegular fee: 250 USDStudent fee: 125 USDThe registration fees will include admission to the plenary and paper presentations, conference documentation, coffee breaks, lunches and dinners during the two days of the conference.Payment details: Registration fees are payable on site (one day before the conference).Plenary SpeakersMartha Cheung | Hong Kong Baptist UniversityAlexandra Assis Rosa | Faculty of Letters, University of LisbonHuang Guowen | Sun Yat-sen UniversityAnthony Pym | University Rovira I Virgilii, TarragonaTeresa Seruya | Faculty of Letters, University of LisbonLocal Organizing CommitteeHuang Guowen (Chair)Scientific CommitteeMartha CheungHuang Guowen (Chair)Anthony PymAlexandra Assis Rosa (Chair)Teresa Seruya