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International Translation Studies Symposium:
Issues in Literary Translation

May 15, 2015 (Friday), 1:00 – 6:00 pm
Jang Kee Won Memorial Hall, 7th Floor, Yonsei-Samsung Library
Yonsei University, South Korea

Welcoming Remarks                                         1:00 – 1:15 pm
Master of Ceremony: Suh Hong Won, Yonsei University

Yoo Hyuck-Soo, Chairman of the Board, Yoo Yeong Research Foundation
Choi Moon Gyoo, Dean of College of Liberal Arts, Yonsei University, South Korea
                                                                    

Plenary Session                                             1:20 – 2:05 pm
“Literacy as an Ethical Aim for Translation”
Anthony Pym, President, European Society for Translation Studies
Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Spain
                                                                      

Panel Session I: Translation and Boundaries                 2:10 – 4:00 pm
Moderator: Suh Ji-Moon, Korea University, South Korea

®“A Sociology of Written Communication :
‘Brush Talks’ (p’iltam) among East Asian Intellectuals in the 18th century”
Jung Min, Professor, Korean Language and Literature
Hanyang University, South Korea

®“Toward a New Definition of Translation: an Interdisciplinary Perspective”
Wang Ning, Changjiang Distinguished Professor, English and Comparative Literature
Tsinghua University, China

®“The Translation and Dissemination of Korean Literature in the Global Context”
Cho Sung-Eun, Professor, English Interpretation and Translation (EICC)
Hankuk University of Foreign Studies, South Korea
                                                                          

Panel Session II: Translation and Process                         4:10 – 6:00 pm
Moderator: Yoon Hye-Joon, Yonsei University, South Korea

®“When Are Notes Necessary in Translation?”
Congrong Dai, Professor, Comparative Literature and World Literature
Director, Center for Literary Translation and Studies
Fudan University, China

®“On Translating Hamlet into Korean Verse”
Choi Jong-Chul, Professor Emeritus, English Language and Literature
Yonsei University, South Korea

®“Contemporary American Fiction: Writing & Translating with/out the Original”
Hikaru Fujii, Professor, English
Doshisha University, Japan
                                                                        
Banquet
T-Won Restaurant, Yonsei University Alumni Association Building       6:30 – 9:00 pm
                                                                          


Hosted by: College of Liberal Arts, Yonsei Univ., Yoo Yeong Research Foundation
Sponsored by: Yonsei Literary Translation Center, BK 21 PLUS: Glocal English Studies