5-6/03/2026, Haus der Universität (BSR 2) Re-Membering Translation: How Memory Studies Can Invigorate Translation Studies International Conference

Organisation: Dr. Yvonne Liebermann & Dr. Hannah Pardey (HHU)

The aim of this international conference is to engage critically with the nexus between Memory Studies and Translation Studies and to explore how recent concepts in Memory Studies can strengthen theories and practices of translation. Opening up the field of Translation Studies and rethinking it with concepts in Memory Studies not only fosters new connections across the two fields but also bears the potential to ‘re-member’ Translation Studies so as to attune it to the globalized and digitized twenty-first century.

Bringing together scholars from Memory Studies and Translation Studies, the conference engages in questions such as: Should we shift our attention away from transfers between source and target languages and rather investigate translation’s potential to reimagine cultures? Can translation be detached from its dual (source and target) context, and how would this modify concepts of translation more generally? What are the merits of ‘translating’ notions such as ‘latent memory’, ‘cosmopolitan memory’, ‘multidirectional memory’ or ‘globital memory’ to a Translation Studies context? Can the field of Memory Studies transform the global book market, including the imbalance of languages, in ways that are comparable to its impact on museum cultures?

Please register via: ma-litueb(at)hhu.de