MCLC: Translation and Modernization--cfo

[Denton, Kirk]

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From: kirk (denton.2 at osu.edu)
Subject: Translation and Modernization--cfp
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Translation and Modernization in East Asia in the 19th and Early 20th
Century

An International Conference
Organized by the Research Centre for Translation,
The Chinese University of Hong Kong
May 29-31, 2013

http://www.cuhk.edu.hk/rct/ts/modern/index.html

Call for Papers

This conference aims to study the role played by translation in the
modernization process of the East Asian countries in the 19th and early
20th century, a project at the Research Centre for Translation (RCT), The
Chinese University of Hong Kong, supported by the University¹s Focused
Investment Scheme and the RCT Research Programme Fund.

In the 19th and early 20th century, East Asia underwent a process of
modernization to cope with the serious challenges brought by the Western
powers. While different countries and places might have taken different
courses, this process of modernization was characterized by numerous
features, ranging from military, political, economic, technological and
medical reforms to changes in the legal, administration, diplomatic as
well as education, literary and media systems. There were a long-term
socio-political and cultural impact, which shaped the "modern" East Asia
in the 20th-21st century.

While modernization was in no way equivalent to westernization, many in
the 19th and early 20th century saw the West as a model for modernization.
Modernization in East Asia was thus more often than not taken as a process
of learning from or even imitating the West. In this process, translation
played a crucial role, when efforts were made to import Western ideas,
knowledge, concepts and practices. Although numerous studies have been
made of the modernization of East Asia, the lack of study of the role of
translation in this process has been a major weakness in our understanding
of the topic. 

The present conference calls for submission of panel abstracts as well as
abstracts for individual papers on the following or related topics on
translation and modernization in East Asia:

Translation and the introduction of the concept of "modern" in East Asia
The role of translation in various aspects of modernization in East Asia
Western works translated into East Asia for modernization and their impact
Translators, patrons and other key players and institutions in translation
and modernization of East Asia

The adoption and appropriation of western thinking and knowledge through
translation in the modernization in East Asia
Contributions from other places and countries to the modernization of East
Asia through translation

Important dates: 

1.Abstracts submission deadline: 30 September 2012

2.Notification of Acceptance: 1 November 2012

3.Registration deadline: 28 February 2013

4.Conference date: 29­31 May 2013

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