Oxford Comparative Criticism and Translation (OCCT)

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The discipline of Comparative Literature is changing. Its Eurocentric heritage has been challenged by various formulations of ‘world literature’, while new media and new forms of artistic production are bringing urgency to comparative thinking across literature, film, the visual arts and music. The resulting questions of method are both intellectually compelling and central to the future of the humanities. To confront them, our research programme brings together experts from the disciplines of English, Medieval and Modern Languages, Oriental Studies, and Classics, and draws in collaborators from Music, Visual Art, Film, Philosophy and History.

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Episode	Description	People	Date
Translation as Afterlife	In this seminar, Marcela Sulak (Bar Ilan University) and Adriana X. Jacobs (Oriental Studies) will explore the possibility of translation as “afterlife” through a discussion of the Hebrew poets Orit Gidali and Hezy Leskly.	Marcela Sulak, Adriana X Jacobs	24 February, 2017
“Forgotten Europe”: Translating Marginalised Languages	Looking specifically at Modern Greek, Polish, Dutch, and Swedish, this event interrogates what it means to translate and publish marginalised and minor European languages into English.	Peter Mackridge, Antonia Lloyd-Jones, Paul Vincent, Sarah Death, Kasia Szymanska	10 February, 2017
Between Languages: Working in and out on Translation	With Adriana X. Jacobs (Professor of Modern Hebrew Literature), Kasia Szymanska (Junior Research Fellow in Slavonic Studies, University College), chaired by Kate Costello (DPhil candidate in Twentieth-Century Chinese Literature).	Adriana X Jacobs, Kasia Szymanska, Kate Costello	30 November, 2016
Literature Beyond Literary Studies: Intermediality and Interdisciplinarity	With Professor Ben Morgan (Professor of German) and Peter Hill (Junior Research Fellow in Arabic Literature, Christ Church College), chaired by Karoline Watroba (DPhil candidate in German and Comparative Criticism).	Karoline Watroba, Ben Morgan, Peter Hill	1 November, 2016
Comparative Criticism: What Is It and Why Do We Do It?	Matthew Reynolds and Mohamed-Salah Omri discuss comparative literary criticism. Chaired by Valeria Taddei.	Matthew Reynolds, Mohamed-Salah Omri, Valeria Taddei	19 October, 2016
Intercultural Literary Practices	Laura Lonsdale (Queen's College, Oxford): 'Barbarisms: Multilingualism and Modernity in Narratives of the Spanish- speaking World’. Respondent: Jane Hiddleston (French/Oxford)	Laura Lonsdale, Jane Hiddeston	9 November, 2015
Fiction and Other Minds	Peter Garratt (Durham): ‘Mind Bloat and The Lifted Veil’ Helen Small (English/Oxford): 'On the Verification of Mental Experience'. Chaired by Ben Morgan.	Peter Garratt, Ben Morgan, Helen Small	9 November, 2015
Extremist Translation and the Deformation Zone	Joyelle McSweeney (University of Notre Dame), Johannes Göransson (University of Notre Dame), Dr Adriana X. Jacobs (Oriental Institute), give a talk for the OCCT Translation and Criticism strand.	Joyelle McSweeney, Johannes Göransson, Adriana X Jacobs	24 July, 2015
Lunchtime talk with Italian journalist Antonio Armano	Cultural journalist and a writer.Antonio Armano in conversation with Valentina Gosetti.	Antonio Armano, Valentina Gosetti	23 June, 2015
Translation and Ekphrasis: Dante and the visual arts	Ekphrasis finds words for paintings and other visual phenomena; translation finds words for other words. But how secure in this distinction, given that language has visual form, and that the visual arts can employ language-like elements?	Robin Kirkpatrick, Jas Elsner, Matthew Reynolds, Andrew Klevan	24 February, 2015
Intercultural Tales	Hanan al-Shaykh gives a talk on 'Intercultural Literary Practices', with responses by Professor Marina Warner and Claire Gallien, chaired by Prof. Mohamed-Salah Omri (Oriental Studies). Part of the Intercultural Literary Practices OCCT Strand.	Hanan al-Shaykh, Marina Warner, Claire Gallien, Mohamed-Salah Omri	17 February, 2015
To the Lighthouse	Laura Salisbury, Sowon Park (English), give a talk about Virginia Woolf's To The Lighthouse. The chair is Ben Morgan (MML). Part of the Fiction and Other Minds OCCT Strand.	Sowon Park, Ben Morgan, Laura Sailsbury	9 February, 2015
OCCT event - The Creativity of Criticism part four	Short presentation by Dr Martyn Harry (Music) followed by discussion.	Martyn Harry	19 December, 2014
OCCT event - The Creativity of Criticism part three	Short presentation by Dr Jason Gaiger (Ruskin School) followed by discussion.	Jason Gaiger	19 December, 2014
OCCT event - The Creativity of Criticism part two	Short presentation by Dr Matthew Reynolds (English) followed by discussion.	Matthew Reynolds	19 December, 2014
Languages of Criticism - Translation and Comparison part two	Translation and Comparison. Convener: Dr. Xiaofan Amy Li	Clive Holes	17 December, 2014
Unbuttoning Catullus	A discussion with Dr Gail Trimble, Prof. Nicola Gardini, Josephine Balmer for the OCCT Translation and Criticism strand. Chaired by Professor Matthew Reynolds	Gail Trimble, Nicola Gardini, Josephine Balmer, Matthew Reynolds.	1 December, 2014
Other Worlding	A talk given by Peter Hitchcock from the OCCT strand "Intercultural Literary Practises."	Peter Hitchcock, Katrin Kohl, Mohamed-Salah Omri, Jane Hiddleston	14 November, 2014
Kirmen Uribe - Reading and in discussion with Daniela Omlor and Xon de Ros	A reading and discussion from the Translation and Criticism strand, Cultures of Mind-Reading: The Novel and Other Minds Intercultural Literary Practices.	Kirmen Uribe, Daniela Omlor, Xon de Ros	14 November, 2014
Cultures of Mind-Reading: The Novel and Other Minds - ‘Narrative and/as Heterophenomenology: Modelling Nonhuman Experiences in Storyworlds’	Prof David Herman (Durham) on ‘Narrative and/as Heterophenomenology: Modelling Nonhuman Experiences in Storyworlds’ with responses from Dr Emily Troscianko (MML) and Dr James Carney (Social and Evolutionary Science Research Group) followed by refreshments	David Herman, Emily Troscianko, James Carney	20 September, 2014
Cultures of Mind-Reading: The Novel and Other Minds - “Tell Me Who I Am”	Dr. Marco Bernini (Durham): ‘Parallel Convergence: Cognitive Science Facing Beckett’s “The Unnamable”’, and Dr. Simon Kemp (Oxford): ‘Tell Me Who I Am’: Beckett’s “The Unnamable”.	Marco Bernini, Simon Kemp	20 September, 2014
OCCT event - The Point of Comparison	The Point of Comparison	Mohamed-Salah Omri, Elleke Boehmer, Ben Morgan, Nicola Gardini, Nick Halmi.	20 September, 2014
Languages of Criticism - Translation and Comparison part one	Translation and Comparison. Convener: Dr. Xiaofan Amy Li	Clive Scott	20 September, 2014
Languages of Criticism - The Practice of Commentary	Dr Robert Chard (Oriental Studies) on Commentary and the Confucian Ritual Canon, and Prof Stephen Harrison (Classics) on Commentary and Reception in Classics.	Robert Chard, Stephen Harrison	20 September, 2014
Languages of Criticism - Creatively Critical	Dr Clare Connors (UEA) and Prof Wen-Chin Ouyang (SOAS) will explore the place of creativity in recent Western and classical Arabic literary criticism. Respondent: Dr Helen Slaney.	Clare Connors, Wen-Chin Ouyang, Helen Slaney.	20 September, 2014
OCCT event - The Creativity of Criticism part one	Short presentation by Andrew Klevan, followed by discussion.	Andrew Klevan	20 September, 2014
Philosophy of Criticism - Creativity as a Virtue of Character	Prof. Matthew Kieran (Leeds)	Matthew Kieran	20 September, 2014
Philosophy of Criticism - Malcolm Budd’s “The Intersubjective Validity of Aesthetic Judgements”	Prof Derek Matravers (The Open University) on Malcolm Budd’s “The Intersubjective Validity of Aesthetic Judgements”.	Derek Matravers	20 September, 2014
Philosophy of Criticism - Creativity, Culture and Tradition	Prof. Berys Gaut (St Andrews) on Creativity	Berys Gaut	20 September, 2014
Intercultural Literary Practices - Rethinking the Political through Intercultural Aesthetics	Salim Bachi is author of Le Chien d’Ulysse (2001), Le Silence de Mahomet (2010), Moi, Khaled Khelkal (2012), and other books. He will read from his work (with a translation provided), and discuss the seminar theme. Other speakers are: Patrick Crowley (Uni	Salim Bachi, Patrick Crowley, Mohamed-Salah Omri, Jane Hiddleston	20 September, 2014
Intercultural Literary Practices - Theorising Interculturality	Dr. Birgit Kaiser (Utrecht), Prof. Peter McDonald (English), and Prof. Elleke Boehmer (English)	Birgit Kaiser, Peter McDonald, Elleke Boehmer	20 September, 2014
Translators and Writers - Translation and Fictionality	Peter Ghosh and Jonathan Katz on Translation and Fictionality	Peter Ghosh, Jonathan Katz, Patrick McGuinness	20 September, 2014
Translators and Writers - Poetry and the Act of Translation	Prof Patrick McGuinness (MML) on pseudo translations and Dr Adriana X Jacobs (Oriental Studies) on rogue translations. Respondent: Kasia Szymanska.	Patrick McGuinness, Adriana X Jacobs, Kasia Szymanska	20 September, 2014
Round Table: The Future of Comparative Criticism	Matthew Reynolds, Laura Marcus, Mohamed-Salah Omri and Terence Cave on the futures of comparative criticism; followed by discussion.	Matthew Reynolds, Laura Marcus, Mohamed-Salah Omri, Terence Cave	22 October, 2013
Tropes of Comparison	Katrin Kohl on metaphors of comparison, Ami Li on temporality and interpretive contexts, Carole Bourne-Taylor on Michel Deguy.	Katrin Kohl, Ami Li, Carole Bourne-Taylor	22 October, 2013
Comparative Literature, Britain and Empire	Joep Leerssen on Anglo-Saxon and Celtic Philologists: Comparative Literature between National Ethnicity and Global Empire.	Joep Leerssen, Ritchie Robertson	22 October, 2013
Shaped by the Classics?	Tania Demetriou on the non-existent classical epyllion; Helen Slaney on dilettante comparatists; Henriette Korthals Altes on dance and text; John McKeane on Sophocles, Holderlin and Lacoue-Labarthe.	Tania Demetriou, Helen Slaney, Henriette Korthals Altes, John McKeane	22 October, 2013
Literature in the World	Ritchie Robertson on Weltliteratur before Goethe; Wen-Chin Ouyang's response; Sowon Park on world literature and the pan-Asian empire.	Ritchie Robertson, Sowon Park	22 October, 2013

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