Comparative Literature

Translation Symposium

Every year, students present literary works they have translated at a fast-paced, multilingual event that showcases the culture of intellectual creativity at the college.

Jed Deppman Translation Symposium

The 2024 Jed Deppman Translation Symposium takes place April 8-9 at 5 p.m.
This year's keynote address by Katrina Dodson, winner of the PEN Translation Prize among other awards, currently teaching translation at Columbia University.

2024 Translation Symposium poster
2024 Keynote poster

Past Translation Symposium Events and Speakers

2020
April 14, 7 p.m., Student Translation Symposium - Watch on YouTube

2018
April 2, 7 p.m., Student Translation Symposium
April 3, 4:30 p.m., Keynote: “In Praise of Borders (Not Walls): Translation and the Shibboleths of Identity,” by Mary Ann Newman, executive director of the Farragut Fund for Catalan Culture in the United States.

2017
April 5, 5 p.m., Student Translation Symposium

2016
April 6, 4:30 p.m., Student Translation Symposium
April 7, 4:30 p.m., Keynote: “The Universal Translator” by Benjamin Paloff  of the University of Michigan.