The Department of Translation and Interpretation Studies at the Faculty of Philology of Vilnius University cordially invites you to the international conference Translation at the Crossroads of Ideologies and Cultures to discuss a multilevel role and complex positionality of translation and translators in changing historical, social, political, and communicational settings.How does translation as a global activity shape the values we communicate and what is the “specificity of its impacts in different locations over time” (Cronin 2017)? Does it help to break the stereotypes or does it enforce them? Is it paving the paths to understanding or does it facilitate ostracising? What is the role of translation in the formation of nations? How much does translation influence our policies and legal practises? What is its impact on our perception of the Other and the world at large? Is a translator always a willing participant of these processes? How is this role of translation and translator changing with the growing technology-driven shift in cultures and societies, if at all?
Deadline for Abstract Submission: February 16, 2026.
https://www.flf.vu.lt/en/vsk/news/call-for-papers-conference