The ICTIC 5 conference will take place from 2-4 June in Kristiansand, Norway.

The theme for the fifth iteration of the ICTIC conference is Translation and Cognition on the ground. What is now recognized as legitimate empirical phenomena within the field of Translation and Interpreting Studies is a much broader and more inclusive category than was the case just a couple of decades ago. The remit of the field is expanding to encompass multiple new forms of mediated communication in a range of new scenarios.

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Addis Ababa University will host the 15th Theoretical Issues in Sign Language Research (TISLR 15). It will take place from January 14 – 17, 2025. TISLR 15 brings sign language specialists across the world to the political capital of the continent, Addis Ababa. It will primarily be held in person, virtually and hybrid.

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The 10th edition of the SIGN conference series will be held at the University of the West Indies, St Augustine Campus, Trinidad & Tobago, 9 -12 December 2024.

There are pre-conference sessions on the morning of Monday 9 December when people can brush up on their International Sign and learn some local signs.

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A call for papers for the conference “ELF Communication Today: Acceptability and Accessibility in Focus” that will be held on 4 and 5 December 2024 at the University of Salerno, Italy.

See the conference website for more info: https://jaiello00.wixsite.com/elf2024unisa

The Department of Legal, Language, Translation and Interpreting Studies (IUSLIT) of the University of Trieste is hosting the International Conference Legal Translation & Interpreting on the move. The conference will take place 2-4 October 2024 at the SSLMIT (Via Filzi 14, 34137 Trieste, Italy).

Call for papers deadline: 30 November 2023, see http://tigim2024.units.it/CfP.html

More info: http://tigim2024.units.it/index.html

The conference will take place on 11-14 September 2024 at the University of Graz, Austria

See more info on the conference website: https://translationhistory.uni-graz.at/en/

The 12th conference of ALTER, European Society for Disability Research, will be held at the Catholic University of Leuven (Belgium) on 4 and 5 July 2024 on the theme: ‘Disability Research for the Real World.’

You can find the call for papers here. You have until 14 January 2024 to submit your abstracts to the conference website, which will be open in mid-December: https://alterconf2024.sciencesconf.org/

The Francqui-Sign Language Studies Summer School aims to create a dynamic learning environment for PhD students, post-docs, and early career researchers from various fields of Sign Language Studies with a focus on interpreting and translation. It is also open to MA graduates contemplating undertaking a PhD or wanting to know more about what a PhD entails.

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The VII International Congress on Science and Translation: “Interdisciplinary bridges and dissemination of scientific knowledge will take place online and onsite at the Università del Salento, Lecce.

More information and call for papers > he VII International Congress on Science and Translation: “Interdisciplinary bridges and dissemination of scientific knowledge will take place online and onsite at the Università del Salento, Lecce.

More information and call for papers > https://congresointernacionalcienciaytraduccion.es/

Extended deadline for abstracts: 15 January 2024

More info> https://katu-symposiumi.com/first-circular-and-call-for-papers-2024/

The theme of the 2024 KäTu Symposium is Connection. The theme is meant to highlight the importance of translation, interpreting, and other translatorial activities in enabling connection between languages and cultures.

The International Postgraduate Conference in Translation and Interpreting (IPCITI) takes place at Heriot-Watt University in Edinburgh on 23 and 24 November 2023. The theme for IPCITI 2023 is Lines of Enquiry, and the conference will have a focus on methodological innovation in translation and interpreting studies.

The Association of Greek Sign Language Interpreters (AGSLI - SDENG) is hosting the 2023 AGM and Conference of the European Forum of Sign Language Interpreters (efsli) in Thessaloniki, Greece. The event will take place from the 15th to 17th September 2023 under the title: Rights. Right?

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The Congress of the World Federation of the Deaf will take place from 11 - 15 July in Jeju, South Korea.

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Call for papers: panel on Gesture in spoken and signed-to-spoken language interpreting within the IPrA (2023) conference.

The conference will take place in Brussels, 9 to 14 July.

The 8th International Conference on Public Services Interpreting and Translation (PSIT8) will take place 23 - 25 March 2023 at the University of Alcalá, Madrid.

Deadline for abstracts: 5 November 2022

More info: https://fitisposgrupo.web.uah.es/en/conference-psit-8/

From 7 - 9 December 2022 the 3rd International Conference on interpreting will take place organized by Hong Kong Baptist University. The conference will be held onsite and online. The theme of the conference is ‘Interpreting and Technology: Interplay and Transformation’. The submission deadline for the call for papers is 30 April 2022.

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The 2022 edition "Plurilingualism: between diversity and universality" which will be held in Cadiz, Spain, wishes to highlight the deep issues of plurilingualism and the areas of fracture, both conceptual, cultural, mental, and social and territorial.

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The 14th conference of Theoretical Issues in Sign Language Research will take place in Osaka, Japan. The dates are planned from 26 September to 1 October 2022 at the National Museum of Ethnology.

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The efsli 2022 conference “#Awkward” is hosted by ASLI, the Association of Sign Language Interpreters in the UK. It will take place on 3 & 4 September 2022 in Manchester, UK.

The deadline to submit an abstract to present is 15 April: more info >

Special Thematic Session (STS) at the scientific conference ICCHP-AAACE 2022 (July) in Lecco, Italy: ‘Language Accessibility for the Deaf and Hard-Of-Hearing’. The session invites contribution on all aspects of the accessibility, usability, and intelligence of ICT-based systems and applications that make spoken language and translation more accessible.

More about the STS and call for papers: https://www.icchp-aaate.org/session/21770

The 2022 Events organized by UFSC with the support of several Brazilian and French universities: 3th National Congress on Linguistics and Sign Languages; 7th National Congress of Research on Libras and Portuguese Translation and Interpreting and 4th French-Brazilian Deaf Studies workshop: Sign Language, Arts along with Translation and Interpreting.

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The Department of Translation Studies at the University of Graz is organizing a PhD conference on the topic of reflexivity.

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Deafblind International (DbI) in collaboration with the Ministry of Education of Kenya and other partners is organizing the 1st DbI Africa Conference which will be held at the Kenya Institute of Special Education (KISE) in Nairobi, Kenya from Thursday12th to Saturday 14th May 2022.

The conference theme is: “Deafblind Reality in Africa: Meeting the Sustainable Development Goals – Opportunities and Challenges”.

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Moscow State Linguistic University, with the support of the Moscow branch of the all-Russian society of the deaf (VOG) and Roo associations of sign language interpreters (RASLI) , are organizing an international scientific conference: 16 & 17 December 2021.

The aim of the conference is to discuss the role of sign languages in the professional training of interpreters and in intercultural communication in general, the “new normal” for sign language interpreters as well as modern interdisciplinary studies of sign languages in Russia and abroad.

Submissions: The deadline for submissions to the Organizing committee at signconf_mslu2021@linguanet.ru is 15 November 2021.

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The APTIS (the Association of Programmes in Translation and Interpreting Studies, UK and Ireland) 3rd Annual Conference is hosted by the Dublin City University on 19-20 November 2021. The title of the conference is 'Evolving Profiles: The Future of Translation and Interpreting Training'. APTIS invites proposals for 20-minute papers, 90-minute hands-on workshops and 2-hour panels for its 3rd Annual Conference. The deadline for sending proposals is 22 April 2021.

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The conference strives to bring together scholars from various fields of translation and interpreting studies to share their perspectives on the human factor in their studies. Keynote speakers are Susan Bassnett, Lawrence Venuti, Jan Pedersen, and Nadja Grbić.

See the call for abstracts, deadline for submission is September 30, 2020.

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Topic: Ethics and professional codes of practice for translators and interpreters: new contexts in the profession and training. The conference organizers would like to consider lessons learned from the pandemic as well as the reflections generated by its economic and social consequences. Topics are in three blocks: the profession, education & training, and research.

See for further information, proposals and registrations the conference website >