Centre for Comparative Literature and Translation

Call for Papers MonTI 19 (2027)

Gender Translation Studies: Interdisciplinary Encounters

 

Topics of interest

Intersectional activism in translation and interpreting:

• Translation and interpreting as tools against racism, cis-hetero-sexism, classism, ableism and ageism.
• Translation and interpreting as tools for the visibility and representation of non-hegemonic or non-normative groups.
• Progress and resistance in the practice of translation and interpreting from a gender perspective.
• Queer translation and interpreting.

Sexual division of labour in the field of translation and interpreting:

• Biographical approaches.
• Sustainability, materiality of workspace and critical professional perspectives.
• Critical perspectives on the concepts of feminisation and masculinisation of the field.

Theoretical and methodological reflection:

• Translatological reflections on inclusive language and new modes of discourse.
• Genealogies of concepts related to gender and translation.
• Mixed methodologies for research in translation and interpreting.
• Construction of gender theories through translation.
• Analysis of representations of gender and sexuality, and their translation.
• Conceptual and methodological reflections on ethics and gender in translation and interpreting.

 

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First published: 4 July 2025