English Studies 2024: Discourse and Society
International Graduate Student Conference
This conference aims to provide a platform for graduate students to present and discuss their research in English Studies, focusing on the role of discourse in language, literature, and cultural representation. Objectives include fostering interdisciplinary conversations, bringing together students and scholars from various English Studies disciplines, and encouraging critical analyses of language impact on societal norms, values, and cultural narratives. To actively encourage student participation and engagement, the conference is offered free of charge.
Contributions are invited that align with but are not limited to the following thematic areas: linguistics (pragmatics, discourse analysis, media linguistics), literary studies (narratives and discourse in literature, postcolonial discourse, critical theory and discourse), cultural studies (discourse and culture, discourse and identity, representation in popular culture), cross-disciplinary approaches (intersections of language, literature, and culture; multimodal discourse analysis).
Speakers
Ruth Breeze
University of Navarra, Spain
Kotryna Garanašvili
University of East-Anglia, England
Rita Juknevičienė
Vilnius University, Lithuania
Mark Pass
UK Embassy Vilnius, Lithuania
Ovidiu Ivancu
Vilnius University, Lithuania
Davide Castiglione
Vilnius University, Lithuania
Emily J. Hicks
U.S. Embassy Vilnius, Lithuania
Conference Programme
Kotryna Garanašvili
University of East-Anglia, England
About the workshop presenter
↗️ A writer, translator and interpreter working with English, Lithuanian, French, German, Russian, and Georgian. She teaches at the University of East Anglia and Vilnius University and serves as a member of the British Centre of Literary Translation research group.
↗️ Her research is funded by CHASE Arts and Humanities Research Council. She is the winner of the Emerging Translator Mentorship at the National Centre for Writing and has been awarded traineeships at the EU Council and the European Parliament.
Conference workshop Applied Translation
↗️ We are always taking part in the process of translation, even though we might not always be aware of it. How can we apply it in our creative practice and daily life?
↗️ The workshop will focus on the practical side of translation and show how it can transform our understanding of literature, communication and language.
