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Translation Major/Minor Info Session

Wednesday, October 4, 2023 5:30pm to 6:30pm
Phillips Hall
We are holding a Welcome and Info Session for Translation Majors and Minors on Wednesday October 4th at 5:30 pm. This is a great opportunity for you to meet your peers and professors while learning more about this exciting new degree. We will advise you on Spring 2024 courses and share exciting updates about study abroad, internships, scholarships, and other opportunities. Bring your questions and your translation-curious friends. Light refreshments provided!
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Gayatri Spivak: “Translation! Ever New, Ever Elusive”

Thursday, October 12, 2023 6:30pm
Old Capitol Museum
Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak is University Professor at Columbia University. Her first job was at Iowa (1965-77), where she went through the ranks, and profited greatly by the absolute support of colleagues among whom she would mention President Sandy Boyd, Vice President May Brodbeck, Chairs John Gerber and David Hayman, and many, many others. She met Ngugi Wa Thiong'o, Okot p'Bitek, and Sankha Ghosh at the International Writing Program; worked with John Cheever and Anthony Burgess at the Writer...
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