Programming
Reading and Conversation
Thu, May 2, 2024,
07:00 PM –
08:30 PM
“The Hollow Pillars of the Law”: Chilean Poetry in the Time of Pinochet
A celebration of the life and work of Burton Pike
Fri, Nov 17, 2023,
06:00 PM –
07:30 PM
A Celebration of Burton Pike
Celebration
Wed, Nov 17, 2021,
05:30 PM –
06:30 PM
PEN International: 100 Years Celebrating Literature and Promoting Freedom of Expression
Discussion
Fri, Oct 22, 2021,
04:00 PM –
05:00 PM
Playing By Ear: Translating Literary Non-Fiction with Karla Cornejo Villavicencio
Conference
Fri, Oct 15, 2021 –
Sat, Oct 16, 2021,
09:30 AM – 05:30 PM
09:30 AM – 05:30 PM
Open Borders: Translation and its Perils
Conference
Translating the Future
Conference and Conversation Series
Fri, Sep 25, 2020,
10:00 AM –
12:00 PM
Translating the Future Finale: A Flight of Tokarczuk Translators
Conference and Conversation Series
Thu, Sep 24, 2020,
07:00 PM –
08:30 PM
Translating the Future Finale: "Democracy and Translation" with Natalie Diaz, Marilyn Nelson, & Ken Liu
Conference and Conversation Series
Wed, Sep 23, 2020,
08:00 PM –
09:00 PM
Translating the Future Finale at Columbia University: Translating for a World on Fire, with Maria Dahvana Headley and Emily Wilson, moderated by Susan Bernofsky
Conference and Conversation Series
Wed, Sep 23, 2020,
06:00 PM –
07:30 PM
Translating the Future Finale: Postmonolingual New York with Ava Chin, Jasmine Claude-Narcisse, Damion Searls, and Lisandro Pérez
Conference and Conversation Series
Tue, Sep 22, 2020,
01:30 PM –
02:30 PM
Translating the Future Finale: “On the Elusive Art of Translation,” with Kate Briggs and Tracy K. Smith, moderated by Magdalena Edwards
Conversation
Tue, Sep 15, 2020,
12:00 PM –
01:00 PM
Translating the Future: “Activist Translation,” with Anton Hur, Sevinç Türkkan, and Jen Hofer
Conversation
Tue, Sep 8, 2020,
01:30 PM –
02:30 PM
Translating the Future: “Translating Trauma” with Ellen Elias-Bursac, Aaron Robertson and Julia Sanches, moderated by Queenie Sukhadia
Conversation
Tue, Sep 1, 2020,
01:30 PM –
02:30 PM
Translating the Future: “Untranslating the Classics,” with Laurie Patton, Gopal Sukhu & Vivek Narayanan
Conversation
Tue, Aug 25, 2020,
01:30 PM –
02:30 PM
Translating the Future: “Language as Polis,” with Madeleine Cohen, LaTasha Diggs & Mary Ann Newman
Conversation
Tue, Aug 18, 2020,
01:30 PM –
02:30 PM
Translating the Future: “Motherless Tongues, Multiple Belongings III,” with Janet Hong, Pierre Joris & María José Giménez
Conversation
Tue, Aug 11, 2020,
10:00 AM –
11:30 AM
Translating the Future: “Building Translator Communities and Communities for Translation,” with Paige Aniyah Morris, Shuchi Saraswat, Allison Markin Powell, & M Lynx Qualey
Conversation
Tue, Jul 28, 2020,
01:30 PM –
02:30 PM
Translating the Future: “Channeling Ghost Languages of Europe” with Martin Puchner and Peter Constantine, moderated by Tess Lewis
Conversation
Tue, Jul 21, 2020,
01:30 PM –
02:30 PM
Translating the Future: “Motherless Tongues, Multiple Belongings II” with Boris Dralyuk, Eric Tsimi, and Rajiv Mohabir
Conversation
Tue, Jul 14, 2020,
10:00 AM –
11:00 AM
Translating the Future: “Subtitling Subtleties,” with Darcy Paquet, Linda Hoaglund, and Xiaolu Guo
Conference and Conversation Series
Tue, Jul 7, 2020,
01:30 PM –
02:30 PM
Translating the Future: "21st-Century Translation: What Has the Future Brought Us?" with Gabriella Page-Fort, Samantha Schnee, and Chad W. Post
Conference and Conversation Series
Tue, Jun 30, 2020,
01:30 PM –
02:30 PM
Translating the Future: "Queer Literature, Queer Legacies: Looking Toward the Future of LGBTQ Translation" with Achy Obejas and Sean Gasper Bye, moderated by Elizabeth Rose
Conference
Tue, Jun 23, 2020,
01:30 PM –
02:30 PM
Translating the Future: "Motherless Tongues, Multiple Belongings I" Mónica de la Torre and Jeffrey Angles, with Bruna Dantas Lobato
Conference
Tue, Jun 16, 2020,
01:30 PM –
02:30 PM
Translating the Future: "Translating Plays and Playing With Translation” featuring Aya Ogawa and Jeremy Tiang
Conference
Tue, Jun 9, 2020,
01:30 PM –
02:30 PM
Translating the Future: "A Manifesto For Our Time" featuring Elizabeth Lowe, Matthew Harrington, and Larissa Kyzer
Conference
Tue, Jun 2, 2020,
01:30 PM –
02:30 PM
Translating the Future: "Children’s Literature in Translation" with Lawrence Schimel and Daniel Hahn
Conference
Tue, May 26, 2020,
01:30 PM –
02:30 PM
Translating the Future: "Global Ecopoetics: Poetry, Translation, Climate Change & Public Health," with Forrest Gander & Raquel Salas Rivera
Conference
Tue, May 19, 2020,
01:30 PM –
02:30 PM
Translating the Future: "Translating the Uncertain Present," Madhu Kaza in conversation with Lina Mounzer
Conference
Tue, May 12, 2020,
01:30 PM –
02:30 PM
Translating the Future: "From 1970 to 2020: Translation Transformations" with David Bellos and Karen Emmerich
Screening and Conversation
Wed, Feb 5, 2020,
06:30 PM –
08:00 PM
Yonia Fain's Map of Refugee Modernism
Performance
Mon, Mar 18, 2019,
06:30 PM –
08:00 PM
Translated Movements: The Unlikely Paths of Israeli Folk Dance
Reading and Conversation
Sat, Dec 8, 2018,
03:00 PM –
04:45 PM
QueensEnglish International 2018 at Queens Museum
Screening and Conversation
Tue, Nov 6, 2018,
06:30 PM –
08:30 PM
Édouard Glissant: One World in Relation
Gallery Tour
Thu, Sep 27, 2018,
06:30 PM –
08:00 PM
Painting as Translation?: Conversation with the Artist
Reading
Thu, Apr 26, 2018,
06:30 PM –
08:00 PM
Book Launch for Celina Su’s Landia featuring Youmna Chlala, Caroline Crumpacker, Paolo Javier, Cindi Katz, & Alissa Quart
Reading and Conversation
Mon, Apr 9, 2018,
06:30 PM –
08:00 PM
Writing and Resistance Today: Abdellah Taïa and Chiké Frankie Edozien in Conversation with Mythili Rao
Reading and Conversation
Tue, Oct 31, 2017,
06:30 PM –
08:30 PM
Puerto Rico/New York/Morocco: Poet’s Journey—Victor Hernández Cruz in Conversation with Dorothy Wang & Ammiel Alcalay
Workshop
Thu, Sep 14, 2017 –
Fri, Sep 15, 2017,
02:00 PM – 08:00 PM
02:00 PM – 08:00 PM
LGBTQIA Representations and Italian Media
Screening and Conversation
Wed, Apr 5, 2017,
07:00 PM –
09:00 PM
Behind the Camera, Covering the Image: Caroline Key and Shelly Silver
Discussion
Wed, Mar 1, 2017,
06:30 PM –
08:30 PM
Revisiting Eastern Europe: The Politics of Translation
Performance and Conversation
Tue, Dec 13, 2016,
07:00 PM –
09:00 PM
The World on Stage: Readings from Micro-Plays in Translation
Reading and Conversation
Tue, Nov 1, 2016,
06:30 PM –
08:30 PM
Souffles-Anfas: A Critical Anthology from the Moroccan Journal of Culture and Politics: An Introduction and Reading
Reading and Conversation
Fri, Oct 21, 2016 –
Fri, Oct 21, 2016
Gregory Rabassa (1922-2016), A Celebration
Opportunity
Tue, Aug 23, 2016 –
Thu, Sep 1, 2016,
12:00 AM – 12:00 AM
12:00 AM – 12:00 AM
Casting Call for CUNY/Target Margin Theater Collaboration
Opportunity
Fri, May 20, 2016 –
Mon, Aug 29, 2016,
12:00 PM – 12:00 AM
12:00 PM – 12:00 AM
Calling Writers, Actors, and Translators!
Performance
Thu, Jun 23, 2016 –
Sun, Jun 26, 2016,
08:00 PM – 08:00 PM
08:00 PM – 08:00 PM
Western: A play starring Antigone and her brothers
Event
Thu, May 5, 2016 –
Fri, May 6, 2016,
09:00 AM – 08:30 PM
09:00 AM – 08:30 PM
Translation Theory Today: An Interdisciplinary Conference on Critical Theory
Seminar
Wed, Apr 13, 2016,
04:00 PM –
06:00 PM
Translation Seminar with Esther Allen: The Perils of Polyglossia
Event
Mon, Mar 21, 2016,
06:30 PM –
08:30 PM
Translating Morocco: Fouad Laroui, Emma Ramadan and Adam Shatz
Event
Thu, Nov 12, 2015,
06:30 AM –
10:00 PM
Translation Lab: Authors and Translators Discuss Their Collaborations
Public Seminars
Translation
We investigate how translation can be a process of transformation.
