British and Angloamerican Cultural Studies. Translating Cultures: English, American, Chinese
Summer School
Dipartimento di Scienze della Comunicazione, Studi Umanistici e Internazionali
| A.Y. | Venue | |
|---|---|---|
| 2018/2019 | Urbino |
Learning Objectives
Themes
The study program of this edition of the Summer Course in Cultural Studies refers to translation involving English-speaking countries and China, with a specific focus on translation studies, cultural studies, and gender studies, and film studies. The specific aim of this Summer School is to study in depth the culture of English-speaking countries (language, literature, history, media) from the perspective of Cultural Studies This year’s edition includes China and is devoted to translating for the book market, for tourism, and the arts. Participants will acquire the following skills: building and managing the vocabulary and the registers specific to the discipline, recognizing languages and forms of alterity, analyzing texts and situations from an intercultural point of view.
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Prospettive occupazionali
Objectives
Translation for book market, teaching, tourism, cultural mediation, arts, eno-gastronomy. All fields that require the knowledge of British, American, and/or Chinese language and culture.
Contents and structure of the course / Syllabus
Activities of PhD Students
iMonday and Tuesday = the same for all students, then we split into two groups: A = UK-USA, B = China
Classes will take place from Monday 15 July (2.00 p.m) to Thursday 18 (7.00 pm). The final exam will take place on Friday 19 (morning).
Individual study and the use of the Moodle platform will be requested. Students are required to attend classes (at least 2/3) in order to receive their certificate with 4 CFU (crediti Formativi Universitari).
Option A
Translation studies; intermodal studies; encounter with a writer/editor/translator
Cultural studies; music and translation; translating gender
From literature to script to film
Option B
Translation studies; intermodal studies; encounter with a writer/editor/translator
Translation from Chinese: Eno-gastronomy, Arts, Tourism, Museums
Information about final examination
Course structure and research training
A short translation. Mono-lingual dictionaries (either paper or electronic format) are allowed.
Did you know that?
Professional opportunities
Our teachers: Alessandra Calanchi, Ya-fang Chang, Giorgia Gabbianelli, Sergio Guerra, Massimiliano Morini,writer Ben Pastor, translator and editor Luigi Sanvito, collective Women in Translation....
Our director: Alessandra Calanchi
Co-director: Antonio Taglialatela (Università della Tuscia)
We have a facebook page and you are all invited to participate! https://www.facebook.com/Cultural-Studies-Urbino-853563648138460/
How to apply for British and Angloamerican Cultural Studies. Translating Cultures: English, American, Chinese
- Admission
- Course with limited number of positions
- Number of positions
- 20 available
- Admission deadline
- Applications due by
- Useful information
The first twenty applications will be accepted. Payment is required.
- Application procedure
- You can apply from the 15/04/2019 to the 08/07/2019 . Using the online procedure you can register to fill in the application and pay with PagoPA (Credit Card, PayPal) to complete the payment of the admission fee.
- Online registration
- Online registration Registration guidelines
- Tuition fees
270 euros
Information on teaching and research activities
- Organizzazione
Classes will take place at the CLA (Centro Linguistico d'Ateneo) in via Budassi. All students will be allowed to use the Moodle Platform in order to make exercises and share the contents and materials of the course
- A chi rivolgersi
Please e-mail us in case you have questions!
- Contacts
- Alessandra Calanchi
- alessandra.calanchi@uniurb.it
- Sergio Guerra
- sergio.guerra@uniurb.it
Administrative contacts
- Secretary’s Office
- Ufficio Dottorati - Post laurea - Esami di Stato
- Via Veterani, 36 - Urbino
- Office hours
- Monday - Friday from 9.30 am to 13pm
- Contacts
- Tel. +39 0722 304631 / +39 0722 304632 / +39 0722 304634 / +39 0722 304635 corsi.postlaurea@uniurb.it
