[KS] Call for Papers for Translation Theme Issue (Dec., 2021)

[Acta Koreana]

Dear KS List members,


Acta Koreana is planning a thematic issue on translation for December 2021
entitled, “Translation: Mapping the Field Korean Studies.”

Translation is a foundational practice in Anglophone Korea Studies, however
broadly one may define the field. Translation can be a goal unto itself or
it can be in service to research. Indeed, we might consider translation
integral to the research methodologies of Korea Studies; research itself is
translation. Korea Studies scholars translate not only Korean and English
but also Literary Sinitic, Chinese, Japanese, Russian, and Manchu as well
as other European and East Asian languages, both living and dead. They
translate for broad audiences, for other scholars, or as part of their own
research processes. There is no part of Korea Studies that is not touched
by translational practice. We may also speak of translation as a cultural
and political mode, as something that takes place both within and without
language.

We thus invite scholars to interpret the theme of translation not only as
action, but also as a form of cartography – mapping routes, setting
borders, and creating signs – that allows scholars, students, and general
readers to navigate the field. Before the cartographer’s map, however,
there are the political and ideological interests and forces which govern
the cartographer’s hand; it is inevitably the work of scholars to
investigate the porosity and liminality of these borders inscribed upon the
space of translation and lay bare their real-world effects.

The submission deadline for this issue is February 1, 2021.

For more information or submission, e-mail us at acta at kmu.ac.kr.


Best regards,


Acta Koreana Editorial Committee



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Academia Koreana
Keimyung University,
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E-mail: acta at kmu.ac.kr
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