The Department of Translation Studies, University of Graz, kindly invites you to the second event of the Translation Talks lecture series which will focus on the challenges of multilingual crisis communication after conflicts and disasters.
Translation Talks: Translation in Spaces of Crisis
December 11th 2024
17:00-19:00 (CET)
Online: Zoom
On-site: Simultanübungsraum, Merangasse 70, Graz
For onsite participation, we kindly ask for registration.
Crisis Communication in Intercultural and Multilingual Settings
Public lecture by Federico Federici (University College London)
Moderated by Stefan Baumgarten (University of Graz)
Multilingualism and Translation in Humanitarian Crisis Response
A conversation with
Ranâ Kahraman Duru (Emergency and Disaster Interpreters ARÇ)
Rabia Odabaşı (Emergency and Disaster Interpreters ARÇ)
Gerald Rockenschaub (WHO/Europe, Regional Emergency Director)
Moderated by
Şebnem Bahadır-Berzig and Raquel Pacheco Aguilar (University of Graz)
This event is organised in collaboration with the Working Group Community Interpreting (Department of Translation Studies), the Arqus ad hoc bottom-up initiative “Multilingualism in Spaces of Crisis: The Impact of Human and Non-Human Agency”, and the Cluster “Spatial Dimensions” of the Core Research Area “Multilingualism, Migration and Cultural Transformation” at the Faculty of Humanities.
Diese Veranstaltung wird gedolmetscht. Herzlichen Dank an die Servicestelle GESTU-Graz, von der zusätzlich das Schriftdolmetschen kostenfrei zur Verfügung gestellt wird.
Dr. Rana Kahraman Duru: Head of Translation and Interpreting Department at Fatih Sultan Mehmet Vakıf University; President of the Association of Emergency and Disaster Interpreters, research areas; community interpreting, crisis interpreting, and mental health interpreting.
Rabia Odabaşı, M.A: Research Assistant at Fatih Sultan Mehmet Vakıf University; member of the Task Force in the Association of Emergency and Disaster Interpreters, research areas; community interpreting, crisis interpreting, and mental health interpreting for children.
Prof.Federico Federici: Professor of Intercultural Crisis Communication; Director of the Centre for Translation Studies at the University College London; research areas: multilingual communication in cascading crises, with particular attention to its role in healthcare contexts.
Gerald Rockenschaub: Regional Emergency Director; Co-ordinator of WHO/Europe for emergencies; Head of the WHO office for the occupied Palestinian territory (West Bank and Gaza Strip, 2014-2021); WHO Representative to Albania.