Translation, Transliteration, and Medieval Alphabets

Sponsoring Organization(s)

Medieval Studies Certificate Program, Graduate Center, CUNY

Organizer Name

Steven F. Kruger

Organizer Affiliation

Queens College and Graduate Center, CUNY

Presider Name

Glenn Burger

Presider Affiliation

Queens College and Graduate Center, CUNY

Paper Title 1

As in Heart, So in Speech: The Fable of the Wolf Learning the Alphabet

Presenter 1 Name

Sarah Kay

Presenter 1 Affiliation

New York Univ.

Paper Title 2

Translating Backward: Queering Medieval Translation

Presenter 2 Name

Ruth Evans

Presenter 2 Affiliation

St. Louis Univ.

Paper Title 3

Respondent

Presenter 3 Name

Steven F. Kruger

Start Date

11-5-2013 3:30 PM

Session Location

Schneider 1330

Description

The session hopes to theorize and investigate medieval practices of translation and transliteration, and hence elucidate medieval ideas about language, its acquisition, its transferability, and its functions.

Steven Kruger