Bard Translation and Translatability Initiative Presents

BTTI Symposium 2026: Borders

The Annual Translation Symposium at Bard brings together students and faculty for a series of in-depth, lively discussions of the art and craft of translation and the problem of translatability. Published authors and editors as well as emerging translators speak on panels and come together for a roundtable event to explore translation as a supra-linguistic experience that permeates and shapes modern-day language and thinking.

See a schedule below.

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Schedule of Events
8.45 – 9.00  Meet and Greet in RKC

9.00-10.30      Student panels      RKC 101, 102, 103
Alex Leonard
Carlie Thompson
Clarise Reichley
Fiona O’Halloran
Juniper Balbus-Holmquist
Kiara A. Peña
Luca Raufer
Maya Davydova
Noah Weiss
Sam Miller
Zoe Gibson

Theory in Translation Round Table
Elsa Ralske
Shae Camardo
Star Pred
Quinn Moody

10.30-10.45     Coffee break

10.45-12.30     Faculty workshop I: Teaching translation across the curriculum      Weis Cinema
Moderator: Jen Zoble – Bard (Translation Studies)
Rufus Müller – Bard (Music)
Anne Chen – Bard (Art History)
Grace deMeurisse – Bard (Psychology)
Perrine Chambon – Université Sorbonne Nouvelle (Language and Culture Pedagogy)
Neil Blackadder – Knox College (Emeritus, Theatre)
erica kaufman – Bard (Language & Thinking)
Sean Colonna – Bard (Language & Thinking)

12.30-1.30     Lunch      Kline

1.30-2.30       Keynote address: Daniel Mendelsohn, Introduction by Wyatt Mason      Weis Cinema
“What’s the Greek Word for ‘Picnic’? Adventures in Translating the Odyssey”

2.30-2.45       Coffee break

2.45-4.15       Faculty workshop II: Translation as decolonization      Weis Cinema
Moderator: Gabriella Lindsay – Bard (French Studies)
Alys Moody – Bard (Literature)
Preetha Mani – Rutgers (South Asian Studies)
Jeremy Tiang – novelist, translator, playwright

4.15-4.30       Break

4.30-5.30       Wrap-up Discussion with guest speakers, faculty, and students      Weis Cinema
Moderators: Thomas Wild and Éric Trudel

For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].

Time: 9:00 am – 5:30 pm EDT/GMT-4

Location: RKC & Weis

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