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The Symposium on Translingual Literature: Writing the Stepmother Tongue will take place at Amherst College on October 9, 2015 and will be the first independent forum of scholars and writers of translingual literature in the U.S. The field of Translingual literature studies texts written in a non-native language, in two languages, or in a mix of languages. Some of the best known examples are the classics Vladimir Nabokov, Samuel Beckett and Joseph Conrad, and among contemporary writers, Ilan Stavans, Nancy Huston, Alexandar Hemon, Ha Jin, and many others.

The symposium will take place at Alumni House, 75 Churchill Street, and will open at 10 a.m. The morning events, the keynote talk (Doris Sommer) and the panel with translingual writers are open for the general audience; the afternoon events are for scholars only. For more details and the symposium program, please visit https://www.amherst.edu/academiclife/departments/spanish/newsevents

Contact Info

Lauren Franks
(413) 542-2317
Please call the college operator at 413-542-2000 or e-mail info@amherst.edu if you require contact info @amherst.edu

Directions

Amherst College Alumni House, 75 Churchill Street