The American Academy in Berlin is situated in Wannsee. It was established in 1994 in order to promote better understanding between the people of Germany and United States. Scholars and fellows are invited every year to the Hans Arnhold Centre of the American Academy to study, learn and give lectures on various issues that concern
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Catherine Toal on Translating Terror
In 1966, Romania’s dictator Nicolae Ceausescu issued the 770 Decree, and with it an entire generation came into being; a generation subsumed under the derisory name of “The Decree Generation”. The general prohibition of abortion, along with the lack of availability of contraception, represented an extension of state power into the intimate realm of the
The Novel in New Lands. Bruno Macaes’ Annual Conference Seminar
The end of the Annual Conference 2010 brought us Bruno Macaes’ seminar “The Novel in New Lands,” analyzing the topic of cultural exchange by looking at a particular cultural referent: how national heritage and habits in literary production remain sovereign over the foreign influences they receive. Bruno argued that the History of Literature shouldn’t think
Freud in English: A Case Study of Translation
What does it mean to say that the subject of psychoanalysis is the ‘the soul’ rather than ‘the mind’? On Thursday 11th February, students met for the seminar ‘Freud in English: A Case Study of Translation’, as part of ECLA’s Annual Conference 2010. Led by ECLA faculty member Dr. Ewa Atanassow, the group involved discussion
Translating Philosophy and the Philosophy of Translation
On Wednesday the 10th February a group of students and visitors gathered for a seminar, as part of the Annual Conference 2010, under the supervision of ECLA faculty member Tracy Colony. The seminar – “Translating Philosophy and the Philosophy of Translation”- focused on translations into English of the work of Martin Heidegger. The task of