Talks and Seminars
Between Wor(l)ds: Hong Kong Poetry of Exile and Hope
Date: 18 Jan 2025 (Sat)
The 3rd TIIS Book Talk Series in 2024: Localization in translation
Date: 4 October 2024 (Friday)
2nd TIIS Book Talk: Translating for Museums, Galleries and Heritage Sites
Date: 24 June 2024 (Monday)
USIS-Commissioned Translations in Hong Kong against the Background of the Cold War in the 1950s
Date: 18 Jun 2024 (Tuesday)
Using Machine Learning to Validate a Novel Taxonomy of Phenomenal Translation States
Date: 5 June 2024 (Wednesday)
TSC, we shall see – Connecting the GBA, Building the future
Date: 25 - 30 April 2024 (The opening of 24 April is by invitation only)
Translation in the Hong Kong legal context: Bridging gaps in concepts and enhancing access to justice
Date: 27 March 2024 (Wednesday)
Speaker: Mr. Wesley W. C. Wong, SC, JP
The 1st TIIS Book Talk Series in 2024: Corpora and Translation Education
Date: 14 March 2024 (Thursday)
Moderator:
- Jun Pan (Associate Dean (Research), Associate Head and Associate Professor, Hong Kong Baptist University)
Speakers:
- Sara Laviosa (Editor) (Associate Professor, University of Bari Aldo Moro)
- Marie Escribe (Universitat Politècnica de València)
- Gaetano Falco (Associate Professor, University of Bari Aldo Moro)
- Mark Shuttleworth (Head and Professor, Hong Kong Baptist University)
Liturgical Translation as a Domain of Translation Studies
Date: 25 January 2024 (Thursday)
Speakers: Prof. Taras Shmiher
Emotion Terms in the Orthodox and Catholic Offices for the Dead and Their Translation
Date: 24 January 2024 (Wednesday)
Speakers: Prof. Taras Shmiher
Conversations with Impact: Insights from Community Leaders and Alumni
Date: 17 January 2024 (Wednesday)
Guest Speakers:
- Mr. Lincoln Leung
- Ms. Rebecca Yuen
Alumni Speakers:
- Ms. Kelly Cheung
- Ms. Alicia Koo
- Ms. Michelle Lam
TWO TYPES OF COSMOPOLITANISM
Date: 19 December 2023 (Tuesday)
Speaker: Prof. Galin Tihanov
Interlingual Readings of Political Discourse: Translation, Interpreting and Contrastive Analysis
Date: 15 December 2023 (Friday)
Speakers (volume editors):
- Jun Pan (Associate Dean (Research), Associate Head and Associate Professor, Hong Kong Baptist University)
- Sandra L. Halverson (Professor, University of Agder)
- Jeremy Munday (Emeritus Professor, University of Leeds)
Speakers (chapter authors) (in alphabetical order):
- Sangeeta Bagga-Gupta (Professor-Chair, Jönköping University)
- Bart Defrancq (Associate Professor, Ghent University)
- Alan Partington (Professor, Bologna University)
- Aprameya Rao (multimedia journalist, NDTV)
- Shanshan Yang (Central China Normal University)
Interlingual Readings of Political Discourse: Translation, Interpreting and Contrastive Analysis
Date: 15 December 2023 (Friday)
Speakers (volume editors):
- Jun Pan (Associate Dean (Research), Associate Head and Associate Professor, Hong Kong Baptist University)
- Sandra L. Halverson (Professor, University of Agder)
- Jeremy Munday (Emeritus Professor, University of Leeds)
Speakers (chapter authors) (in alphabetical order):
- Sangeeta Bagga-Gupta (Professor-Chair, Jönköping University)
- Bart Defrancq (Associate Professor, Ghent University)
- Alan Partington (Professor, Bologna University)
- Aprameya Rao (multimedia journalist, NDTV)
- Shanshan Yang (Central China Normal University)
Unraveling the Influence of Musical Acuity in Oral Interpreting: An fMRI Study into the Overlap of Language and Music
Date: 27th November 2023 (Monday)
Speaker: Prof. Victoria Lei
Hong Kong Sign Language
Date: 4, 11, 18, 25 October 2023 (Wednesdays)
Speaker: SLCO-CR
(Exhibition Talk) David Hawkes: The Art of Translation
Date: 9 October 2023 (Monday)
Speaker: Prof. John Minford
*Click here to access the recording of the talk
Information Day: TIIS Programme Briefing and Thematic Talk
Date: 7 October 2023 (Saturday)
Host: Dr Yau Wai Ping (TIIS, Hong Kong Baptist University)
Speaker: Dr Luis Damián Moreno García (TIIS, Hong Kong Baptist University)
The 3rd TIIS Book Talk Series in 2023: Translation Tools and Technologies
Date: 22 September 2023 (Friday)
Speakers:
- Prof. Andrew Rothwell (Professor Emeritus of French and Translation Studies, Swansea University, UK)
- Dr. Joss Moorkens (Associate Professor of School of Applied Language and Intercultural Studies, Dublin City University, Ireland)
- Prof. Joanna Drugan is (Professor of Translation and the Head of the Department of Languages and Intercultural Studies, Heriot-Watt University, UK)
- Prof. Frank Austermuehl (Professor of Languages and Intercultural Communication, Nottingham Trent University, UK)
Moderator:
- Prof. Mark Shuttleworth (Professor and the Head of Department of Translation, Interpreting and Intercultural Studies, Hong Kong Baptist University)
Development of English-Japanese Simultaneous Interpretation Corpus and Automatic Simultaneous Speech Translation
Date: 4 September 2023 (Monday)
Speaker: Prof. Katsuhito Sudoh (Associate Professor, Nara Institute of Science and Technology (NAIST), Japan)
International Symposium on “Affective Anthropocene: Contextualizing Feelings and Environments under Climate Change”
Date: 1-2 June 2023 (Thursday to Friday)
Speakers: Dr Jessica Yeung (TIIS, Hong Kong Baptist University), Dr Yau Wai Ping (TIIS, Hong Kong Baptist University)
Moderators: Timmy Chih-Ting Chen, Howard Choy, Daisy Tam, Emily Zong
Book Launch Forum: Translation Technology in Hong Kong: New Opportunities in a New Age
Date: 30 May 2023 (Tuesday)
Speakers:
- Prof. Chan Sin-wai, School of Humanities and Languages, CIHE
- Prof. Mark Shuttleworth, Department of Translation, Interpreting and Intercultural Studies, HKBU
- Prof. Liu Qun, Chief Scientist of Speech and Language Computing, Noah's Ark Lab, Huawei
- Prof. Wong Kam Fai, Faculty of Engineering, CUHK
Book Launch: Interpreter Training in Conflict and Post-conflict Scenarios
Date: 26 April 2023 (Wednesday)
Speakers: Dr Lucia Ruiz Rosendo (FTI, University of Geneva), Dr Marija Todorova (TIIS, Hong Kong Baptist University) and Prof. Jesús Baigorri-Jalón (University of Salamanca)
Moderator: Dr Janice Pan (TIIS, Hong Kong Baptist University)
Video: here
A Garden of Winding Paths: Towards the autobiography of a translator
Date: 6 April 2023 (Thursday)
Speaker: Prof. John Minford
SIGN LANGUAGE WORKSHOP (II) Sign Language in Medical Settings
Date: 4 April 2023 (Tuesday)
Speakers: Ms Heidi Man Ho Ching and Ms Amy Bou Suet Yee
Playback Theatre Taster Workshop
Date: 21 March 2023 (Tuesday)
Speaker: Ms Kiki Ng
Finding Hope and Inspiration in the Face of Tuberous Sclerosis Complex: 3CM Screening and Sharing
Date: 14 March 2023 (Tuesday)
Speaker: Ms Rebecca Yuen
About the Criminal Procedure and the Coroner’s Court
Date: 7 March 2023 (Tuesday)
Speaker: Mr William Lam
Discussant: Mr Tsang Man Sang
Emotions & Traditional Chinese Medicine
Date: 28 February 2023 (Tuesday)
Speaker: Mr Yi Chung Cheung
Book Talk: Online Collaborative Translation in China and Beyond: Community, Practice and Identity by Chuan Yu
Date: 27 February 2023 (Monday)
Moderator: Dr Robert Neather (TIIS, Hong Kong Baptist University)
Speaker: Dr Chuan Yu (TIIS, Hong Kong Baptist University)
Video: here
Essentials of Good Health Communication
Date: 21 February 2023 (Tuesday)
Speaker: Dr Jennifer Eagleton (Hong Kong Metropolitan University)