Black History Month Lecture- Reform In Translation
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# Reform in Translation: the travel of peoples, languages & ideas of selfhood
There are quite a few lectures and events on in October during black history month and I thought this sounded really interesting. Have a look at what else is on offer and get involved if there's anything else that interests you.
Ticket sales end soon but I have booked four tickets so I have three available for the first three people that sign up for it- otherwise you can book your own free ticket here:
There is a multicultural festival on at Lauriston Castle in October that is free and tickets are on eventbrite. I would have gone but I have other events on that day. I will have it on as an event next year definitely. Have a look online. Also, CRER (see below) has some really interesting studies/publications on their website- have a look.
We can meet at the City Arts Centre venue at 1.45pm for the talk starting at 2pm and it lasts for one hour. Coffee/food/chat afterwards. All warmly welcomed. Life is to be enjoyed and be interesting too! Hope to see you there!
Please remember to bring your £1 toward site fees.
About the Lecture:
Translation historian of South Asia, Dr Hephzibah Israel, will present on how ideas on reform underpinned many cultural exchanges between Scotland and British India in the 19th and early 20th centuries. She will link setting up of schools by Scottish educationists in the ‘black towns’ of key Indian cities, such as Bombay and Madras, to ‘re-form’ young natives with the wider circulation of languages, texts and objects through their writings.
Hephzibah Israel is Senior Lecturer in Translation Studies, University of Edinburgh. Her research interests lie in the intersections between translation, religion, literature, history, and postcolonial studies. She authored Religious Transactions in Colonial South India: Language, Translation and the Making of Protestant Identity (2011) and has edited the Routledge Handbook of Translation and Religion (2023). Apart from academic publications, more recently, she has written multilingual poetry in Tamil, Hindi and English on translation, borders and migration which was on display at the Talbot Rice Gallery, Edinburgh, June 23-September 30, 2023.
Annually Learning and Programmes in Museums & Galleries Edinburgh works in partnership with CRER (The Coalition for Racial Equality and Rights) to host Edinburgh based lectures to mark Black History Month.
CRER has co-ordinated a uniquely Scottish Black History Month during October since 2001. This encompasses the history of African, Caribbean and Asian people in this country; people who often have a direct link with Scotland through slavery, colonialism and migration. Black History Month focuses on people whose sacrifices, contributions and achievements against a backdrop of racism, inequality and injustice are often forgotten about.
CRER strive to work with a range of partners from across the community, voluntary and public sectors and has helped to collaboratively create a Black History Month Programme that includes an exciting range of events from talks, concerts, workshops, film screenings, exhibitions and more.
Black History Month Lecture- Reform In Translation