News and Announcements
Call for Submissions – Volume 4 (2025–2026)
Living in Languages Journal is now accepting submissions for Volume 4. We welcome scholarly essays, translations with commentary, creative or hybrid works, and review essays that engage translation as theory, practice, or method. Submissions are accepted on a rolling basis through the Digital Commons submission portal. There are no article processing charges (APCs) or submission fees.
Special Issue in Progress – “Translation and the Becoming of the Translator”
Work is currently underway on our forthcoming special issue, “Translation and the Becoming of the Translator.” This edition explores translation as a transformative, embodied, and ethical practice, featuring contributions from international scholars and practitioners. Publication is anticipated in mid-2026.
Living in Languages Colloquium 2026 — Invitation to Participate
The Department of English and the Department of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures will present the eighth Living in Languages Colloquium in Spring 2026. The event focuses on “translation” broadly understood—addressing not only questions of reading and ideology and core theoretical frameworks, but also:
- translation as exile and displacement (geographical and linguistic);
- transpositions across visual and textual media;
- translation in our digital era, with the screen as public space.
Dates: Wednesday–Thursday, April 1–2, 2026 (on Zoom). All panels include faculty moderator response and general Q&A.
Keynote: Nieves García Prados (Senior Lecturer, University of Virginia; translator of Maya Angelou).
Title: “Between Captivity and Creation: The Translator in Thrall.”
Invitation to Participate: We welcome proposals for 15-minute presentations from graduate students in ENG and LLC and other departments, as well as colleagues abroad and past/present International Scholars.
Submission Timeline:
- By December 1: brief email stating your interest
- By December 31: 200-word description of proposed content
- By January 31: 500-word abstract
Please email: Helen Elam (English) helam@albany.edu and Ilka Kressner (LLC) ikressner@albany.edu.