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How do we deal with the translation and adaptation of concepts of knowledge, culture and law across different languages, societies, or systems? The international conference "Navigating Epistemic, Cultural, and Legal Translations: Processes, Hierarchies, Spaces" of the Leibniz ScienceCampus (LSC) "Europe and America in the Modern World" addresses this topic at the University of Regensburg.
The conference, with high-profile researchers from around the world, marks the end of the first funding phase (2019-2025) and the beginning of the second phase (2024-2028) of the LSC.
With a focus on transregional linkages - with contributions from the Americas, Western, Southern and Eastern Europe, including Central Asia - the conference will bring together researchers from different disciplines.
“Since 2019, the Leibniz ScienceCampus has been highly instrumental in the significant development of Area Studies here in Regensburg,” said University President Professor Dr. Udo Hebel at the opening of the conference. “In its specific structure and organization, the LSC illustrates and underlines how collaborative and team-oriented research can be successfully practiced in the humanities and social sciences.”
“The scholars will examine the cultural, social, and legal processes of exchange that shape translation. The understanding of 'translation' goes far beyond mere linguistic adaptation: it also includes the transformation of meanings, norms, and discourses in different contexts. The topics range from avant-garde movements, feminist activism and their respective cultural expressions to the transfer and adaptation of legal norms, including in less explored contexts of interdependence, such as between Latin America and Eastern Europe," explains Professor Dr. Anne Brüske (Department of Interdisciplinary and Multiscalar Area Studies - DIMAS, UR). They also show "that 'translation' is an interactive and often contested process, influenced by power structures and historical legacies," adds Professor Dr. Cindy Wittke (Faculty of Law, UR and IOS Regensburg political scientist). Brüske and Wittke are co-organizing the conference.
The diversity of the conference topics reflects the dynamics of a global world, its interconnections and conflicts. Professor Dr. Ulf Brunnbauer (LSC, IOS, UR), Scientific Director of the IOS and the LSC emphasizes: "The Campus is an important link between the University of Regensburg and the IOS and is crucial for the development of Regensburg as a leading international location for Area Studies. Its transatlantic research perspective could not be more relevant".
Area Studies Prizes 2025
At the opening of the conference, Brunnbauer and Brüske will award the Regensburg Area Studies Prize for 2025. The prize, which is awarded jointly by the LWC and DIMAS, is aimed at graduates who have completed an M.A., LL.M., or state examination at the University of Regensburg within the last two calendar years and whose dissertations had a clear focus on a region or comparisons between regions.
The first prize of 400 euros goes to Marie-Christin Dotzler, a student of Multilingualism and Regionality, for her Master thesis on "Migration-related multilingualism in the Romansh language area: an analysis of selected language biographies of migrant adults". The thesis was supervised by Professor Dr. Matthias Grünert, University of Fribourg, Switzerland, and Professor Dr. Rupert Hochholzer, UR.
Two equal second prizes (200 euros each) are awarded to Ivana Dinić from the European Studies program for her analysis "On Castles and Elephants in the Room: Doing empowerment in a peacebuilding initiative for young women from Kosovo and Serbia", supervised by Professor Dr. Ger Duijzings, UR, and PD Dr. Sabine Rutar, IOS, and Lisa Marie-Holmer, Lehramt Gymnasium, for her thesis "The Influence of American Identity Narratives on the Representation of Indigenous Women in Pocahontas and Lilo & Stitch", supervised by Professor Dr. Volker Depkat, UR.
Professor Dr. Ulf Brunnbauer, Professor Dr. Anne Brüske, Professor Dr. Cindy Wittke
https://europeamerica.de/lsc-conf-2025.html
Opening of the Leibniz ScienceCampus conference "Navigating Epistemic, Cultural, and Legal Translati ...
Julia Dragan
University of Regensburg
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