With speakers from various European countries, USA, and China, the first Hermeneutics and Translation Studies Conference, held on the 26th and 27th of May, 2011, was a ground breaking event. The papers presented covered a wide range of topics including literary and specialized translation, the place of individual knowledge and experience in translational hermeneutics, the role of hermeneutics in the Muslim tradition of exegetics and translation, the question concerning the possibility of an hermeneutical method, the role of any given “pre-understanding” of history and/or culture in the process of interpreting and translating, etc. In particular questions concerning the proper place and definition of “subjectivity”, “phenomenology” and “method” in translational hermeneutics emerged as the primary points of contention.

In order to underline the relevance of Translational Hermeneutics for contemporary Translation Studies and to foster a cohesive discussion on the direction Translational Hermeneutics might take in the 21st century, the theme of the 2013 conference is set to be “new areas of research in Translational Hermeneutics.” In the course of two days, the 11th and 12th of July 2013, we wish to discuss new areas of and new approaches to research within the field of hermeneutics and phenomenology that seem to be of relevance to Translation Studies. More >>