Comics and Translation

Translation Studies Hub Colloquium: José Alaniz on "Comics and Translation”

In this talk, Prof. José Alaniz, associate professor in the Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures and the Department of Comparative Literature (adjunct) at the University of Washington, Seattle, will examine the theory and practice of translating comics (graphic narrative), with an emphasis on Russian comics.

Prof. Alaniz has published two books, Komiks: Comic Art in Russia (University Press of Mississippi, 2010) and Death, Disability and the Superhero: The Silver Age and Beyond (UPM, 2014). He is currently translating Lena Uzhinova's 2014 graphic memoir My Sex.

Members of the public are welcome. Light snacks will be provided. Feel free to bring your lunch.

***Please note that NOTIS is not organizing or sponsoring this event.***