Translation and Transcultural Research
Learning how languages help us communicate and live across borders and cultures
Examining how societies and cultures are affected by migration, translation, multilingualism, cultural identity and communication is vital in learning how languages help us communicate across borders and cultures. The Translation and Transcultural Research Cluster aims to advance our understanding of these areas and issues, promoting research collaboration between facilities and schools.
We encourage proactive research and teaching collaborations with world-class universities and centres in the field, both locally and internationally. Our cluster offers seminars and symposiums, links with professional translators, and welcomes visiting fellows from across the world to share their research in this field.
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PhD opportunities
We invite students to complete their PhD in Translation and Transcultural Research in areas as broad as:
- comparative analysis of translations across languages and times
- bilingual or multilingual research projects in European, Asian and Indigenous languages
- theory and practice of language and immigration
- social aspects of transculturalism
- theory and practice of literary translation
- machine translation
- poetry translation in a multitude of languages
Knowledge of languages other than English, or interest in theoretical and practical aspects of transcultural contact and communication, is a prerequisite for this PhD.
For more information on PhD opportunities, contact Professor Hélène Jaccomard at [email protected]
Our staff
- Dr Dale Adams
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Dr Dale Adams is a lecturer in German language, literature and culture and Deputy Head of the School of Humanities (Teaching and Learning).
Dr Adams is passionate about German language, culture, history and literature and is deeply convinced of their value, both across the humanities and in mathematics and science.
- Dr Anna Gadd
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Dr Anna Gadd is a Lecturer at UWA’s School of Humanities and an expert in foreign languages.
Dr Gadd's teaching is an innovative research-driven approach that creates networks among UWA and other national and international universities, and between UWA and the wider Western Australian community.
- Dr Paul Gibbard
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Dr Paul Gibbard is a Senior Lecturer, European Languages and Cultures in the School of Humanities.
Dr Gibbard's research lies mainly in the area of eighteenth- and nineteenth-century French literature and intellectual history and he is also interested the history of the French exploration of Australia.
- Professor Hélène Jaccomard
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Professor Hélène Jaccomard is a researcher, lecturer and literary critic in UWA’s School of Humanities. Her work aims to expand and challenge students and others to embrace a variety of cultures and thoughts.
Her current academic work is dedicated to translating a play by French author, Yasmina Reza.
- Professor John Kinder
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Professor John Kinder is an internationally recognised linguist, professor and author, with a focus on understanding how language fits with culture. Underpinning his career is a strong focus on digitising education, historic texts and databases for future generations to access, learn from and understand language.
He is now studying the presence of Italian as a language of communication in Australia before the mass migration of the 1950s.
- Professor Alexandra Ludewig
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Professor Alexandra Ludewig, Head of the School of Humanities at The University of Western Australia, is a scholar of German and European Studies.
Her teaching and research focus on issues of identity and ‘Heimat’ and she has published extensively in both German and English on these topics.
Interested in collaborating with us?
We invite collaborators with research and teaching expertise in the following areas to submit proposals for research collaborations:
- Translation Studies
- Asian Studies
- English and Cultural Studies
- European Languages and Studies
- Indigenous Languages
- Linguistics
- Sociology
- Natural Language
- Computer Sciences
