OCCT
@oxfordcct.bsky.social
The Oxford Comparative Criticism and Translation (OCCT) Research Centre, based at @torchoxford2013.bsky.social in the @ox.ac.uk.
Account managed by @maryknewman.bsky.social
https://occt.web.ox.ac.uk/
Account managed by @maryknewman.bsky.social
https://occt.web.ox.ac.uk/
Tickets available for International Conference: Comparative Literature and Decoloniality (September 11-12, Oxford).
A collab with the British Comparative Literature Association (BCLA), sponsored by @britishacademy.bsky.social, @stjohnsox.bsky.social, OCCT, and the BCLA.
shorturl.at/AdoHA
A collab with the British Comparative Literature Association (BCLA), sponsored by @britishacademy.bsky.social, @stjohnsox.bsky.social, OCCT, and the BCLA.
shorturl.at/AdoHA
International Conference: Comparative Literature and Decoloniality
Reimagining comparative literature through the lens of decoloniality, 11-12 September 2026, St John's College, University of Oxford
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August 13, 2025 at 8:44 AM
Tickets available for International Conference: Comparative Literature and Decoloniality (September 11-12, Oxford).
A collab with the British Comparative Literature Association (BCLA), sponsored by @britishacademy.bsky.social, @stjohnsox.bsky.social, OCCT, and the BCLA.
shorturl.at/AdoHA
A collab with the British Comparative Literature Association (BCLA), sponsored by @britishacademy.bsky.social, @stjohnsox.bsky.social, OCCT, and the BCLA.
shorturl.at/AdoHA
Tickets available for International Conference: Comparative Literature and Decoloniality (Sep 11-12, Oxford).
A collab with the British Comparative Literature Association (BCLA), sponsored by @britishacademy.bsky.social, @stjohnsox.bsky.social, OCCT, and the BCLA.
shorturl.at/AdoHA
A collab with the British Comparative Literature Association (BCLA), sponsored by @britishacademy.bsky.social, @stjohnsox.bsky.social, OCCT, and the BCLA.
shorturl.at/AdoHA
International Conference: Comparative Literature and Decoloniality
Reimagining comparative literature through the lens of decoloniality, 11-12 September 2026, St John's College, University of Oxford
shorturl.at
August 12, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Tickets available for International Conference: Comparative Literature and Decoloniality (Sep 11-12, Oxford).
A collab with the British Comparative Literature Association (BCLA), sponsored by @britishacademy.bsky.social, @stjohnsox.bsky.social, OCCT, and the BCLA.
shorturl.at/AdoHA
A collab with the British Comparative Literature Association (BCLA), sponsored by @britishacademy.bsky.social, @stjohnsox.bsky.social, OCCT, and the BCLA.
shorturl.at/AdoHA
Tickets available for International Conference: Comparative Literature and Decoloniality (Sep 11-12, Oxford).
A collab with the British Comparative Literature Association (BCLA), sponsored by @britishacademy.bsky.social, @stjohnsox.bsky.social, OCCT, and the BCLA.
shorturl.at/AdoHA
A collab with the British Comparative Literature Association (BCLA), sponsored by @britishacademy.bsky.social, @stjohnsox.bsky.social, OCCT, and the BCLA.
shorturl.at/AdoHA
International Conference: Comparative Literature and Decoloniality
Reimagining comparative literature through the lens of decoloniality, 11-12 September 2026, St John's College, University of Oxford
shorturl.at
August 11, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Tickets available for International Conference: Comparative Literature and Decoloniality (Sep 11-12, Oxford).
A collab with the British Comparative Literature Association (BCLA), sponsored by @britishacademy.bsky.social, @stjohnsox.bsky.social, OCCT, and the BCLA.
shorturl.at/AdoHA
A collab with the British Comparative Literature Association (BCLA), sponsored by @britishacademy.bsky.social, @stjohnsox.bsky.social, OCCT, and the BCLA.
shorturl.at/AdoHA
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Reminder that the deadline for the Stephen Spender Translation Prize is 31 July - find out more and get your entries in at stephen-spender.org/stephen-spender-prize
Open to pupils & teachers in UK & Ireland schools! You can enter in any language
#SSTPoetryPrize2025
Open to pupils & teachers in UK & Ireland schools! You can enter in any language
#SSTPoetryPrize2025
July 14, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Reminder that the deadline for the Stephen Spender Translation Prize is 31 July - find out more and get your entries in at stephen-spender.org/stephen-spender-prize
Open to pupils & teachers in UK & Ireland schools! You can enter in any language
#SSTPoetryPrize2025
Open to pupils & teachers in UK & Ireland schools! You can enter in any language
#SSTPoetryPrize2025
Calling young translators and teachers! Just 2 weeks left to submit to the #SSTPoetryPrize2025! Translate into English any poem from any language, or a Portuguese poem from the #PortugueseSpotlight booklet! @stephenspender.bsky.social
www.stephen-spender.org/stephen-spender-prize/
www.stephen-spender.org/stephen-spender-prize/
July 14, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Calling young translators and teachers! Just 2 weeks left to submit to the #SSTPoetryPrize2025! Translate into English any poem from any language, or a Portuguese poem from the #PortugueseSpotlight booklet! @stephenspender.bsky.social
www.stephen-spender.org/stephen-spender-prize/
www.stephen-spender.org/stephen-spender-prize/
June 18, 2025 at 10:39 AM
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Oh my gosh!!! 🪼💙🪼💙🪼💙!!!
We are delighted to announce that the winner of the Oxford-Weidenfeld Translation Prize 2025 is
Jeffrey Zuckerman's translation of Jellyfish Have No Ears (MacLehose) by Adèle Rosenfeld.
Many congratulations to to all the short- and longlisted translators!
Jeffrey Zuckerman's translation of Jellyfish Have No Ears (MacLehose) by Adèle Rosenfeld.
Many congratulations to to all the short- and longlisted translators!
June 15, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Oh my gosh!!! 🪼💙🪼💙🪼💙!!!
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Slowly getting ready to announce the Oxford-Weidenfeld translation prize @oxfordcct.bsky.social. Minna Jeffrey, Thom Murphy, @acantrill.bsky.social, and I had our work cut out for us!
June 14, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Slowly getting ready to announce the Oxford-Weidenfeld translation prize @oxfordcct.bsky.social. Minna Jeffrey, Thom Murphy, @acantrill.bsky.social, and I had our work cut out for us!
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🪼🪼🪼 I love this book so much!! Felicitations @jmz.bsky.social 🙌🏻
We are delighted to announce that the winner of the Oxford-Weidenfeld Translation Prize 2025 is
Jeffrey Zuckerman's translation of Jellyfish Have No Ears (MacLehose) by Adèle Rosenfeld.
Many congratulations to to all the short- and longlisted translators!
Jeffrey Zuckerman's translation of Jellyfish Have No Ears (MacLehose) by Adèle Rosenfeld.
Many congratulations to to all the short- and longlisted translators!
June 15, 2025 at 1:44 PM
🪼🪼🪼 I love this book so much!! Felicitations @jmz.bsky.social 🙌🏻
We are delighted to announce that the winner of the Oxford-Weidenfeld Translation Prize 2025 is
Jeffrey Zuckerman's translation of Jellyfish Have No Ears (MacLehose) by Adèle Rosenfeld.
Many congratulations to to all the short- and longlisted translators!
Jeffrey Zuckerman's translation of Jellyfish Have No Ears (MacLehose) by Adèle Rosenfeld.
Many congratulations to to all the short- and longlisted translators!
June 15, 2025 at 10:13 AM
We are delighted to announce that the winner of the Oxford-Weidenfeld Translation Prize 2025 is
Jeffrey Zuckerman's translation of Jellyfish Have No Ears (MacLehose) by Adèle Rosenfeld.
Many congratulations to to all the short- and longlisted translators!
Jeffrey Zuckerman's translation of Jellyfish Have No Ears (MacLehose) by Adèle Rosenfeld.
Many congratulations to to all the short- and longlisted translators!
In 48 hrs we announce the winner of the Oxford-Weidenfeld Translation Prize!
Attend the prize-giving and an exclusive panel with some of the shortlisted translators and their editors on Saturday 14 June!
Panel: shorturl.at/wN6Pr
Prize-giving: shorturl.at/S8R0L
Attend the prize-giving and an exclusive panel with some of the shortlisted translators and their editors on Saturday 14 June!
Panel: shorturl.at/wN6Pr
Prize-giving: shorturl.at/S8R0L
"This is Why": Translators on Translating, Editors on Editing
Join acclaimed translators and editors to hear more about their practices and choices in translation.
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June 12, 2025 at 5:00 PM
In 48 hrs we announce the winner of the Oxford-Weidenfeld Translation Prize!
Attend the prize-giving and an exclusive panel with some of the shortlisted translators and their editors on Saturday 14 June!
Panel: shorturl.at/wN6Pr
Prize-giving: shorturl.at/S8R0L
Attend the prize-giving and an exclusive panel with some of the shortlisted translators and their editors on Saturday 14 June!
Panel: shorturl.at/wN6Pr
Prize-giving: shorturl.at/S8R0L
We're delighted to showcase 3 poets and self-translators working in Welsh and Gaelic to Oxford Translation Day!
Join us to hear from Menna Elfyn, Petra Joana Poncarova, and Mererid Puw Davies
⏰: 14 Jun., 14-15:15
📍: Seminar Rm. 8, St Anne's College
🌐: shorturl.at/L2sgQ
Join us to hear from Menna Elfyn, Petra Joana Poncarova, and Mererid Puw Davies
⏰: 14 Jun., 14-15:15
📍: Seminar Rm. 8, St Anne's College
🌐: shorturl.at/L2sgQ
Between Tongues: Poetry and Self-Translation in Celtic Languages
This roundtable brings together three contemporary poets who write and translate their own work in Welsh and Scottish Gaelic.
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June 12, 2025 at 10:10 AM
We're delighted to showcase 3 poets and self-translators working in Welsh and Gaelic to Oxford Translation Day!
Join us to hear from Menna Elfyn, Petra Joana Poncarova, and Mererid Puw Davies
⏰: 14 Jun., 14-15:15
📍: Seminar Rm. 8, St Anne's College
🌐: shorturl.at/L2sgQ
Join us to hear from Menna Elfyn, Petra Joana Poncarova, and Mererid Puw Davies
⏰: 14 Jun., 14-15:15
📍: Seminar Rm. 8, St Anne's College
🌐: shorturl.at/L2sgQ
We're so excited to have three incredible Welsh and Gaelic poets coming to read their work and speak about it at Oxford Translation Day!
Remember to register!
⏰: 14 June 2025, 14:00-15:15
📍: Seminar Room 8, St Anne's College
🌐: shorturl.at/ldqYS
Remember to register!
⏰: 14 June 2025, 14:00-15:15
📍: Seminar Room 8, St Anne's College
🌐: shorturl.at/ldqYS
June 11, 2025 at 6:00 AM
We're so excited to have three incredible Welsh and Gaelic poets coming to read their work and speak about it at Oxford Translation Day!
Remember to register!
⏰: 14 June 2025, 14:00-15:15
📍: Seminar Room 8, St Anne's College
🌐: shorturl.at/ldqYS
Remember to register!
⏰: 14 June 2025, 14:00-15:15
📍: Seminar Room 8, St Anne's College
🌐: shorturl.at/ldqYS
Have you ever wanted to try translating a language you don't know?
Give Utsa Bose's Bengali translation workshop a go - no Bengali required!
⏰: 14 June 2025, 09:30-10:45
📍: Seminar Room 7, St Anne's College
🌐: shorturl.at/IOzb7
Give Utsa Bose's Bengali translation workshop a go - no Bengali required!
⏰: 14 June 2025, 09:30-10:45
📍: Seminar Room 7, St Anne's College
🌐: shorturl.at/IOzb7
"The One Who Has Arrived Late": Bengali Translation workshop with Utsa Bose
Collaboratively translate a Bengali poem into English. No knowledge of Bengali is required.
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June 10, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Have you ever wanted to try translating a language you don't know?
Give Utsa Bose's Bengali translation workshop a go - no Bengali required!
⏰: 14 June 2025, 09:30-10:45
📍: Seminar Room 7, St Anne's College
🌐: shorturl.at/IOzb7
Give Utsa Bose's Bengali translation workshop a go - no Bengali required!
⏰: 14 June 2025, 09:30-10:45
📍: Seminar Room 7, St Anne's College
🌐: shorturl.at/IOzb7
Have you ever wanted to try translating a language you don't know?
Give Utsa Bose's Bengali translation workshop a go - no Bengali required!
⏰: 14 June 2025, 09:30-10:45
📍: Seminar Room 7, St Anne's College
🌐: shorturl.at/IOzb7
Give Utsa Bose's Bengali translation workshop a go - no Bengali required!
⏰: 14 June 2025, 09:30-10:45
📍: Seminar Room 7, St Anne's College
🌐: shorturl.at/IOzb7
"The One Who Has Arrived Late": Bengali Translation workshop with Utsa Bose
Collaboratively translate a Bengali poem into English. No knowledge of Bengali is required.
shorturl.at
June 10, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Have you ever wanted to try translating a language you don't know?
Give Utsa Bose's Bengali translation workshop a go - no Bengali required!
⏰: 14 June 2025, 09:30-10:45
📍: Seminar Room 7, St Anne's College
🌐: shorturl.at/IOzb7
Give Utsa Bose's Bengali translation workshop a go - no Bengali required!
⏰: 14 June 2025, 09:30-10:45
📍: Seminar Room 7, St Anne's College
🌐: shorturl.at/IOzb7
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Just 1 WEEK until we announce the winner of the Oxford-Weidenfeld Prize 2025!
🌐 Register for the prize-giving: shorturl.at/S8R0L
⏰ 14/06 @ 6:30pm
📍St Anne's College
🌐 Register for the prize-giving: shorturl.at/S8R0L
⏰ 14/06 @ 6:30pm
📍St Anne's College
June 7, 2025 at 7:30 AM
Just 1 WEEK until we announce the winner of the Oxford-Weidenfeld Prize 2025!
🌐 Register for the prize-giving: shorturl.at/S8R0L
⏰ 14/06 @ 6:30pm
📍St Anne's College
🌐 Register for the prize-giving: shorturl.at/S8R0L
⏰ 14/06 @ 6:30pm
📍St Anne's College
Just 1 WEEK until we announce the winner of the Oxford-Weidenfeld Prize 2025!
🌐 Register for the prize-giving: shorturl.at/S8R0L
⏰ 14/06 @ 6:30pm
📍St Anne's College
🌐 Register for the prize-giving: shorturl.at/S8R0L
⏰ 14/06 @ 6:30pm
📍St Anne's College
June 7, 2025 at 7:30 AM
Just 1 WEEK until we announce the winner of the Oxford-Weidenfeld Prize 2025!
🌐 Register for the prize-giving: shorturl.at/S8R0L
⏰ 14/06 @ 6:30pm
📍St Anne's College
🌐 Register for the prize-giving: shorturl.at/S8R0L
⏰ 14/06 @ 6:30pm
📍St Anne's College
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We are so excited to have the incredible Monica Cure at Oxford Translation Day as guest judge for the Oxford-Weidenfeld Prize 2025.
Register:
Prize giving: shorturl.at/S8R0L
In Conversation with Polly Barton and Monica Cure: shorturl.at/RRHoM
Register:
Prize giving: shorturl.at/S8R0L
In Conversation with Polly Barton and Monica Cure: shorturl.at/RRHoM
June 6, 2025 at 6:42 PM
DPhil in History, Utsa Bose's collection of translated short stories was recently published by Penguin!
Come along to his workshop on translating Bengali to learn his approach - no Bengali needed!
Register here: shorturl.at/IOzb7
Come along to his workshop on translating Bengali to learn his approach - no Bengali needed!
Register here: shorturl.at/IOzb7
June 6, 2025 at 5:12 PM
DPhil in History, Utsa Bose's collection of translated short stories was recently published by Penguin!
Come along to his workshop on translating Bengali to learn his approach - no Bengali needed!
Register here: shorturl.at/IOzb7
Come along to his workshop on translating Bengali to learn his approach - no Bengali needed!
Register here: shorturl.at/IOzb7
We're excited to highlight the UK's linguistic diversity with #OxfordTranslationDay.
Join us to hear from three eminent poets + self-translators working in Welsh + Gaelic - Menna Elfyn, Petra Joana Poncarova, and Mererid Puw Davies.
⏰: 14/06, 2-3pm
🌐: shorturl.at/zAhy2
Join us to hear from three eminent poets + self-translators working in Welsh + Gaelic - Menna Elfyn, Petra Joana Poncarova, and Mererid Puw Davies.
⏰: 14/06, 2-3pm
🌐: shorturl.at/zAhy2
June 6, 2025 at 1:31 PM
We're excited to highlight the UK's linguistic diversity with #OxfordTranslationDay.
Join us to hear from three eminent poets + self-translators working in Welsh + Gaelic - Menna Elfyn, Petra Joana Poncarova, and Mererid Puw Davies.
⏰: 14/06, 2-3pm
🌐: shorturl.at/zAhy2
Join us to hear from three eminent poets + self-translators working in Welsh + Gaelic - Menna Elfyn, Petra Joana Poncarova, and Mererid Puw Davies.
⏰: 14/06, 2-3pm
🌐: shorturl.at/zAhy2
Nervous about applying for a PhD or postdoc in translation studies?
We've gathered together 4 ECRs to talk through applications and projects - bring your questions!
⏰: 14/06, 12:30-13:30
🌐: shorturl.at/5yHL1
We've gathered together 4 ECRs to talk through applications and projects - bring your questions!
⏰: 14/06, 12:30-13:30
🌐: shorturl.at/5yHL1
June 6, 2025 at 9:12 AM
Nervous about applying for a PhD or postdoc in translation studies?
We've gathered together 4 ECRs to talk through applications and projects - bring your questions!
⏰: 14/06, 12:30-13:30
🌐: shorturl.at/5yHL1
We've gathered together 4 ECRs to talk through applications and projects - bring your questions!
⏰: 14/06, 12:30-13:30
🌐: shorturl.at/5yHL1
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I can't wait to be in Oxford next week for Oxford Translation Day! It has been thrilling being part of the jury for this amazing prize along with my fellow judges.
We are so excited to have the incredible Monica Cure at Oxford Translation Day as guest judge for the Oxford-Weidenfeld Prize 2025.
Register:
Prize giving: shorturl.at/S8R0L
In Conversation with Polly Barton and Monica Cure: shorturl.at/RRHoM
Register:
Prize giving: shorturl.at/S8R0L
In Conversation with Polly Barton and Monica Cure: shorturl.at/RRHoM
June 6, 2025 at 7:31 AM
I can't wait to be in Oxford next week for Oxford Translation Day! It has been thrilling being part of the jury for this amazing prize along with my fellow judges.
Shortlisted for the Oxford-Weidenfeld Prize 2025!
Erminia Dell’Oro, Abandonment (Heloise) translated from the Italian by Oonagh Stransky
🌐 Register for the prize-giving: shorturl.at/S8R0L
⏰ 14/06 @ 6:30pm
📍St Anne's College
Erminia Dell’Oro, Abandonment (Heloise) translated from the Italian by Oonagh Stransky
🌐 Register for the prize-giving: shorturl.at/S8R0L
⏰ 14/06 @ 6:30pm
📍St Anne's College
June 6, 2025 at 8:31 AM
Shortlisted for the Oxford-Weidenfeld Prize 2025!
Erminia Dell’Oro, Abandonment (Heloise) translated from the Italian by Oonagh Stransky
🌐 Register for the prize-giving: shorturl.at/S8R0L
⏰ 14/06 @ 6:30pm
📍St Anne's College
Erminia Dell’Oro, Abandonment (Heloise) translated from the Italian by Oonagh Stransky
🌐 Register for the prize-giving: shorturl.at/S8R0L
⏰ 14/06 @ 6:30pm
📍St Anne's College
We are so excited to have the incredible Monica Cure at Oxford Translation Day as guest judge for the Oxford-Weidenfeld Prize 2025.
Register:
Prize giving: shorturl.at/S8R0L
In Conversation with Polly Barton and Monica Cure: shorturl.at/RRHoM
Register:
Prize giving: shorturl.at/S8R0L
In Conversation with Polly Barton and Monica Cure: shorturl.at/RRHoM
June 5, 2025 at 5:00 PM
We are so excited to have the incredible Monica Cure at Oxford Translation Day as guest judge for the Oxford-Weidenfeld Prize 2025.
Register:
Prize giving: shorturl.at/S8R0L
In Conversation with Polly Barton and Monica Cure: shorturl.at/RRHoM
Register:
Prize giving: shorturl.at/S8R0L
In Conversation with Polly Barton and Monica Cure: shorturl.at/RRHoM
There are only a few spaces left if you want to attend Polly Barton's translation workshop!
Register here: shorturl.at/Q7GjO
Register here: shorturl.at/Q7GjO
Translating Onomatopoeia: Creative Translation Workshop with Polly Barton
What are the possibilities and limits of translating onomatopoeia and language with onomatopoeic qualities?
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June 5, 2025 at 3:29 PM
There are only a few spaces left if you want to attend Polly Barton's translation workshop!
Register here: shorturl.at/Q7GjO
Register here: shorturl.at/Q7GjO