Translation as Afterlife

22 February 2017

Marcela Sulak (Bar Ilan) Adriana X. Jacobs (Oxford)

Chair: Matthew Reynolds (Oxford)

In this seminar, Marcela Sulak (Bar Ilan University) and Adriana X. Jacobs (Oriental Studies) explored the possibility of translation as "afterlife" through a discussion of the Hebrew poets Orit Gidali and Hezy Leskly. Marcela Sulak's talk was entitled "Translating Ghosts and Unborn Souls: When Love Poetry is Political". Adriana X. Jacobs talk was "Hezy Leskly's Zombie Memories".

A recording of this event is available here.

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