Extended deadline for abstracts for IPCITI postgraduate conference, November 2012

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IPCITI 20128-10 November 2012Centre for Translation and Textual StudiesSchool of Applied Language and Intercultural StudiesDublin City University, Ireland

Dear colleagues and students, This is to inform you that the deadline for submission of abstracts to the 8th International Postgraduate Conference in Translating and Interpreting has been extended to 23rd July 2012.IPCITI is designed to provide *new* researchers from all areas of translation and interpreting studies with the opportunity to share their research with peers in a supportive and intellectually stimulating environment. Day one of IPCITI is devoted to pre-conference workshops; days two and three are devoted to keynote lectures and parallel conference sessions.The conference aims to showcase the great diversity of research in current translation and interpreting studies and invites abstracts from all relevant areas. Topics of specific interest to our organising committee include (but are by no means limited to):Audiovisual translationCommunity interpretingIntercultural aspects of translation/interpretingLexicography/terminographyLiterary translationLocalisationModels of translation'Periphery' cultures and minority languagesResearch methodologies in translation/interpretingSign language interpretingTranslation of children's literatureTranslation/interpreting pedagogyTranslation technologyTranslation/interpreting and ethicsTranslation/interpreting and media, including social mediaTranslation/interpreting historyTranslation/interpreting process studiesVideogames localisationAbstract Submission GuidelinesEnglish-language abstracts of 400-450 words should be submitted no later than 23rd July 2012. Information on abstract submission is available at: http://www.ipciti.org.uk/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=52&Itemid=55Keynote SpeakersDr Federico Federici, Durham University, UKProf Andy Way, President of the International & European Associations for Machine Translation (IAMT & EAMT), Director of Language Technology at ALS, UKProf Jenny Williams, Dublin City University, IrelandPre-Conference Workshops (8th November)Mixed Methods Research  Stephen Doherty2nd workshop to be confirmedImportant DatesAbstract submission deadline: 23rd July 2012Notification of acceptance: 13th August 2012Early bird registration deadline: 8th September 2012Registration deadline: 8th October 2012Publication of PapersFollowing the conference, some papers may be recommended for publication in the journal New Voices in Translation Studies (http://www.iatis.org/newvoices/).RegistrationRegistration information will be available shortly on the conference website at www.ipciti.org.uk. Further information, including information on accommodation and transportation to the conference venue, is available at: www.ipciti.org.ukEnquiries concerning the conference should be directed to: ipciti2012 at dcu.ieInformation about Dublin can be found at www.visitdublin.com