Translating Alterity in Syria and Lebanon

We often think of translation as a curative to conflict and miscommunication, but what happens if we understand translation as a site of conflict? In this conversation between Beirut-based writer and translator Lina Mounzer and University of Chicago Professor of Arabic literature and translator Ghenwa Hayek, the speakers will seek to interrogate the connection between translation, war zones, and migration. This conversation is part of the “War and Translation” series – a multi-year series that interrogates questions of translation within the context of war and migration in the Arab world. Event is sponsored by Department of Arabic, Middle East Studies, Rohatyn Center for Global Affairs, Department of English and American Literatures