CETRA - Centre for Translation Studies at KU Leuven

12/03/2026

We’re pleased to help spread the word about 'Retranslation in Context VII: Concepts, Contexts, Prospects', an international conference taking place in Antwerp on 9–11 December 2026. Organised by CETRA staff members Kris Peeters, Pieter Boulogne and Piet Van Poucke, the conference invites abstracts on any aspect of retranslation. Abstract deadline: 30 June 2026. Please do share with colleagues and networks who may be interested.

CETRA is pleased to spread the word about a conference co-organised by CETRA staff members Kris Peeters, Pieter Boulogne and Piet Van Poucke. Call for abstracts Retranslation in Context VII Antwe…

20/02/2026

NEW PUBLICATION: CETRA is proud to spread the word about a new open access volume: Literary Translation Lifecycles: The Vital Networks Behind the Circulation of Dutch Literature (Routledge).

Bringing together 15 case studies (across 5 genres and 14 target languages), the book shows how translated literature really circulates — through networks of translators, editors, agents, publishers, and institutions. Many CETRA members contributed to the volume, and we’re delighted to share it widely.

Read/download: https://cetra.blog/2026/02/20/literary-translation-lifecycles-is-out-now-in-open-access/

Printed copies ship 26 February 2026.

CETRA is delighted to announce the publication of Literary Translation Lifecycles: The Vital Networks Behind the Circulation of Dutch Literature, a new edited volume from Routledge, edited by CETRA…

19/12/2025

📣 Call for participants – 2026 CETRA Summer School 📣

The call for participants for the 37th CETRA Research Summer School in Translation Studies is now open! https://www.arts.kuleuven.be/cetra/research-summer-school

CETRA is the longest-running summer school in translation studies, and has, for almost four decades, brought together doctoral and postdoctoral researchers from around the world.

📍 Antwerp
📅 24 August – 4 September 2026
🗓 Application deadline: 29 March 2026

We are very pleased to welcome Dorothy Kenny, a leading expert in AI and (literary) translation, as this year's CETRA Chair Professor. Her bio and lecture abstracts can be consulted here:
https://www.arts.kuleuven.be/cetra/people/dorothy-kenny

CETRA particularly encourages applications from pre- and post-doctoral researchers, especially those midway through their research trajectory. Over the years, many alumni have spoken of the so-called “CETRA effect”: the lasting intellectual, professional, and collegial impact of two intensive weeks of lectures, seminars, workshops, tutorials, and peer exchange in translation studies.

The poster is attached — please circulate it widely, print it, and post it wherever there may be interest. We also invite you to like and repost this announcement through your networks.

With best wishes for a happy and inspired holiday season, and we very much hope to welcome many of you to Antwerp next summer!

06/10/2025

📣 We’re delighted to share that the full series of lectures by Professor Kobus Marais, CETRA Chair 2025, is now available on our YouTube channel.

In "The Complexity of Translation", Marais invites us to rethink translation through the lenses of complexity theory and (bio)semiotics — connecting meaning, matter, and life itself.

🎥 Watch the full series, and other CETRA lectures, here: https://www.youtube.com//featured

06/10/2025

📢 Call for Papers: The Politics of Small Scales: Digital, Economic, Social, and Aesthetic Transformations of Contemporary Presses

CETRA is pleased to spread the word about the following call for papers from CETRA alumna Joana Roqué Pesquer (KU Leuven).

🗓 21–22 May 2026
📍 KU Leuven (Belgium)
🎙 Keynote Speaker: D-M Withers (University of Exeter)

This interdisciplinary workshop explores the digital, economic, aesthetic, and social dimensions of contemporary small presses through the lens of the politics of scale. Scholars, practitioners, and publishers are invited to submit abstracts that engage with the workshop’s key themes: digitality, economic infrastructures, social commitments, and aesthetics.

📝 Abstract deadline: 5 December 2025
📧 Submissions to: [email protected]

Access the full digital version of the call for papers here 👉 https://collab-lit.com/symposia/workshop-2026/

CETRA is pleased to spread the word about the following call for papers, which comes to us from CETRA alumna Joana Roqué Pesquer. Access the digital version call for papers here. We reproduce the t…