Nida Schools
Since 2007, the Nida School of Translation Studies has been conducted annually. Prior to that the renowned CETRA summer seminar included a number of associates from American Bible Society, United Bible Societies, and national Bible societies.
The co-directors of the Nida School of Translation Studies, Stefano Arduini and Philip H. Towner, are pleased to announce the 2013 NSTS Nida Professors: Sherry Simon and Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak. The theme of the 2013 session is Translation, Gender, and Culture; the dates are May 20-31.
May 20 - June 2, 2012
The Nida Institute announces the 2012 Nida School of Translation Studies. The School will meet May 20 - June 2, 2012 in Misano Adriatico (Rimini), Italy. The theme of this year’s School is Translation between Globalization and Localization. The School is honored to name its two Nida Professors for 2012: Anthony Pym (Tarragona) and Musa Dube (Botswana).
The theme of the 2011 NSTS was Translation and Ideology. The two Nida Professors were Martha P.Y. Cheung (Chair Professor in Translation and Director of the Center for Translation at Hong Kong Baptist University) and Vicente Rafael (Professor of History at the University of Washington (Seattle).
The theme of the 2010 NSTS was Translation and Cognition. The Nida Professor was Maria Tymoczko (University of Mass Amherst).
The theme of the 2009 NSTS was Translation and Culture. The two Nida Professors were Theo Hermans (University College London) and Tan Zaixi (Hong Kong Baptist University).
The theme of the 2008 NSTS was Translation, Culture, and Cognition. Edwin Gentzler (University of Massachusetts Amherst) and David Tuggy (SIL International) served as Nida Professors.
The theme of the 2007 NSTS was Translation, Semiotics, and Biblical Studies. Kent Harold Richards (Society of Biblical Literature Executive Director), and Peeter Torop (Tartu University in Estonia) served as the two Nida Professors.
