The School of Languages and Social Sciences runs a series of of innovative, research-led seminars and conferences throughout the year. All our events are open to members of the public - to find out more, email lss_research@aston.ac.uk
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Upcoming events
LSS Research Seminar Series 2012/13
English Language
Languages and Translation Studies/Institute for the Study of Language and Society
Centre for Research in Sociology and Policy Studies
Politics and International Relations
Conferences and Symposia
The Sovereign Debt Crisis and Eurozone Economic Governance - Thursday 31st January 2013
CLERA Public Lecture by Professor Juliane House: "English as a global lingua franca: A treat to multilingualism and translation?", Wednesday, 22 May, 2013
International Conference “Self-translation in the Iberian Peninsula”
The aim of this conference is to explore the self-translators’ role as cultural mediators between languages of disparate status in the Hispanic and Lusophone context.
20th and 21st September 2013, University College Cork
Organised by Dr Olga Castro, Aston University (o.castro@aston.ac.uk) and Dr Sergi Mainer, University College Cork (s.mainer@ucc.ie)
Click here for the second Call for papers (deadline for submitting 200-word abstracts to the organisers: 31 May 2013.