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Conferences and seminars

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.