Translation Studies Association in Nigeria
Call for Membership
We would like to invite scholars, students and practitioners who want to
associate themselves with translation studies in Nigeria to join the Translation Studies Association
in Nigeria (TSAN).
We conceptualise Translation Studies in its broadest terms, including
interpreting, intercultural communication, intersemiotic translation, multimodal communication,
sociologies of translation, translation pedagogy and all other forms of rewriting and recreation.
TSAN was created on the 20th day of November,
2019 as an inter-university and inter-institutional body established to promote
translation studies in Nigeria and beyond.
Its aims include:
- fostering research in Translation and Interpretation in the Nigerian clime and to become a
world-renowned Academic Association for Translation and Interpreting research development
- establishing an organizational structure that will facilitate the exchange of knowledge,
expertise and resources among Translation Studies’ scholars in various working languages;
- engaging with Nigerian thought, Nigerian culture, and the interface between oralate and literate
communities as dialogue partners for translation studies;
- developing a Nigerian agenda for translation studies thereby playing a role in fostering the
decolonisation of Translation Studies in Nigerian.
- enhancing research skills in translation studies in Nigeria;
- serving as a common ground for translation scholars and students in Nigeria to meet, debate
relevant issues, and network;
- enhancing translator education in Nigerian tertiary institutions;
- working towards institutionalizing Translation/Translation Studies as an academic discipline in
Nigeria.
- facilitating contacts and partnership with other translation and interpreting scholars and
relevant academic institutions.
- creating credible publishing outlets for academic publications, especially in Translation
Studies in Nigeria;
Eligibility:
- researchers in the field of translation studies and any related field of the Linguistics, Law,
Social Sciences Arts and Humanities.
- An Applicant must be affiliated with a university or a research institution in Nigeria
- An Applicant could be a non-Nigerian or a Nigerian in diaspora.
Application:
Membership /Application dues: ₦15,000/$50/€40
Deadline: Application timeline is left open
Apply now: To apply please complete the Application form and submit to the
Secretary info@tsan.com.ng.
