The International Conference on The Problematics of Arabic Literary Translation

9:00- 9:25: Arrival and Coffee

9:25- 9:35: Opening Remarks – Jonas Elbousty

9:40- 10:20: Keynote Address:

Sufi Discourse and Translatability: Two Arabic Historical Novels
Roger Allen, Professor Emeritus, University of Pennsylvania

10:20- 10: 35: Coffee Break

10:35- 12: 15

Panel: The Problematics of Arabic Literary Translation

Chair: Sam Hodgkin, Yale University

Vulgar Eloquence: The Ethics of Translating Vernaculars
Qussay Al-Attabi, Harvard University

Out of Tune: Music, Migration and Translatability
Ikram Masmoudi, University of Delaware

12:15-1:30: Lunch Break

1:30-3:00

Roundtable: Modern Arabic Poetry and Translation

Chair: Roger Allen, Professor Emeritus, University of Pennsylvania

Akram Alkatreb
Firas Sulaiman
Samantha Kostmayer Sulaiman
Hussam Jefee-Bahloul
Fadi Saad

3:00- 3:15: Coffee Break

3:15- 5:00

Poetry Reading

Firas Sulaiman
Samantha Kostmayer Sulaiman
Hussam Jefee-Bahloul
Fadi Saad
Akram Alkatreb
Jonas Elbousty

5:00- 5:50

Prose Reading from recent translations

Roger Allen
Ikram Masmoudi
Jonas Elbousty

5:50- 6:00 Closing remarks