Art in Translation is a three-day international event where scholars and artists of all kinds deal with texts through lectures, exhibitions, concerts, and performances. The aim is to create an interdisciplinary forum to explore the connections between language and various art forms. This year the emphasis is on creative writing.

Keynote speakers 2012

Keynote speakers will be Robin Hemley, an award-winning author and director of the Nonfiction Workshop at the University of Iowa, Abé Mark Nornes, professor of Asian Cinema in both the Department of Screen Arts and Cultures and the Department of Asian Languages and Cultures, and Calum Colvin, visual artist and professor at the University of Dundee in Scotland.