Thank you to all who completed our recent survey. A digest of our work was presented recently at the NERALLT Spring Mini-Conference at Connecticut College, in a panel entitled “The Evolving Role of the Language Resource Center.” A more detailed presentation is available below, and the survey results can be found at tinyurl.com/geddes2019.
We’ve updated the Seminar in Translation page to include the archive of lectures from 2001. These include: Ron Jenkins – Laughing Hieroglyphs – Translating Dario Fo [01-26-2001] Will Waters – What is Lost There – Reading, Translating and Comparative Literature [02-02-2001] Zhu Hiong on Su Xiaokang’s Memoir of a Misfortune [02-09-2001] Michael Heim – Free […]
Dear Faculty Colleagues: Happy Spring! We invite you to attend our main event for the semester, the Spring Faculty Showcase on Wednesday, April 18 at 1:15 PM in Geddes. This event features four projects in instructional design by faculty in languages as indicated on the attached flyer. It is a good opportunity to learn from […]
Here is a list of titles that were added to the Geddes catalog between September 1, 2017 and January 18, 2018. Chinese CH 8.568 Out of Phoenix Bridge CH 8.569 Last Train Home CH 8.570 Disorder CH 8.571 Three Sisters CH 8.572 Hooligan Sparrow CH 8.573 Petition, Crime and Punishment, Paper Airplane CH 8.574 Meishi […]
On January 3, 2018, we launched a minor update to the Geddes website. The new site is optimized to allow for phone and tablet users to navigate the site. While most of the content has not changed, some pages have been moved for better organization. Please check any links to the Geddes site that you […]
The complete series of the 2017 Seminar in Literary Translation Lectures are now available at our CAS event recordings resources page. A direct link to the series (1978-2017) can be found here: https://www.bu.edu/geddes/events/translation/. In addition to the 2017 offerings, Geddes has added lectures from the mid-1990s to the website during the Spring 2017 semester.
The ongoing lecture series “Theory and Practice of Literary Translation” for 2016 have been posted online. The lectures are avaiulable to anyone with a BU username and Kerberos password, and include: Christopher Ricks – Beckett’s Translating Himself [01-29-2016] Lawrence Venuti – Translating J.V. Foix’s Daybook 1918 – The Strangeness of Minority [02-19-2016] Virginia Jewiss – This […]
We hope your summer is going well! Please find the Geddes summer newsletter attached here. Inside you can learn about Technology Mini-Grants, WikiSpace, DIll, MyGeddes reservations and more… As always, we’re available throughout the summer for one on one training sessions, and consultations. We look forward to seeing you soon! – The Geddes Language Center […]
The acquisition of a second language is often described as the learning of rules. But what if rules in the classic sense did not exist? In this webinar, we will explore this provocative topic, suggesting that language it is not a collection of classic rules and bears little resemblance to the way in which language […]
The Geddes Staff will be available by appointment from January 5 through the start of classes (and beyond!) for one on one training consultations. If you’re on campus, or just have some free time, come see us! Some popular training topics include: Using Dill, the digital language lab, for assignments or oral exams Creating a Blackboard […]