Professor Tabatabai at Boston Poetics Workshop- 3.28.2025
WLL’s own Professor Tabatabai will be presenting “The Double-Edged Sword of Literary Translation: Translating Persian to English and English to Persian” at this year’s Boston Poetics Workshop! You can attend his talk on March 28th in the Kilachand Hall first-floor common room- please RSVP at the QR code below.
Found in Translation- New Article About Literary Translation MFA!
A new article about our MFA in Literary Translation was just posted in the BU Arts x Sciences magazine, featuring quotes from program director Anna Zielinska-Elliott and MFA student Evan Laufman! You can read it here.
Author and Translator Event Recorded!
The filmed version of our event with author Kaori Fujino and translator Kendall Heitzman is now available for viewing! The two gave a bilingual reading from Fujino’s award-winning novel Nails and Eyes, followed by a Q&A. Students can view the reading at the link below. https://youtu.be/35oasFBhNIM?feature=shared
New BA to MFA in Literary Translation!
Beginning in spring 2025, undergraduate students will be able to apply for a BA to MFA in Literary Translation! Accepted students will be able to count two classes towards both degrees in their senior year, getting a head start on the master’s program. There are currently eight areas of study for the new program, including […]
Congratulations to Ibrahim Fawzy!
Congratulations to Ibrahim Fawzy, one of our MFA in Literary Translation students, for receiving a 2024 Global Africa Translation Fellowship!