You are all warmly invited to a lunchtime event in which Irish author Louise Hegarty will discuss the translation into French of her debut novel Fair Play with Laetitia Devaux, UCC’s Literary Translator in Residence, and co-translator Léonie Guillot-Alissant. The conversation will be chaired by Danny Denton (Creative Writing) and Martín Veiga (Department of Spanish, Portuguese and Latin American Studies). The event, jointly organised by …
The School of Languages, Literatures and Cultures and the research cluster Translation and Creative Practice (CASiLaC) warmly invite you to a seminar with Laetitia Devaux UCC Literary Translator in Residence 2024-2025 Working as a Literary Translator in France: Challenges and Opportunities In this seminar, Laetitia Devaux will share her experience of working as a literary translator …
Prison, Home, Garden: Carceral Idylls and (Re)Thinking Detention in Robert Glas’ Justice Beyond Revenge. Recalling Louk Hulsman (2024) Hanneke Stuit, University of Amsterdam In this talk I will analyse how the exhibition Justice Beyond Revenge. Recalling Louk Hulsman (2024) by Robert Glas undermines the relative invisibility and alleged benevolence of prison and detention practices in the Dutch context. Through …
Laetitia Devaux Literary Translator in Residence 2024-2025 Laetitia Devaux is a French translator working from English into French. She studied French and English literature in Paris and at Trinity College Dublin. She holds a Master’s degree from Paris Cité and an MPhil from TCD. After a long year as an editorial assistant in the field of Danish cookery books, …
