University of Glasgow - Schools - School of Modern Languages & Cultures - Research and Scholarship - Research Clusters and Centres - Centre for Comparative Literature and Translation

External Engagement Projects and Impact Activity

Selected areas of external engagement and impact include:

Preserving endangered cultural heritage

Digitising Haitian literary archives (Douglas, Leverhulme Fellowship)
Research funded via Global Challenges Research Funding (e.g. Douglas, Forcer), and develop links with colleagues in Malawi via MaGNetic (The Malawi-Glasgow Network for Interdisciplinary Collaboration) (Syrotinski).

Bringing a cross-cultural perspective to College of Arts and Humanities Impact Catalyst initiatives

Building on work by Zinnari in the area of mental health and the arts for which the SMLC has provided seed funding.
Building on research on translation and censorship in Franco’s Spain, by cultivating links with media, NGOs, library professionals (Cornella-Detrell)
Work with actors and theatre practitioners nationally and internationally on questions of theatre translation (De Francisci)
Translation between UK and China/South Korea in area of digital media and public impact of translation practises (Evans)

Work with schools

Developing cross-cultural and cross-disciplinary resources for schools on the model of ‘Mask across anatomy, anthropology, theatre and the visual arts: an interdisciplinary unit’ (Segnini, IAA)