Conference Cultural Diversity and Funded Translations. Between Institutional Gatekeeping and the Market, Past and Present (Barcelona)

International Conference Cultural Diversity and Funded Translations

Between Institutional Gatekeeping and the Market, Past and Present

 GlobaLS – Global Literary Studies Research Lab, Universitat Oberta de Catalunya

April 20th–22nd, 2026

Rambla de Poblenou, 154-156, Universitat Oberta de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain

The aim of this conference is to discuss, from an interdisciplinary, sociological, and global perspective, how cultural diversity is represented in funded literary translations—both past and present—and how these shape the global circulation of texts, the publishing market, and cultural policies.

This conference is part of the research project Translating diversity: institutional agents and literary translation policies in Ibero-America (2001-2022) funded by the Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities (MICIU/AEI/10.13039/501100011033/FEDER,EU).

We invite interested participants to send a 300-word abstract (in English, Spanish, or Catalan) to the following addresses: lcampanella@uoc.edu, lfolica@uoc.edu and dsanzr@uoc.edu 

Presentations may be delivered in any of these languages, but all presenters are kindly asked to include a PowerPoint presentation in English to facilitate understanding among all participants.
Please include your name, institutional affiliation, email address, and a short 100-word biography.

Deadline for submitting proposals: December 15 2025.