Welcome to efsli2023 Conference!
Thessaloniki | Greece | 15th to 17th of September 2023

efsli 2023 Conference Programme

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09:00 - 09:30 WELCOME & OPENING
09:30 - 10:15 Keynote Speaker “A duty to learn, a Right to be safe” | David Wolfenden (UK)
10:15 - 10:45 Perspectives on interpreting-mediated interactions – Revisiting Discourse-Related Issues Christian Rathmann | Péter Zalán Romanek (DE)
10:45 - 11:00 Coffee Break
11:00 - 11:30 Representation and Diversity in the Sign Language Translation & Interpreting Profession in the UK | Jemina Napier, Robert Skinner, Robert Adam, Christopher Stone, Sandra Pratt, Daniel P. Hinton, Chijioke Obasi (UK)
11:30 - 12:00 Professional paradox: about the (un)equal balance of rights and duties of signed language interpreters in Poland | Aleksandra Kalata-Zawłocka, Michał Koziol (PL)
12:00 - 12:30 Identities and position(ing) of sign language interpreters in Japan | Junko Lévay (DE)
12:30 - 13:10 Poster Presentation
13:10 - 14:10 Lunch Break
14:10 - 14:40 Aiming for righteous treatment of Deaf interpreters | Naomi Sheneman (USA)
14:40 - 15:10 Sign language interpreting as a linguistic or caring profession: Perceptions and implications | Paul Michaels (UK)
15:10 - 15:40 Shakespeare to Superman: Creating skilled and ethical performing arts interpreters | Lindsey D. Snyder (USA)
15:40 - 16:00 Coffee Break
16:00 - 16:30 Exploring the Impact of Holocaust Literacy on Signed Language Interpreters | Sherry Shaw, E. Lynn Jacobowitz (USA)
16:30 - 17:30 WORKSHOP
Taking care of your mind and body is doing the right thing for yourself and the deaf community | Jennifer Kagan, Naomi Sheneman (USA)
09:30 - 10:00 1. ‘Help is on the way’: (In)accessible policing in the UK through sign language interpreting | Jemina Napier, Robert Skinner (UK)
10:00 - 10:30 2. The dilemma of political correct signing: attempts of proper discourse formation tampering with visual linguistic modality | Christos Georgokostopoulos, Galini Sapountzaki (GR)
10:30 - 11:00 3. A Collaborative Approach to Sign Language Interpreting for the Theatre | Lynnette Taylor, Stephanie Feyne, Candace Broecker-Penn (USA)
11:00 - 11:20 Coffee Break
11:20 - 11:50 4. Co-construction and collaborations in the training of LSF interpreters, French to LSF translators, and LSF to LSF mediators | Jérémie Segouat (FR)
11:50 - 12:20 5. We the People: Placing Sign Language interpreters into the People’s House | Lindsey D. Snyder (USA)
12:20 - 12:50 6. Interpreter’s ethics: role and legitimacy in the process of creating sign language neologisms in the professional field | Aline Alemany, Marine Dupont (FR)
12:50 - 13:20 Synthesis of the debates and conclusion of the conference | David Wolfenden (UK)
13:20 - 13:30 Closing Ceremony
 

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