What happens when knowledge is transferred across cultural boundaries? How is it affected by moving between different media and passing through institutional frameworks? This series of three two-day colloquia will explore the translation of knowledge in different contexts over time and space. Each event consists of a public lecture and a panel discussion on the first day, and a closed group masterclass on the second day.

(1) Translation in Ancient Mesopotamia
June 4, 2018
2–3.45pm Lecture, Christine Proust (CNRS, Paris): From Clay to Modern Editions: the
Metamorphoses of Numbers
3.45–4.15pm Break
4.15–6pm Panel discussion: Matteo Valleriani (MPIWG)
MPIWG, Main Conference Room
June 5, 2018
11am–3pm Masterclass, Tensions between Variability of Ancient Texts and Normativity of
Databases: Case Studies
A working lunch will be served
MPIWG, Room 215

(2) Translation in Late Imperial China
June 20, 2018
2-3.45pm Lecture, Joachim Kurtz (Heidelberg University): Knowledge in Translation: Euro-
American Missions in Late Imperial China
3.45–4.15pm Break
4.15–6pm Panel discussion: Dagmar Schäfer (MPIWG)
MPIWG, Main Conference Room
June 21, 2018
11am–3pm Masterclass, Constructing the Language of Modernity
A working lunch will be served
MPIWG, Room 215

(3) Translation in Modern Eastern Europe
July 5, 2018
2-3.45pm Lecture, Michael Gordin (Princeton University): Machine Translation before and after the
Iron Curtain
3.45–4.15pm Break
4.15–6pm Panel discussion: Charu Singh (University of Cambridge)
HU Berlin, Main Building, Room 2249a, “Marmorsaal”
July 6, 2018
11am–3pm Masterclass, Science in a “Minor Language”
A working lunch will be served
MPIWG Villa, Room 005