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IPCITI 2025 @ipciti2025.bsky.social · 2d

Registration for #IPCITI2025, the 18th International Postgraduate Conference in Translation and Interpreting, is now OPEN!! 🎉🎉🎉

🗓️ Register before 24 October to get our special early-bird fee.

🧠 We have a packed two-day programme with plenty of opportunities to network and decompress.

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Portrait poster announcing that early-bird registration for IPCITI 2025 is open until 24 October. On the right side of the bottom half of the poster, there is a QR code to register. MODALITY MUTABILITY MOBILITY: Currents of Change in Translation and Interpreting. Confirmed Keynote: Dr Pauline Henry-Tierney (Newcastle University)Contact: IPCITI@warwick.ac.uk

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The Murders in the Brian Ruh Morgue @brianruh.bsky.social · 15d

I was looking at old magazines on Mandarake and now I'm kind of obsessed with these covers of "Teen Look" from the late '60s / early '70s.

Illustration of three people in flowing scarves, dressed in vibrant colors

Illustration of a young woman in brown jumper

Illustration of a woman looking at the viewer - her blue hair contains waves, seashells, and the sun

Illustration on two young women in strikingly-patterned kimono

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Teresa (Katy) Castillo @harleygin.bsky.social · Sep 8

The American Manga Awards is great starting point in bringing recognition to all the folks working on the localization, ESPECIALLY freelancers.

I truly believe there should be more awards & more spotlight on these folks.

A quote from me taken after the AMA awards: "This is great way of bringing honor to all the people, especially on the American side of all the hard work, from the editors to freelancers to translators to letterers. I think each one of them deserves a recognition and award for all their efforts. And I think this manga awards is a great starting point. I do think there should be more.”

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Katherine Heller @katherineh.bsky.social · Sep 3

The Eternal Edition of Sailor Moon is great, in terms of both translation and lettering. For something non-Sailor Moon, the recent translation of Urusei Yatsura is fun

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Katherine Heller @katherineh.bsky.social · Sep 1

So grateful to live in a world where technology has allowed me to see a photo of a Sailor Moon window display in 1996

D. Merrill @terebifunhouse.bsky.social · Aug 31

Sailor Moon window display at Eaton's department store in downtown Toronto circa 1996, courtesy Derwin Mak and the Anime North FB group

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Pretty Translator Sarah Moon @prettytranslator.bsky.social · Sep 1

Came across a really cool kanji for the first time today: 閂 (means bolt of a door)

Can't believe I've never seen this one before.

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Katherine Heller @katherineh.bsky.social · Sep 1

The value of dynamic lettering in manga translation is something that has become even more clear to me over the course of my PhD research on Sailor Moon retranslations. Happy Letterer Appreciation Day!

Pat Brosseau @droog811.bsky.social · Sep 1

Today, September 1st is Letterer Appreciation Day. Celebrated on Gaspar Saladino's birthday who was one of the greatest comic book letterers to ever pick up a pen. So, please appreciate the artistry of lettering which is more than just words on a comic book page.

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Katherine Heller @katherineh.bsky.social · Aug 22

Thank you!😊

Katherine Heller @katherineh.bsky.social · Aug 22

Thank you 🥳

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Katherine Heller @katherineh.bsky.social · Aug 22

Haven't posted here in a million years but thought I'd pop in and say that a couple of weeks ago I had my PhD viva and I passed with minor corrections!

a close up of a sailor moon cartoon character with bubbles in the background

ALT: a close up of a sailor moon cartoon character with bubbles in the background

media.tenor.com

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Dr Rebecca Williams @augustaquarius.bsky.social · May 11

Call for Papers – Transnational Perspectives on Anime: A Symposium, in collaboration with Japan Foundation London

Location: Lancaster University

Date: July 4th 2025

www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/wa-j...

www.jiscmail.ac.uk

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Katherine Heller @katherineh.bsky.social · May 5

Why was submitting my thesis kind of anticlimactic 😭

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Aurélie Petit 👩🏻‍💻✨ @aurelievpetit.bsky.social · May 4

🌸 As we’re heading to the second edition of the Queer and Feminist Perspectives on Japanese Popular Cultures, don’t hesitate to follow speakers from last year ⬇️⬇️⬇️ (I’ll be slowly adding this year’s speakers too!)✨✨✨

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Şebnem Susam-Saraeva @sebnemsaraeva.bsky.social · Apr 21

www.escueladedoblajedecanciones.com/en/iicongres...

LYRICS & CRAFTS: II Congreso Internacional sobre Traducción y Adaptación de Canciones para Doblaje y Teatro Musical

www.escueladedoblajedecanciones.com

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Fan Studies Network North America @fsnnorthamerica.bsky.social · Apr 18

Also, new this year by popular ask: an undergraduate track!

We welcome undergraduate students working on fan- and fandom-related projects to present their work at the conference.

For more, see: fsn-northamerica.org/2025/04/11/n...

NEW - Undergraduate CFP for FSNNA 2025!

Call for Participation: Undergraduate Showcase Fan Studies Network North America Conference 2025 (virtual) October 26, 2025 Fandom REPUTATION: Influence, Power, and Capital For the fir...

fsn-northamerica.org

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Fan Studies Network North America @fsnnorthamerica.bsky.social · Apr 18

Submissions for the FSNNA 2025 #fanstudies conference are now open! Our theme this year is Reputation: Influence, Power, & Capital.

🤔Pick from: poster OR poster + talk
✍️Due: Abstract, bio, keywords
⏰Deadline: Friday, May 16

Full CFP & form here: fsn-northamerica.org/2025/04/11/g...

Image saying "We're Now Open!" and "Send us your submissions for the 2025 conference!" from Fan Studies Network North America

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Jonathan Healey @jonathanhealey.bsky.social · Apr 14

New job at Oxford - do please share widely!

www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DMS153/a...

Associate Professor in History, 1000-1500 at University of Oxford

Looking for a new job opportunity in academia? Check out this job opening for a Associate Professor in History, 1000-1500 on jobs.ac.uk!

www.jobs.ac.uk

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David Orrego-Carmona @dorrego.bsky.social · Dec 2

What do you think of #subtitles?
We want to hear your opinion!

The UK #Subtitling #Audience 🎬 Survey is collecting information on #viewing habits and #perceptions of subtitled media. It should take about 10 minutes.
We would love to hear from you 😊
app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk/s/arts/uk-su...

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Cat Mahoney @catmahoney.bsky.social · Apr 2

📢📢📢 CALLING ALL PGRS 📢📢📢
Check out the #CFP for our forthcoming conference: 'Disruption, Resistance and Change in Screen Media Industries' with Keynote speaker Prof. Diane Negra!
Abstracts and bio to [email protected]. Deadline Friday 18th April.

Communication & Media at the University of Liverpool @commmedia.bsky.social · Apr 2

Big news from our COSME PGR centre who are launching the CFP for their Conference "Disruption, Resistance and Change in Screen Media Industries"! 🎥

May 19th, UoL Campus.

Please re-share and forward to relevant people.

#commsky #AcademicSky #FilmSky

www.liverpool.ac.uk/communicatio...

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Disruption, Resistance and Change in Screen Media Industries | Department of Communication and Media | University of Liverpool linkedinyoutubeinstagramThe Original RedbrickUniversity of Liverpoo...

www.liverpool.ac.uk

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Katherine Heller @katherineh.bsky.social · Apr 2

Hopefully this includes the UK 🙏

Anime News Network @animenewsnetwork.com · Apr 2

The new Rose of Versailles film will stream on Netflix on April 30!

Netflix to Stream New The Rose of Versailles Anime Film on April 30

Film streams dubbed/subbed

www.animenewsnetwork.com

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Liz Bushouse @lizbushouse.bsky.social · Apr 2

This is really awesome! But did you know that this highly beloved game's out-sourced English translators were never credited for their work? The translation is attributed only to the company "Inbound Games". Credit the people who work on your game! #TranslatorsInTheCredits

Screenshot of Yakuza 0's credit sequence. Heading reads "English Version Produced By" and next to "Translation" is simply "Inbound Games"

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QM_UCU @qmucu.bsky.social · Apr 1

oh no! @bristoluni.bsky.social has become number 92 on The List. Slashing thei Centre for Academic Language & Development
Excellent letter outlining why the uni needs the centre (how else will you *actually support* international students, not just pocket their sweet sweet fees?) &alternative routes

Save our staff at University of Bristol's Centre for Academic Language and Development (CALD)

Dear Evelyn Welch (Vice-Chancellor) cc Judith Squires (Deputy Vice-Chancellor and Provost) Staff at University of Bristol have been told that devastating job cuts are planned at the Centre for Academ...

speakout.web.ucu.org.uk

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Dr Franziska Kohlt @frankendodo.bsky.social · Feb 21

The time has come! The Call for Papers for Alice's Adventures in Wonderland - A Companion, the follow-up volume to our recent Looking-Glass Companion, is open! Please share widely!
🦤Full CFP here tinyurl.com/WonderlandCo...
🦤Abstract submission form here forms.gle/XUsmPfBsXju2... (due 15 May 2025)

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Katherine Heller @katherineh.bsky.social · Mar 27

I still think an anime I Capture the Castle would pop off

Anime News Network @animenewsnetwork.com · Mar 27

Chris and Coop flip through the pages of western literary anime adaptations.

This Week in Anime - Reading Rainbow

www.animenewsnetwork.com

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