This Week in LANG 10/28/2024

October 28, 2024
Categories: Conference, Cultural Events, General Events, General News Tags: 2024, french, german, japanese, spanish

In this Edition: **Chair Availability this Week: out of the office 10/28-10/30, by appointment only**

Dear colleagues, 

Please remember that the CAPC has voted on the proposed Workload Policy. It will come to you as a seconded motion and be on the Consent Calendar of the Department Meeting this week on Friday on November 1. 

I would like to draw your attention to the deadline for the RDL and Junior Faculty Development Awards, which is November 4 at 5 pm. Please make sure you run your plans by me.  

Dates and Events this Week

November 1

Looking Ahead Dates and Events Fall 2024

November 4

  • RDL Application Deadline, 5 pm. 

November 11

  • Veteran’s Day, no classes 

November 14

November 18

November 18-22

  • International Education Week, submit proposals: via OIP website 

November 22

  • Tentative Department Meeting

November 25

  • Nominations due for the Bank of America Award for Teaching Excellence (tenured faculty) and the UNC Charlotte Award for Teaching Excellence (non-tenure track faculty)  Complete the online nomination form

November 27-28

  • Thanksgiving Break

December 4

  • Last Day of classes 

December 5

  • Reading Day, Department Meeting, End of Semester Party and Retirement Celebration for Carol

December 13

  • Commencement

December 16 

  • Grades due 

Congratulations

Congratulations to Jeff Killman for the publication of the peer-reviewed article “Machine Translation Literacy in the Legal Translation Context: a SWOT Analysis Perspective.” The Interpreter and Translator Trainer 18(2): :271–289. https://doi.org/10.1080/1750399X.2024.2344282 and for giving two presentations: “Los tipos textuales de la traducción jurídica y la traducción automática.” Translating Europe. Workshops 2024: Traducción automática en contextos especializados. European Commission in Spain. June 11, 2024 and “Court-related translation to Spanish in the US: A corpus-driven study on frequently translated textual features.” Legal Translation and Interpreting on the Move: Research and Professional Opportunities (TIGIM). Department of Legal, Language, Translation, and Interpreting Studies (IUSLIT), University of Trieste, Italy. October 2-4, 2024.

Important Information for Faculty and Staff

Junior Faculty Development Awards and CHESS Reassignment of Duties

The Junior Faculty Development Awards and CHESS Reassignment of Duties applications are due by 5 pm on November 4, 2024. Please be sure to email all completed applications to chessrdprogram@uncc.edu.

Workload Policies

Please find here the approved CHESS Workload policy. For reference, please see here the current LANG Workload Policy. Here is the Seconded Motion: LANG Workload policy. 

Workload Policy Timeline

November 1        Department Meeting Final Vote on Workload Policy 

Upcoming Events

SEACS 2025

Use this form to submit a paper or panel proposal: SEACS 2025 Paper and Panel Proposal Form. For more information, visit theseacs.org or email SEACS2019@gmail.com. I encourage everyone to submit a proposal and also to work with graduate and advanced undergraduate students to submit a proposal.

Planning for Spring Witness in Residence 

The Spring Witness in Residence will be here before we know it, so please begin thinking about how you might enrich the themed courses program and watch here for the next request for proposals. Our (excellent!) Fall event just focused on a local witness within the humanities–so we are especially interested in witnesses that are global and/or focussed in the social sciences. Questions? Please schedule a consultation

Graduate Program Director for the Women’s and Gender Studies Program

The Women’s and Gender Studies Program seeks a Graduate Program Director (GPD) to oversee its Graduate Certificate in Gender, Sexuality, and Women’s Studies for a three-year renewable term beginning July 1, 2025. This is a nine-month appointment with one course release per year and an administrative stipend to cover summer responsibilities. Candidates must hold a Ph.D. in a relevant discipline and be a current full-time faculty member in the College of Humanities & Earth and Social Sciences (CHESS). More information about the position and application process is attached.

Thank you for all you do. 

All the best,

Anabel