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Gender and the Fraught Politics of Translation event series: A Nearby Country Called Love with Salar Abdoh

Date: Monday, October 28

Time: 5:30 PM - 7:00 PM

Location: Knox Hall, Room 509

Join us for a discussion with novelist and translator Salar Abdoh on how English-language works and translations shape our understanding of Persophone cultures, particularly in Iran and Afghanistan. Abdoh will explore the complexities of representing gendered life worlds and the politics of translation, as well as emerging literary genres from West and Central Asia.