NYU SCHOOL OF PROFESSIONAL STUDIES CENTER FOR PUBLISHING & APPLIED LIBERAL ARTS CONTINUING EDUCATION PROGRAMS (PALA/CE)

Continuing Education Programs in Publishing, the Humanities, Arts, Producing, Design, Writing, and Translation.

Future Events

United Nations Language Internships – Deadline June 7

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The UN has recently opened applications for language internships. These positions are specifically related to the development of the UN’s proprietary CAT tool, terminology database, and machine translation solutions. Some translation may also be required. Open to graduates as long they apply within a year of graduation. For application details and to apply please click Careers UN

 

 

Interested in becoming a translator or interpreter? CALA has a variety of program options suitable for students who are new to the industry, established professionals looking to expand their skill sets, or anything in between.

This summer, we will be offering interpreting courses in Spanish/English, Chinese/English, and French/English:

French/English Simultaneous Interpreting
Medical Interpreting: An Overview of Education and Training (Spanish/English)
Medical Interpreting: An Overview of Education and Training (Chinese/English)

We will also be offering our Translation and Interpreting Summer Institute, a three-week intensive program suitable for beginning and mid-career translators from all language pairs.

Or, apply for the NYUSPS Masters in Translation!

Third Annual NYCT Literary Open Mic Night RSVP and Call for Submissions

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On behalf of the New York Circle of Translators:

Last call for submissions and RSVP

Do you like poetry and fiction open mic nights?
What if we add translation into the mix?

Please join us for
Translations and Transgressions:
An NYCT Poetry and Short Fiction Open Mic Night

Listen to fellow translators read their own translations of international literature or their own writing.

When: Thursday, May 10, 2018 | 6:00-7:15 pm
Where: Cornelia Street Café, 29 Cornelia St., New York, NY 10014
Cover: $10 – Collected in cash at the door, includes one drink
Enjoy a 20% discount on food (cash only) before or after the show

IF YOU HAVE SOMETHING TO READ OR SING:
E-mail the NYCT Administrator (nycirclemanager14@gmail.com).
Include the following information:
-Your name
-The English title of the work you plan to read or sing
-The title of the work in its source language
-The approximate amount of time you think it will take to recite or sing to the group. (Guideline: 5 to 10 minutes)

IF YOU JUST WANT TO SHOW UP AND ENJOY:
1. E-mail the NYCT Administrator (nycirclemanager14@gmail.com) that you intend to come
2. Promote our open mic night on Twitter! Tweet to @corneliastcafe and @nyctranslators

We look forward to seeing you there!

Interested in becoming a translator or interpreter? CALA has a variety of program options suitable for students who are new to the industry, established professionals looking to expand their skill sets, or anything in between.

This summer, we will be offering interpreting courses in Spanish/English, Chinese/English, and French/English:

French/English Simultaneous Interpreting
Medical Interpreting: An Overview of Education and Training (Spanish/English)
Medical Interpreting: An Overview of Education and Training (Chinese/English)

We will also be offering our Translation and Interpreting Summer Institute, a three-week intensive program suitable for beginning and mid-career translators from all language pairs.

Or, apply for the NYUSPS Masters in Translation!

One Book One New York Winner Announced

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Jennifer Egan’s Manhattan Beach is the 2018 One Book One New York winner. From the Mayor’s office of Media and Entertainment:

“We are so pleased to announce this year’s One Book, One New York winner, and thrilled at the level of enthusiasm and participation in this year’s program,” said Media and Entertainment Commissioner Julie Menin. “Manhattan Beach is steeped in New York history and is a deep dive into the city’s waterfront neighborhoods. Because it features such a strong and compelling female protagonist who defies the gender stereotypes of her day it feels especially timely today.”

Manhattan Beach is the fifth novel–and first work of historical fiction–written by Pulitzer Prize-winning author Jennifer Egan, a Brooklyn resident. Winner of the Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction, the book was also long-listed for the 2017 National Book Award and selected as a top book of 2017 by publications including The New York Times, Washington Post, and Time. Manhattan Beach tells the haunting World War II-era story of Anna Kerrigan, who becomes the Brooklyn Navy Yard’s first female diver, and her search for her missing father. …

For the second consecutive year, the NYU School of Professional Studies Division of Applied Undergraduate Studies (DAUS) will be participating in One Book, One New York. This year, it also will be joined by the School’s Center for Applied Liberal Arts (CALA). Both units will host a number of initiatives in which students can read and discuss Manhattan Beach by the end of the semester. They will launch a virtual book club via Twitter, moderating discussions about the book, its themes, and connection to New York City. In addition, they will have a faculty led discussion on topics related to the book.

“Manhattan Beach is a terrific choice! There’s something for every reader—a strong female protagonist, depictions of Brooklyn of long ago, and the influence of the water, which can soothe and threaten, inspire and mystify,” noted Billie Gastic, associate dean of the NYUSPS Division of Applied Undergraduate Studies.”

For full press release please click on the link: Mayor’s Office Press Release

So, stayed tuned for CALA and DAUS summer events related to New York City, Jennifer Egan’s Manhattan Beach, and writing at NYU SPS.

Or, register for one of CALA’s Summer courses – click on links below for information:

Writing Fiction & Poetry

Film and TV Writing

Non-Fiction Storytelling

Literature

Upcoming Event: NYUSPS Division of Applied Undergraduate Studies’ Humanities Fest

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Please join the NYU Division of Applied Undergraduate Studies (DAUS) for Humanities Fest, celebrating the creativity of their students and faculty in music, art, and creative writing. They will also celebrate the release of the newly re-imagined Dovetail, an art and literary magazine. The event will feature live music, a display of paintings, drawings, and other works of art, as well as literary readings and storytelling.

Musicians include John King on Oud (Middle Eastern style lute), Harris Eisenstadt on drums and percussion, and Ozan Aksoy on Saz (Turkish string instrument).

Refreshments will be served.

When:  Monday, May 7th from 6:30 PM to 8:30 PM (Doors open at 6:15 PM)

Where: 5th Floor Lounge at 7 E 12th St

Please use this link to RSVP: https://bit.ly/2qRAh0R

Meredith Sue Willis To Speak at Ethical Culture Society of Essex County, New Jersey 5-6-18

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May 6, 2018 
Ethical Culture Society of Essex County, New Jersey
Meredith Sue Willis on

A Novelist in the Digital Age:
The Good, Bad, and the Ugly 

Meredith Sue Willis will speak on Sunday, May 6, 2018 at the morning program of the Ethical Culture Society of Essex County, New Jersey on A Novelist in the Digital Age: The Good, Bad, and the Ugly. The talk will cover her personal journey from hand-stapled comics to commercial book publication to web journals and digital publishing.

There will also be a discussion of how computers and the Internet have changed the writer’s process–and the world of publishing. The program begins at 11:00 AM and takes place at the Ethical Culture Building, 516 Prospect Street, Maplewood, at the intersection of Parker Avenue.

The program is free and open to the public.

Meredith Sue Willis will also be teaching one course at CALA this summer:

WRIT1-CE9045      One-Month Novel Tune-Up

Use the above link to register online or call (212) 998-7150.

Calling All Artists and Art Students!

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CALL FOR ENTRIES:

Atlantic Gallery Juried Exhibition 2018 

Who. Are. You?

Grand Prize is a Solo Exhibition in September at Atlantic Gallery, Chelsea, NYC

Submission Deadline: June 24, 2018

For more information click National Juried Exhibition 2018

Check out and/or register for CALA’s Summer 2018 Studio Art Classes:

Landscape Painting in Central Park

Still-Life Drawing

Drawing & Painting with Mixed Media

Drawing at the Metropolitan Museum of Art

Painting

The Art of Drawing Sculpture at the Met Museum of Art

NYUSPS Literary Reading Event Next Friday

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Next Friday, April 27th, join us as CALA and DAUS students read their works of creative non-fiction, fiction, and poetry.

RSVP: tinyurl.com/READINGSPS

Want to finish your novel, edit a manuscript, or start your first short story? Take a summer writing course at CALA!

Advanced Writing Workshop
Fundamentals of Fiction Writing
Improving Writing Skills
Creative Nonfiction Writing
Grammar Review Crash Course
Five Weeks, One Great Short Story 
Jumpstart Your Memoir
One-Month Novel Tune-up

Copyediting Today and Tomorrow Panel Event: Monday, April 23rd at 6:30pm

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Join us next Monday evening for a panel event exploring the current role of the copyeditor and techniques for staying adaptable in the ever-changing publishing industry. 

Event details:

Monday, April 23rd
6:30-8pm
Woolworth Building
15 Barclay Street, NYC
4th Floor Public Assembly Room
RSVP: http://tinyurl.com/CALACOPYEDITING


Want to improve your copyediting skills? Apply for CALA’s Diploma in Copyediting, Proofreading, and Fact-checking this summer: https://www.sps.nyu.edu/professional-pathways/diplomas/media-and-communications/copyediting-proofreading-and-fact-checking.html

 Applications are due on May 15th, so don’t delay!

CALA Director Jenny McPhee Reading from New Translation at Us&Them Event

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On International Translation Day, Friday April 20, Jenny McPhee, Director of the Center of Applied Liberal Arts at NYU SPS will be reading from her new translation The Kremlin Ball by Curzio Malaparte in the Us&Them reading series at Molasses Books in Bushwick. Please join her there!  

Event details:
Friday, April 20th
8pm
Molasses Books
770 Hart St
Brooklyn, NY 11237

http://usandthemreading.com/

 Interested in becoming a translator or interpreter? CALA has a variety of program options suitable for students who are new to the industry, established professionals looking to expand their skill sets, or anything in between.

This summer, we will be offering interpreting courses in Spanish/English, Chinese/English, and French/English:

French/English Simultaneous Interpreting
Medical Interpreting: An Overview of Education and Training (Spanish/English)
Medical Interpreting: An Overview of Education and Training (Chinese/English)

We will also be offering our Translation and Interpreting Summer Institute, a three-week intensive program suitable for beginning and mid-career translators from all language pairs.

Or, apply for the NYUSPS Masters in Translation!

NETA 2018 Conference: Diversity Through Language

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Get ready for the upcoming New England Translator’s Association (NETA) conference: DIVERSITY THROUGH LANGUAGE, held on Saturday, April 28, 2018, in collaboration with UMass Boston at the UMass Boston Campus Center, 3rd floor.

The conference brings together academic scholars, researchers, and experts to give attendees the opportunity to learn and exchange ideas and to network with other members of the translation and interpretation field. The conference features four tracks: 

  1. Translation,
  2. Interpreting,
  3. Auxiliary/support services/technology, and
  4. Academic section.

We are also pleased to write that Julie Tay, one of our accomplished M.S. in Professional Translation faculty members, will be holding a talk entitled “Considering Linguistic Racism and the Problematics of ‘Diversity’ for Translators and Interpreters of English” as part of the conference. The session will take place from 2:00-3:00pm, so don’t miss it!

See the full conference schedule here: http://netaweb.org/2018-Schedule.

The 2018 conference committee has decided to have a book table again this year where NETA’s published translators and authors can display their works. 
Don’t miss the opportunity to participate in the book exhibit.
Please contact Milena Vitali to submit the names of your titles or to ask questions about this aspect of the conference.

Registration is available on the NETA Website: http://netaweb.org/event-2792591