Event

Set My Heart Bonfire? (Dis)embodiment in Japanese Fiction and Literary Translation

Date
6 Nov 2025
Time
17:00 UK time
Speakers
Helen O’Horan
Where
St Antony's College, Pavilion Room, 4th Floor Gateway Building, 62 Woodstock Road OX2 6JF
Series
Nissan Institute Seminar in Japanese Studies
Audience
Public
Booking
Not required
We’re a day too late for Mr. Fawkes, but plenty of sparks still flying tonight. Join us, on the one-year anniversary of Suzuki Izumi’s most recent anglophone rebirth, as we delve into the process of translating emotions and psyches through words and movement. Alice Baldock and Helen O’Horan will be in conversation about the avant-garde in 1970s–1980s Japan, bodies and gender across languages, working with modern classics, Japanese sci-fi, and speculative “fiction.” And trashy dating shows! The session will also be a chance to hear about the practicalities of professional translation in a range of creative and technical fields.