by Bernie O’Rourke On Friday 30th October, the Irish Language Commissioner, Rónán Ó Domhnaill, launched a Research Report on New Speakers of Irish. The report was prepared by Heriot-Watt LINCS Professor Bernadette O’Rourke and colleagues Dr. John Walsh and Dr. Hugh Rowland of the University of Ireland, Galway. This joint venture between Heriot-Watt University and the […]
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Heritage research and practice
Last week saw the launch of A Companion to Heritage Studies, a major reference work for Heritage research and practice, co-edited by Prof Máiréad Nic Craith and Prof Ulli Kockel from the IRC as well as Prof William Logan of Deakin University, Melbourne. A Companion to Heritage Studies is a comprehensive, state-of-the-art interdisciplinary reference work for the study of cultural heritage, published […]
Signposting Professional Practice: Intercultural Communication and Interpretation
Everyone was there. LINCS staff from all sections, students, colleagues from universities all over the UK, Heads of Schools, Vice-Principals, technicians, photographers, interpreters, representatives from Deaf organisations, Deaf friends. A little girl with long blonde hair was laughing and signing happily with her grandparents, who were all dressed to the nines for the occasion. It […]
Final-year BSL students at the Scottish Parliament
Reflections from a teacher by Stacey Webb, Assistant Professor in Sign Language Studies It is not every day you get to bring your classroom to the real world. So often we try to bring the real world to the classroom and it just never replicates real life! Recently we listened and practised interpreting a graduation […]
17th September 2015: A momentous day for the BSL Community
by Graham Turner On a most extraordinary afternoon last week (17th September 2015, a date to be remembered), it seemed that half of Heriot-Watt’s Department of Languages & Intercultural Studies re-located to the Scottish Parliament for a few hours. Why? It was the Stage 3 (final) reading in the chamber of the British Sign Language […]
WASLI 2015 Istanbul: The conference
by Jill Gallacher, Virginia Dugo-Marmalejo and Jude Caldwell We were fortunate to receive funding from the Heriot Watt Alumni fund to attend the World Association of Sign Language Interpreters conference in Istanbul as it was seen as an opportunity that was too great to miss. As interpreting students, we were not sure what to expect, but having […]
Aahh, the holidays… (?)
June to September: Three long months with nothing to do, because there’s no teaching. So we lock up our offices with a “Back in September” sign and fly off to exotic places, or we stay here and catch up with our neglected hobbies of baking, knitting and gardening. Aahhh… If only that were true. Here’s […]
Hearing Loss or Deaf Gain? At the Cabaret of Dangerous Ideas
On Saturday 8th August, Jemina Napier and Noel O’Connell engaged in a heated debate on “Hearing Loss or Deaf Gain?” at the Cabaret of Dangerous Ideas. We’ve asked two members of LINCS, Heather Mole, a PhD student who is part of the BSL team, and Olwyn Alexander, Director of Academic English, to review the show. Heather […]
Special Issue of New Voices in Translation Studies – with Guest Editors from LINCS
by Pedro Castillo, Penny Karanasiou, Marwa Shamy and Lee Williamson We are delighted to announce the publication of the Special Issue (number 12) of New Voices in Translation Studies. The issue includes a selection of the best papers submitted after IPCITI 2013, organised in Heriot-Watt, and it is the result of the long standing collaboration […]
Critical Links – A new generation (Call for papers!)
CALL FOR PAPERS Critical Link 8 Critical LinkS – a new generation Future-proofing interpreting and translating 29 June – 1 July 2016 Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh Pre-conference workshops and events will also take place before the conference (27-28 June) and the Edinburgh Interpreting Research Summer School (EIRSS) is scheduled to take place 4-8 July 2016. The Critical […]