The Translating Cultures Lab (TCL) has been designed to implement the mission and vision of the UNESCO Chair in Translating Cultures by providing a collaborative and interdisciplinary forum for internationally recognized researchers to meet the multiple deliverables of this four-year effort.
The Lab's Objectives
- Provide the framework and infrastructure to make progress on the Chair’s objectives.
- Ensure that the deliverables of the Chair are accomplished on time and are of high quality.
- Provide a platform for feedback and evaluation of processes and products of the Chair throughout its duration.
- Develop the theoretical framework that will focus on each year’s themes.
- Contribute to the Chair’s publication projects.
- Organize workshops and seminars.
The Lab Executive Team
Chair, Professor Moneera Al-Ghadeer
Lab Leader
Dr. Andreas Karatsolis
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Lab Coordinator
Ryan Ellis
Research Assistant
Maha Fallatah
The Chair’s Project Manager
Research Fellows (2024)
Dr. Mohammed Lafi Allwaish
Comparative Literature and Cultural Studies, Jouf University
Dr. Mohammed Al-Sudairi
Arab-Chinese Relations, Australian National University
Professor Eric Calderwood
Comparative Literature, Al-Andalus, and Latin America, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Professor Charles Forsdick
Translation Studies and French, University of Cambridge