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Building Language Justice: Translation, Migration, & Linguistic Human Rights

Course Overview

Date / Time Location Credits Minimium Tuition*
1/26/26 - 5/13/26
TuTh 12:30p.m. – 1:45p.m.		 McCormack M02-0213 3 $2065 (guest students)
Date
1/26/26 - 5/13/26
Time
TuTh 12:30p.m. – 1:45p.m.
Location
McCormack M02-0213
Credits
3
Min. Tuition*
$2065 (guest students)

Description

This interdisciplinary course introduces the concept of Language Justice through the field of Translation Studies. Students will study translation as a tool of both colonization and decolonization through readings in Latin American studies, literary translation, linguistic human rights, and translation activism. Language diversity is related but not easily mapped onto other categories including race, nationality, class, and citizenship status, and this course will use translation as a lens to analyze creative cultural forms that represent language diversity through the histories of migration in Latin America and the US. Creative activities and written assignments will hone critical thinking skills, enhance translation literacy, and attune students to the linguistic diversity around us and the choices that go into production any translated work. ***Taught in English, this is a hands-on, interactive course designed with the support of the Mellon Foundation.

Guest registration opens January 12

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Course Details

Session

Regular Academic Session

Class Dates

1/26/2026 - 5/13/2026

Location

McCormack M02-0213

General Ed Requirements

Humanities

Enrolled / Capacity

3 / 24

Status

Closed

Instructor

Isabel Gomez

Tuition*

$2065 (guest students)

* The tuition estimate is based on minimum, single-course cost to a new student who is a Massachusetts resident and not enrolled in a multi-course program. State residency, online/in person modality, and matriculation to a degree program may affect cost.

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