Event
Homecoming: Tower of Babel or Universal Understanding: The Art of Translation in the 18th Century
Thursday, October 16, 2008 08:00toSaturday, October 18, 2008 18:00
McLennan Library Building
3459 rue McTavish, Montreal, QC, H3A 0C9, CA
Traduttori, traditori (Translators, traitors) is an old Italian proverb. Are translators really traitors? Does translation undo or add to the confusion of tongues wrought by the destruction of the Tower of Babel? What role did translation play in the dissemination of ideas and the results of the voyages of discovery? These questions are addressed in the exciting and sometimes perplexing exhibition in the main hall of the McLennan Library Building. The exhibition is organized in conjunction with the conference of the Canadian Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies.
Thursday, October 16 8 am - 10 pm
Friday, October 17 8 am - 10 pm
Saturday, October 18 10 am - 6 pm
Cost: Free