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Conference God's Word in English
The King James Version as Translation
Date: 24-25 March 2011
Venue: Antwerp and Leuven, Belgium
The year 2011 marks the 400th anniversary of the publication of the King James Version, undoubtedly the most important English translation of the Bible. Though this version is today often associated with Fundamental Evangelical Christian circles, its historical importance and its cultural and artistic impact cannot be overlooked. To commemorate the 400th anniversary of the publication, SIG VERBI, an international research group of CETRA under the auspices of the faculties of Theology and Arts of the K.U.Leuven and the Department of Translation Studies of the Lessius University College (Antwerp), is holding a conference. The conference fits into the events to commemorate the Protestant and Catholic Reformations, organized by Refo500, of which the K.U.Leuven is a project partner. The aim of the conference is to present research on this remarkable version of the Bible primarily from the perspective of translation, including the effects this piece of translation have exercised on various areas of religious and popular culture, and especially on the theory and practice of translation.
PROGRAMME
Thursday 24 March, 2011 in Lessius University College (Antwerpen)
Address: Lessius University College, Sint-Andriesstraat 2, 2000 Antwerp, Belgium
Room: Belpaire (01.33)
9:00 – 9:15 Opening of the Conference
Welcome by Prof. Dr. Frieda Steurs, Head of Department of Applied Language Studies (Lessius University College, Belgium)
9:15 – 11:00 Historical-Cultural Session 1
Chair: Paul Arblaster (University Zuyd, Netherlands)
9:15-10:15 Gordon Campbell (University of Leicester, UK): The English of the King James Version
10:15-10:45 Amanda Piesse (Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland): Shakespeare and King James: Early-modern Literary Resonances of the King James Bible
10:45-11:00 discussion
11:00 – 11:15 Coffee in Lessius
11:15 – 13:00 Historical-Cultural Session 2
Chair: Peter Flynn (Lessius University College, Belgium)
11:15-12:05 Stephen Prickett (University of Kent, UK): Language within Language: King James’ Steamroller
12:05-12:15 discussion
12:15-12:45 Paul Quinn (University of Sussex, UK): Which Bible is it anyway? Staging the plays of the Reformation history sequence in an AV world
12:45-13:00 discussion
13:00 – 14:00 Lunch in Lessius
14:00 – 17:00 Historical-Cultural session 3: Plantin-Moretus Museum (address: Vrijdagmarkt 22, 2000 Antwerpen)
Bible translation in the Low Countries as historical-cultural background to the KJV:
a seminar by Guido Latré (U.C.Louvain and UGent, Belgium) in the conference room of the Plantin-Moretus Museum (panelists: Paul Arblaster and Gergely Juhász)
After the seminar the participants can visit the museum individually or with the guidance of Guido Latré.
17:00 – 18:00 Reception in Lessius
Friday 25 March, 2011 at the Faculty of Theology (K.U.Leuven)
Address: Faculty of Theology, K.U.Leuven, Sint-Michielstraat 6, 3000 Leuven, Belgium
Room: Romero Room (02.10), Collegium Veteranorum
9:00 – 9:15 Welcome by Prof. Dr. Lieven Boeve, dean of the Faculty of Theology
9:15 – 11:00 Theology Session 1
Chair: Wim François (K.U.Leuven, Belgium)
9:15-9:45 Gergely Juhász (Lessius University College, K.U.Leuven, Belgium): Antwerp Bibles in the King James Bible
9:45-10:15 Henry Wansbrough (University of Oxford): Rheims/Douai Version as a rival to the KJV
10:15-10:45 Yekaterina Yakovenko (Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia): The King James Bible and Its Reference to the Source Texts
10:45-11:00 discussion
11:00 – 11:15 Coffee
11:15 – 13:00 Historical-Cultural session 4
Chair: Guido Latré (U.C.Louvain and UGent, Belgium)
11:15-11:45 Paul Arblaster (University Zuyd, Netherlands): Dragons in their pleasant palaces: Strange Beasts in the King James Bible
11:45-12:15 Crawford Gribben (Trinity College, Ireland): King James Bible and textual criticism in Cromwellian England
12:15-12:45 Tibor Fabiny (Károli Gáspár University of the Reformed Church, Hungary): The Metaphorical World of the Sacred Word in the Prefaces of English Bible Translations from Tyndale to the King James Bible
12:45-13:00 discussion
13:00 – 14:00 Lunch in ALMA (Pauscollege)
14:00 – 15:45 Historical-Cultural session 5
Chair: Gergely Juhász (Lessius University College, K.U.Leuven, Belgium)
14:00-14:30 Ellie G. Bagley (Middlebury College, USA): The Influence of the KJV on the Revised Version
14:30-15:00 Isabel Rivers (Queen Mary University of London, UK): Philip Doddridge’s New Testament: The Family Expositor (1739-56)
15:00-15:30 Claudia May (University of Birmingham): Political (Re)translations and the King James Version Bible (KJV): Call and Response, African American Creativity and the KJV
15:30-15.45 discussion
15:45 – 16:00 Coffee
16:00 – 17:45 Theology session 2
Chair: Tibor Fabiny (Károli Gáspár University of the Reformed Church, Hungary)
16:00-16:30 Reimund Bieringer (K.U.Leuven, Belgium): Junia, Evodia and Nympha
16:30-17:00 Creighton Marlowe (Evangelische Theologische Faculteit, Leuven, Belgium): The Bible has lost its soul
17:00-17:30 Mahe Nau Awan (University of Surrey, UK): Paradise Lost: The Journey from Bible (KJV) to Quran and the Aftermath
17:30-17:45 discussion
17:45 – 18:00 Concluding words by Gergely Juhász (Lessius University College, K.U.Leuven, Belgium) and Paul Arblaster (University Zuyd, Netherlands)
ACCOMMODATION
Costs for invited speakers can only be reimbursed if they stay in Leuven. If you are an invited speaker and you have not yet received information on accommodation in Leuven, please contact the organisers.
In Antwerp, conference participants can enjoy the following discount rates at Hotel Cammerpoorte, which is only 100 meters from Lessius University College, in the heart of Antwerp:
- Single room: €65 per room per night – including breakfast and taxes
- Double room: €80 per room per night – including breakfast and taxes
- Triple room: €110 per room per night – including breakfast and taxes
The hotel has a parking. The parking fee is 15 euro per car per 24 hours.
Address:
Hotel Cammerpoorte NV
Nationalestraat 38-40
B 2000 Antwerpen
For reservation, please contact the hotel directly. In order to enjoy the discount rate, be sure to mention that you are participating in the KJV Conference at Lessius University College.
Telephone: + 32 / 3 / 231 97 36
Fax: + 32 / 3 / 226 29 68
E-mail : info@hotelcammerpoorte.be
www.hotelcammerpoorte.be
In Leuven, conference participants can enjoy the following discount rates at hotel New Damshire, which is only 100 meters from the Faculty of Theology, in the heart of Leuven:
- Single room: €119 per room per night – including breakfast, complimentary internet connection and taxes
- Double room: €132 per room per night – including breakfast, complimentary internet connection and taxes
Address:
Hotel New Damshire
Schapenstraat 1 (Damiaanplain)
B-3000 Leuven
For reservation, please contact the hotel directly. In order to enjoy the discount rate, be sure to mention that you are participating in the KJV Conference at the Faculty of Theology (K.U.Leuven).
Telephone: +32 / 16 / 232 115
Fax: +32 / 16 / 745 246
E-mail: reservations@hotelnewdamshire.be
www.newdamshire.com
REGISTRATION
Full registration fee: 50 euro (including lunch and coffee on both days as well as seminar & entrance fee to the Plantin-Moretus Museum on Thursday afternoon).
Registration fee for one day: 40 euro (including lunch and coffee as well as seminar & entrance fee to the Plantin-Moretus Museum on Thursday afternoon if the registration is for March 24).
Registration for K.U.Leuven/Lessius Students and Staff:
- conference: free (including coffee as well as seminar & entrance fee to the Plantin-Moretus Museum on Thursday afternoon)
- lunch in Lessius on March 24: 12 euro
- lunch in ALMA on March 25: 12 euro
Please register on-line at:
http://theo.kuleuven.be/page/registration_kjv
and
transfer the registration fee to:
IBAN: BE6073400666 0370
BIC (SWIFT) code: KRED BE BB
K.U.Leuven, Krakenstraat 3, B-3000Leuven, Belgium
Bank: KBC Bank, Bedrijvenkantoor Leuven,
Brusselsesteenweg 100, B-3000 Leuven, Belgium
Communication: 400/0005/30408
By registering for the conference each participant agrees to the terms as defined at:
www.avnet.kuleuven.be/lll/permanentevorming/verkoop/Verkoopsvoorwaarden_eng
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