Program and Organization
Program and Organization
MuTra PhD is organized as a two-year structured program of interrelated teaching and self study, individual coaching and peer review colloquia as well as discussion groups with interdisciplinary colleagues and guest professors.
MuTra PhD is
- integrated into Saarland University’s
Graduate Studies Program GradUS
- supported by Saarland University’s
International Office
- sponsored by the
Stiftung zur Förderung des wissenschaftlichen Nachwuchses im Bereich Übersetzen und Dolmetschen
MuTra PhD offers
- a flexible two-year research methodology training for liberal arts students, specifically in the fields of Translation. It combines face-to-face traditional classroom sessions with self-study and peer-group monitoring. It is taught in English and German depending on individual needs.
- introductory and follow-up seminars on Research Concepts and Methodology (writing problem statements and objectives, hypotheses, state-of-the art overviews, conceptual modeling and validity testing)
- weekend Workshops, intensive one-week sessions and/or individual coaching by appointment when accepted to the program)
- individual and peer-group progress monitoring on self-study reading assignments
- the extent possible, MuTra is tailored to fit the individual needs of doctoral candidates.
Completed dissertations have presented new conceptual and methodological thought in the following areas: Culture & Translation (Georgios Floros, Athens), Simultaneous Interpreting (Martin Will, Luxembourg), Discourse Interpreting (Lihua Jiang-Qui, Bejing), Operationalizing the Translation Purpose (June Sunwoo, Korea) and Translating Hybrid Texts (Alexandre Ndeffo, Cameroon).
Event Schedule
Prof. Dr. H. Gerzymisch
Doctoral Seminar
'Operationalizing Translation Concepts'
Mi 10 – 12 h
Geb. A1 3, Raum -1.18
Visiting Hours
The next visiting hour
Mi 23.6.16, 12-15 h
MuTra Team and Guests
MuTra Kolloquium
(usually two per semester)
SS 2014
Prof. Dr. H. Gerzymisch & Team
Coaching and intensive seminars, set individually, dates available upon request at h.gerzymisch@mx.uni-saarland.de