Interdisciplinary Research
Cross-disciplinarity is at the heart of everything the Centre will do, that is, exploring relations between different languages and cultures, interdisciplinary approaches to literary study, and innovative research at the juncture of Comparative Literature and Translation. The Centre draws on close links with cognate disciplines beyond SMLC (English Literature, Celtic, Classics, Film Studies, Theatre Studies) including joint PhD supervision, and on existing collaborations in the College of Arts on key themes such as migration and slavery (Solic & Grossman’s leadership of Migrations Artslab and involvement in GRAMnet; Douglas’ work with Beniba Centre for Slavery Studies). Collaboration is being planned with colleagues in Digital Humanities and English Language (Hughes; Alexander) to build an interactive online Dictionary of Untranslatables (funding bid in development). Further collaboration is being developed with The Dear Green Bothy and, more generally, in the areas of environmental and medical humanities, following new appointments in these areas (Dellacasa; Zinnari). Building on the active engagement of SMLC colleagues in the ArtsLab Cross-College initiative, the Centre would aim to bring a much-needed intercultural perspective to cross-disciplinary conversations at UofG.