- ECARE Prize awarded by
- AILC-ICLA
- Application Deadline
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To be confirmed
This award is for an outstanding translation in the form or an article, chapter, or other short work, published by an early-career scholar in the period between ICLA Congresses.
Nominations/applications will also be considered by the ICLA Research Committee on Translation.
The translation can be between any two languages.
Criteria / How to apply
Applications must be made via a dedicated online form (a link will be published when the applications open) and must contain the following attached files (all should be in MS Word or PDF format, and all – but the copy of the source text and published translation – should be in English or French):
- A complete academic CV
- A short cover letter contextualizing the translation in relation to the field of comparative literature.
- A copy of the source text.
- A copy of the published translated text.
What is the Prize/Grant
- Cash prize of US $1000.
- The winner’s name, institutional affiliation, and title of the translation piece will be announced in the AILC-ICLA Newsletter and on the website.
- The award will also be announced at the General Assembly of the subsequent AILC-ICLA International Congress.
- An abstract of the translation will be published in the Association’s journal Recherche Littéraire/Literary Research.
Application Deadline
To be confirmed
Who can apply
The applicant must be an active ICLA member at an early-career stage (ECR) at the time of the application.
ECR is here defined as academics in possession of a doctoral degree, or equivalent, who either hold or are in search of post-doctoral positions, fellowships and/or in temporary or part-time academic posts. We also consider ECRs those who have obtained a full-time, tenure- or permanent-track academic position up to 36 months from their date of employment.
When decisions will be made/communicated
To be confirmed.
Other information
Please note that any payments related to the award of this prize will be made after the announcement date. The payment lead time can also be affected by procedures related to international payment procedures which are beyond the control of the AILC-ICLA.
For queries, contact the Chair of the ECARE Committee, Dr Emanuelle Santos at [email protected] or [email protected].
Previous winners:
2022: Aurore Turbiau, for the French translation of the chapter "Academic Walls" from Sara Ahmed's book Living a Feminist Life, under the title "Les Murs de l’Université”, as published in the review Littérature, Histoire, Théorie (Fabula LhT, n°26, October 2021).