The Research Centre for Translation will hold the Fourth Summer School on Chinese Translation History on 29 June – 4 July 2015 in Xiangtan City, Hunan Province, in collaboration with the School of Foreign Studies of Hunan University of Science and Technology.

The Summer School has attracted 79 applicants, 30 of whom will participate in the event from all over the world. During a period of one week, the programme for the Summer School will include five intensive lectures on key topics in the translation discipline delivered by Professor Theodore Huters (University of California, Los Angeles), Professor Huang Ko-wu (Academia Sinica), Professor Shen Guowei (Kansai University), Professor Lawrence Wang-chi Wong (The Chinese University of Hong Kong), Professor Zou Zhenhuan (Fudan University), which will be followed by workshops and discussions amongst participants.