Matt Valler

#PhDone No corrections. Honoured to have been examined by Profs Michael Cronin and David Johnston. “A quantum shift in the right direction for the discipline of Translation Studies.” Not a bad review. Time to breathe out after 5 1/2 years of exhausting juggling.

Very pleased to share my latest journal article, in Literature & Theology, exploring XR as a religious movement alongside a re-evaluation of alchemy as way of thinking New Materialist religion. Many years in the writing. DM me if you don’t have access. academic.oup.com/litthe/article…

Super-pleased to have a chapter in this new book on Bible Translation. There is a WILD chasm between Translation Studies and Bible Translation, despite the Bible being the world’s most translated text! Lots of historic reasons, but time to bridge the gap! wipfandstock.com/9781666771282/…

The EPISTRAN project is one of the most interesting things in #translationstudies at the moment. Am honoured to be invited to launch Strand F, on Epistemic Emergence, alongside Prof Kobus Marais. Tomorrow 5pm UTC. Register here: epistran.org/online-lecture…

My paper 'Translating with Heidegger: worldliness, disclosure and disruption' is now out. I explore the relational embedding of translators in their environment and argue that translation can existentially redisclose the world, revealing it in new ways. tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

My article on Latour and translation, co-authored with @PiotrBlum for The Translator, is topping the journal's most-read charts for the past year. On translation as a relation of agency, Modernity's ruins, and indeterminate encounters... tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

Excited to share this extended conversation about my PhD research. We cover a New Materialist philosophy of translation, agency in the Anthropocene, the more-than-human politics of stone, and storytelling in Truro. Is a great summary of my work. entheosdesigns.net/items/takingth…

@AndreaCiribuco Thanks Andrea! I was hoping I might have been able to take a detour to Galway on this trip but it’s not been possible. Hopefully before too long!

#PhDone No corrections. Honoured to have been examined by Profs Michael Cronin and David Johnston. “A quantum shift in the right direction for the discipline of Translation Studies.” Not a bad review. Time to breathe out after 5 1/2 years of exhausting juggling.

Warmest congratulations to Dr @mattvaller, and big thanks the panel: Prof Michael Cronin, Prof David Johnston, and @ChenEn_Ho @amaravalde @TCLCTdublin @ModLangs_QUB @TranslateQUB

@frankcottrell_b your @NewStatesman Diary brought me so much joy! Thanks for all the imagination.

Last Thursdays election was deeply unfair... but don't just take our word for it. Here are top political scientist Sir John Curtice's thoughts. "We should not be surprised that some are arguing for a rethink."

‼️ BREAKING || Greens receive highest number of votes in history. 1,939,509 million votes!

The latest seat forecast from Britain Predicts, using a model with a good track record of accuracy. 4 new Green MPs, in Bristol Central, Waveney Valley, Herefordshire North & Brighton Pavilion! And still 12 days to go. We could do even better! 🤞🤞🤞 sotn.newstatesman.com/2024/05/britai…

What the hell is going on here?

If you want Green, vote Green, and you might just get Green. Look at this Tory safe seat 💚 Go on @EllieChowns

Excited to celebrate a 3rd academic publication in as many months. My chapter on ‘translation, new materialism, and the negotiation of boundaries’ in this fascinating book on biosemiotics, semiotics and translation studies. This is the theoretical centrepiece of my PhD.

"translation... is the processual relation required for any new form, whether atomic structure, everyday object, political agreement, artistic production, turn of phrase, climate model, habitat, planet, explosion or thought." tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

@AdamRamsay @openDemocracy @opendemocracyru @_ourEconomy @demoAbierta Really sorry to hear this Adam. Your work has been outstanding. A huge loss.

After 10.5 years, I’ve been laid off by @openDemocracy. This round of redundancy included most of the UK team. Three longstanding sections - @opendemocracyru, @_ourEconomy and @demoAbierta - were all also shut/mothballed in the last 6 months: a total of 21 journalists redundant.

Is this the most British headline ever? 😂

@PiotrBlum @doug11rob @javi_delamorena @cdmellinger Ah, nice! Enjoy!!

@mattvaller @doug11rob @javi_delamorena @cdmellinger Salamanca -- though feels like home! 😁

Another academic article published today! "Translationality: a transformational concept for translation studies?" in the journal Translating & Interpreting Studies. A review article engaging 3x books - by @PiotrBlum @doug11rob & Kobus Marais (ed.) jbe-platform.com/content/journa…