On Thursday 25 May, the conference “Japanese Rice and Spanish Rice”, given by Dr. Makoto Oguma, Rector of the University of Kanagawa (Japan), was held in the Aula Magna of the Faculty of Philology. Oguma spoke about the history of rice cultivation, from its origins thousands of years ago to the present day, explaining how […]
3rd Jugend Überstzt Translation Award
The award ceremony for the 3rd Jugend Überstzt tTranslation Prize was held last Friday, April 5th in the auditorium of the Faculty of Translation and Documentation. Translator and lecturer Claudia Toda Castán gave a very interesting talk on the challenges (but also the joys) of translating children’s literature. Afterwards, Professor María Ángeles Recio Ariza gave […]
Ukiyo-e
Ukiyo-e, also known as “Japanese printmaking”, is a woodblock printmaking technique that developed in Japan during the Edo period (1603-1868) and is one of the best-known manifestations of Japanese art. The term is written with the kanji for “world” (浮), ” to float” (世) and “drawing” (絵) and translates as “paintings of the floating world”. […]
