The objective of the second Ascona workshops is to encourage colleagues from relevant disciplines to employ the interpreting paradigm to put models and theories developed in their own disciplines to the test and to verify whether and how these could accommodate the complexity of simultaneous interpreting.

For a complete program description and interactive registration form please go to...

http://mambo.ucsc.edu/ascona

which features a hyperlink to the website of the Centro Stefano Franscini, Monte Verità, Ascona, where you find relevant travel and tourist information.

Conference fees, including full room and board on Monte Verità, ll coffee breaks as well as half-day excursion (July 1 afternoon to July 6 noon):

Registration

• before March 31, 2001 sfr. 1.500
• before April 30, 2001 sfr. 1.580
• before June 15, 2001 sfr. 1.660

No registration after June 15, 2001.
 
 

Scholarships (please contact the organizers):

European Parliament

A limited number of scholarships is available for participants from Central and Eastern European countries.

Swiss National Science Foundation

Application for a limited number of scholarships is possible through the organizers for participants from the following countries: Albania, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kirgyzstan, Macedonia, Moldova, Romania, Russia, Tajikistn, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, and Uzbekistan.

Ecole de traduction et d'interprétation

A limited number of partial scholarships for students is available.

You can find the proceedings of the first Ascona workshops in INTERPRETING 2 (1/2), 1997, available from John Benjamins Publishing Company http://www.benjamins.nl

This promises to be a fascinating week of high-level workshops covering the intriguing complexities of the "simultaneous" mind.
 

The organizers: