Yekatherina Lebedeva

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Jekatherina Lebedewa ( Russian Екатерина Лебедева ; * 1961 in Leningrad ) is a German linguist and translation scholar and literary translator . Since 2004 she has been professor for Russian translation studies at the Institute for Translation and Interpreting (IÜD) at the New Philology Faculty of the Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg .

Life

Jekatherina Lebedewa studied translation and literature ( Russian / Romanian / English ) at the Humboldt University of Berlin from 1980 to 1985 . In 1985 she received the Humboldt Prize for her thesis on the modern Russian novel and its sources in 19th century Russian classical music . After graduating, she worked from 1985 to 1991 as a research assistant in the research group for modern Russian literature at the Central Institute for the History of Literature of the Academy of Sciences of the GDR in Berlin and taught as a visiting professor at the Institute for Slavic Studies at the Humboldt University in Berlin. She received her PhD in 1990 as a Dr. phil. with the dissertation "Russian guitar lyric - the genesis of a modern literary genre". In 1992, her dissertation was entitled “Come on guitar, make me free! Russian Guitar Poetry in Opposition ”published as a book. In the same year she received a postdoctoral fellowship from the Max Planck Society with a focus on literary research in Berlin. From 1993 to 1996 she worked as a research assistant at the Institute for Slavonic Studies at Humboldt University and in 1997 as a research assistant for Russian cultural history in the cultural studies department of the Magnus Hirschfeld Archive in Berlin. From 1997 to 2001 she benefited from a habilitation grant from the Volkswagen Foundation . In 2002, she completed her habilitation in the subject “Slavic Literature and Cultural Studies”. Her habilitation thesis entitled “Philosophical Poetry and Poetic Philosophy. Slavophilism in 19th century Russia as a poetic phenomenon ”she wrote at the European University Viadrina in Frankfurt (Oder) . She then taught there as a private lecturer at the Faculty of Cultural Studies . Since 2004 she has held the professorship for Russian translation studies at the New Philology Faculty of the Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg .

Jekatherina Lebedewa takes on the role of reviewer and editor, translates plays, prose and poetry from Russian and is represented at various events in Germany and abroad on topics of translation studies with academic lectures. For example, she represents the IÜD at the annual general meetings of the CIUTI .

Other functions and memberships

Research priorities

  • Cultural aspects of translation studies
  • Literary translation
  • Literary, translation and cultural history of Russia
  • Identity constructions, stereotypes, images of oneself and others in Russian and German culture (language, literature, theater, film, music)

Fonts (selection)

  • Come on guitar, set me free! Russian guitar poetry in opposition. Frank & Timme Verlag, Berlin 1992, ISBN 978-3-92802-485-3 (diss.).
  • Russian dreams. The Slavophiles - a cultural phenomenon. Row: East-West Express. Culture and translation; Vol. 04. Verlag Frank & Timme, Berlin 2008, ISBN 978-3-86596-068-9 .
  • Together with Gabriela Lehmann-Carli (ed.): Series: Ost-West-Express. Culture and translation. Frank & Timme publishing house, Berlin.
  • Together with Joachim Kornelius (Ed.): Series: Heidelberger Studies on Translation Studies. Scientific publishing house Trier.
  • Russian-German differences in the concept of culture and their consequences for translation. In: Heidemarie Salevsky , Ina Müller (Hrsg.): The Russian culture and its mediation. Publishing house Peter Lang, Frankfurt / M. 2009, ISBN 978-3631579510 , pp. 33-41.
  • The translator murder. Peter Manseau's Library of Unfulfilled Dreams. In: Klaus Kaindl , Ingrid Kurz (ed.): Powerless, selfless, opinionless? Interdisciplinary analyzes by translators and interpreters in works of fiction. LIT Verlag, Vienna 2010, ISBN 978-3-64350-138-7 , pp. 101-106.
  • Crossing borders - borderline experience (foreword). In: Agnieszka Brockmann, Jekatherina Lebedewa, Maria Smyshliaeva, Rafal Zytyniec (eds.): Cultural boundaries. Festschrift for Christa Ebert on her 65th birthday; Row: East-West Express. Culture and translation . Vol. 11. Verlag Frank & Timme, Berlin 2012, ISBN 978-3-86596-323-9 , pp. 11-15.
  • “No man's land” as a poetic border metaphor and a translational border crossing. In: Agnieszka Brockmann, Jekatherina Lebedewa, Maria Smyshliaeva, Rafal Zytyniec (eds.): Cultural boundaries. Festschrift for Christa Ebert on her 65th birthday; Vol. 11. Verlag Frank & Timme, Berlin 2012, ISBN 978-3-86596-323-9 , pp. 163-171.
  • Translating Shakespeare - Sonnet 66. Adaptations by Russian and German poets in comparison. In: Kerstin Brenner, Anja Holderbaum (Hrsg.): Bound use of language in translation studies: Festschrift for Joachim Kornelius on his 60th birthday. Scientific publishing house Trier 2007, ISBN 978-3-88476-947-8 .
  • Historical context and poetry translation using the example of German and Russian translations of Shakespeare's Sonnet 66. In: Hartwig Kalverkämper, Larisa Schippel (Ed.): Vom Aging der Texte. Building blocks for a story of intercultural knowledge transfer. Frank & Timme Verlag, Berlin 2012, ISBN 978-3-86596-251-5 , pp. 103-124.
  • In other words. The perfect translation remains utopia. In: Ruperto Carola - research magazine of the University of Heidelberg 3/2007, pp. 31–37.
  • Taboo and translation. In: Gabriela Lehmann-Carli (Ed.): Empathy and taboo (break) in culture, literature and medicine. Frank & Timme Verlag, Berlin 2013, ISBN 978-3-86596-514-1 , pp. 269-277.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Frank & Timme publishing house
  2. ^ Scientific publishing house Trier
personal data
SURNAME Lebedeva, Ekatherina
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Лебедева, Екатерина (Russian)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German-Russian translation scholar and literary translator
DATE OF BIRTH 1961
PLACE OF BIRTH Leningrad