Lavinia Heller
Lavinia Heller (* in Rome ) is a German translation scholar.
Life
In 2006 she obtained her diploma as a translator (It-D, Chin-D) from the Department of Translation, Linguistics and Cultural Studies at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz . From 2006 to 2008 she was a research assistant at the FTSK (Mainz), intercultural communication department. From 2008 to 2016 she was a research assistant at the FTSK (Mainz), department for French and Italian language and culture. In 2012 she was a lecturer for intercultural communication at the Institute for German as a Second and Foreign Language at the University of Duisburg-Essen . After completing her doctorate in general translation studies in 2012 at the FTSK, Mainz, she was university professor for translation studies at the Institute for Theoretical and Applied Translation Studies (ITAT) in Graz from 2016 to 2019 . Since 2019 she has been teaching as a university professor for translation studies at the faculty for translation, linguistics and cultural studies (FTSK) in Mainz .
Her research interests are general translation theory, translation history, translation sociology, translation in a scientific and philosophical context, and intercultural communication in modern societies.
Fonts (selection)
- Translation studies concept formation and the problem of the performative inconspicuousness of translation . Berlin 2013, ISBN 3-86596-470-2 .
- (Ed.): Culture and Translation. Studies on a conceptual relationship . Bielefeld 2017, ISBN 3-8376-2963-5 .
- with Tomasz Rozmysłowicz (ed.): Translation and intercultural communication. Contributions to the theory, empiricism and practice of cultural exchange processes. Proceedings of the 7th EST conference . Berlin 2019, ISBN 3-7329-0351-6 .
Web links
supporting documents
1. Chair of Translation Studies I: Erich Prunč (1988–2010) | Hanna Risku (2011–2017) | Cornelia Zwischenberger (2018-2020)
2. Chair for Translation Studies II: Susanne Göpferich-Görnert (2003–2010) | Heike van Lawick (2012–2015) | Pekka Kujamäki (since 2015)
3. Chair for Translation Studies III: Lavinia Heller (2016–2019) | Stefan Baumgarten (since 2020)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Heller, Lavinia |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German translation scholar |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 20th century |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Rome |