Oxford Translates
at St Edmund Hall
An online literary translation summer school
Programme, 6-10 July 2026
The provisional programme for 2026 is available below. More details will be added in the coming weeks.
All times are in BST. All sessions will be on Zoom. Time slots for the ‘Pitch your project’ sessions will be allocated to registered participants who submit a project proposal by a deadline in June to be confirmed.
Contact us: oxfordtranslates@seh.ox.ac.uk.
Day 1: Monday
| 9.30-10.00 | Welcome and Introduction |
| 10.15-13.15 | Literary translation workshop |
| 13.15-14.00 | Lunch break and online social |
| 14.00-16.30 | Literary translation workshop |
| 17.00-18.00 | Keynote |
Day 2: Tuesday
| 10.00-11.30 | Translators panel |
| 12.00-13.30 | Option 1: Poetry workshop |
| 12.00-13.30 | Option 2: Subtitling workshop |
| 13.30-14.30 | Lunch break and online social |
| 14.30-15.30 | Option 1: Publishers panel: what are publishers looking for? |
| 14.30-15.30 | Option 2: Publishers panel: the future of literary translation |
| 16.00-17.00 | Translating dialect workshop |
| 18.00-19.00 | Pitch your project |
Day 3: Wednesday
| 10.00-13.00 | Literary translation workshop |
| 13.00-13.45 | Lunch break and online social |
| 13.45-16.15 | Literary translation workshop |
| 16.30-17.30 | Meet the tutors |
Day 4: Thursday
| 10.00-11.00 | Option 1: Contracts UK and Europe |
| 10.00-11.00 | Option 2: Translation ethics in practice |
| 11.30-13.00 | Option 1: Kids Lit workshop |
| 11.30-13.00 | Option 2: Poetry workshop |
| 13.00-14.00 | Lunch break and online social |
| 14.00-15.30 | Option 1: Spot the Translation workshop |
| 14.00-15.30 | Option 2: Editing workshop |
| 16.00-17.00 | Translation at PEN |
| 18.00-19.00 | Pitch your project |
Day 5: Friday
| 10.00-13.00 | Literary translation workshop |
| 13.00-13.45 | Lunch break and online social |
| 13.45-16.15 | Literary translation workshop |
| 16.30-17.00 | Feedback and farewell |