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Professor Frank Austermuehl's Inaugural Lecture

Prophet, Priest, President – Thoughts on the Unifying and Divisive Power of American Political Discourse

Professor Frank Austermuehl pictured in the Pavilion, Clifton Campus.
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Frank Austermuehl, Professor of Languages and Intercultural Communication and the Head of the Nottingham Institute of Languages and Intercultural Communication (NILIC), one of the four departments in NTU's School of Arts and Humanities,  delivers his inaurgual lecture 'Prophet, Priest, President – Thoughts on the Unifying and Divisive Power of American Political Discourse'.

  • From: Tuesday 9 April 2024, 5.30 pm
  • To: Tuesday 9 April 2024, 7.30 pm
  • Registration: 5.30 pm
  • Location: Lecture Theatre 4, Newton Building, Goldsmith Street, Nottingham, NG1 4BU
  • Booking deadline: Tuesday 9 April 2024, 3.30 pm
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Event details

This inaugural lecture presents more than twenty years of research into the identity-creating power of the public speeches of American presidents. Reflecting on the main areas of focus of two monographs—one published, one being written—Frank will first discuss the intertextual nature of American presidential discourse and its unifying effects on American identity before then using the current political context to highlight the divisive and polarizing potential of the language of America’s Communicators-in-Chief.

Biography

In 2021, Professor Frank Austermuehl became the first Head of the new Nottingham Institute for Languages and Intercultural Communication, or NILIC. Frank's research interests are in two different disciplines: translation studies, in particular translation technology, and critical discourse analysis with a special focus on American presidential discourse, which Professor Frank Austermuehl will discuss in this Inaugural lecture. Frank’s research on translation is impact focussed and ultimately aims at the modernisation of international curricula through the development of comprehensive theoretical models of an increasingly industrialised field. Frank is particularly interested in the human side of translation technology that is the impact that technology has on individual translators including translation students. His ultimate objective is to empower translators and to find new career opportunities in an area increasingly dominated by technology and automation, and help members of minoritised communities develop their own translation capabilities through community-engaged learning and research.

Programme

5.30 pm

Registration and welcome refreshments

6 pm

Welcome talk

6.05 pm

Lecture begins

6.50 pm

Close and thanks by Executive Dean

7 pm

Drinks reception

7.30 pm

Close

Location details

Room/Building:

Lecture Theatre 4, Newton Building

Address:

Goldsmith Street
 Nottingham
 NG1 4BU

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