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October 2025: MC Confluence Series Opening Event (PDF, Get Adobe Acrobat PDF Reader. Link opens in new window.)
Saturday, October 4, 2025, 11 a.m.–2 p.m.

"Living Between Languages; The Translator’s Territory/Predicament"
Keynote Speaker: Dr. Nancy Naomi Carlson

Perpetually in the process of transition, the translator works in a circulatory, connective space between languages, a "place" not a place but a process constituted by the openings, opportunities and possibilities that link theory and practice, assimilation and homelessness. In the MC Confluence Series this year, we hope to examine the translator's experience as a lens through which to discuss the many different fields and disciplines in which translation is of paramount importance.

MC Confluence Series, October 4, 2025 Virtual Conference program. (PDF, Get Adobe Acrobat PDF Reader. Link opens in new window.)

Download event flyer (PDF, Get Adobe Acrobat PDF Reader. Link opens in new window.) .


May 2025: Open Mic - MC Confluence Conference  Poetic Zoom Event (PDF, Get Adobe Acrobat PDF Reader. Link opens in new window.)

March 2023: Translation Conference in the Capital Area (PDF, Get Adobe Acrobat PDF Reader. Link opens in new window.)

April 2023: MC Confluence Translation Student Event (PDF, Get Adobe Acrobat PDF Reader. Link opens in new window.)

Keynote Speaker: Mery Molenaar - Riding the Wave: How to Navigate and Embrace Changes without Getting Wet
Presenter: Joe Mazza - The Endless Voyage: There are words that take us on voyages through time, across cultures, and to distant places around the globe.
Renee Tannenbaum Renee Tannenbaum will present a live musical performance to illustrate the unique challenges that translating lyrics presents, as well as the universality of these great tunes.

September 2022: International Translation Day Fair (PDF, Get Adobe Acrobat PDF Reader. Link opens in new window.)

April 2022: Translation Conference in the Capital Area (PDF, Get Adobe Acrobat PDF Reader. Link opens in new window.)

April 2022: MC Confluence Virtual Open Mic 2022 (PDF, Get Adobe Acrobat PDF Reader. Link opens in new window.)

March 2022: MC Confluence Translation Student Event (PDF, Get Adobe Acrobat PDF Reader. Link opens in new window.)

Open Mic 2022 (PDF, Get Adobe Acrobat PDF Reader. Link opens in new window.)

MC Confluence Virtual Translation Confluence (PDF, Get Adobe Acrobat PDF Reader. Link opens in new window.)

MC Confluence Translation Student Event (PDF, Get Adobe Acrobat PDF Reader. Link opens in new window.)

Confluence Conference 2022 - Keynote
Confluence Conference 2022 - Session 1
Confluence Conference 2022 - Session 2
Confluence Conference 2022 - Session 3

Open Mic 2021 (PDF, Get Adobe Acrobat PDF Reader. Link opens in new window.)

MC Confluence Virtual Translation Conference (PDF, Get Adobe Acrobat PDF Reader. Link opens in new window.)

MC Confluence Translation Student Event (PDF, Get Adobe Acrobat PDF Reader. Link opens in new window.)

Opening remarks with Dr. Stewart, VPP, TP/SS
Session 1: Moderator & Panelist: Nancy Naomi Carlson Panelists: Nancy Arbuthnot, Lo Dagerman, Barbara Goldberg, and Lola Haskins
Session 2: Keynote Speaker: Joe Mazza - "Rewording Ourselves"
Session 3: Presenters: Farah Arjang and Ida Jones - "Mega Projects and Teamwork"
Session 4: Presenters: Sylvia Christie ACNP-BC, ACHPN and Elizabeth Collado, M.S.Ed.
 

2017-18 Program brochure (PDF, Get Adobe Acrobat PDF Reader. Link opens in new window.)

Confluence 2017 Keynote (Keyne Cheshire)
 

2016-17 Program brochure (PDF, Get Adobe Acrobat PDF Reader. Link opens in new window.)

Confluence 2016 Keynote (David Bellos)
 

2015-16 Program brochure (PDF, Get Adobe Acrobat PDF Reader. Link opens in new window.)

Confluence 2015 Keynote (Jamie Raskin)
“Human Rights in Many Languages” (premiered at 2015 Confluence)

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