Iclal Vanwesenbeeck

Iclal Vanwesenbeeck is an associate professor at the State University of New York Fredonia where she teaches courses in world literature, global citizenship, and a study-abroad course in Iceland.

The Kadesh Peace Treaty and Translating Peace: A Conversation with Anthony Spalinger and Veysel Donbaz

June 26, 2019 | Iclal Vanwesenbeeck

This year marks the centenary of the Paris Peace Conference and the Versailles Peace Treaty signed between the Allied nations and Germany. We do not know if the signatories or architects of the V...
Translating into Familiarity: A Conversation with Ekin Oklap

August 29, 2017 | Iclal Vanwesenbeeck

Ekin Oklap discusses her personal journey to becoming a translator and provides some insight into her experiences with translating her current project, Orhan Pamuk’s The Red-Haired...
Translating Gilgamesh: A Conversation with Benjamin Foster

January 10, 2017 | Iclal Vanwesenbeeck

Neo-Assyrian clay tablet. Epic of Gilgamesh, Tablet 11: Story of the Flood. Known as the "Flood Tablet." BabelStone/Wikimedia Is it realistic to anticipate the eventual discovery of a c...