The second day is officially finished. We already miss the conference, and it's not even over. Tomorrow we start with a lecture by the amazing Susan Bassnett (@UofGArts University of Warwick). See you at 9:00 (BST) – which it's still acceptable for a Saturday, at least it's not 8:00.

I’m so grateful to @AndreaRomanzi e Dr Francesca Del Zoppo for inviting me to chair this panel on William Weaver, to Carolina Rossi, @AnnaSaroldi, Serenella Zanotti for their thought-provoking papers, and to the whole group for the discussion (Prof Daniela La Penna, @SaraSullam, Anna Baldini)!

Let's not think about the fact that today is the last day of the conference. Let's focus on the fact that Susan Bassnett's keynote lecture is about to start, followed by two panels on power relations and cultural flows between different national literary systems will be. #tptlf21

Eminent Prof Susan Bassnett gives the final keynote for the Translation as Position-Taking with an intro by Jacob Blakesley. Well done @AndreaRomanzi Dr Francesca Del Zoppo Department of Languages and Cultures at Reading cbcp_UniRdg @SMLCLeeds

Prof Susan Bassnett (@UofGArts University of Warwick) is talking about the importance of studying translations, and her keynote lecture is chaired by Jacob Blakesley (Arts, Humanities and Cultures, University of Leeds). LAHRI University of Leeds #tptlf21 #TranslationStudies

As expected, a great Q&A session is following Susan Bassnett's keynote lecture. We are so honoured of having her with us! Thanks to our amazing chair Jacob Blakesley (Arts, Humanities and Cultures, University of Leeds), who is perfectly conducting such an interesting debate! #TranslationStudies #tptlf21

Alessio Baldini (Arts, Humanities and Cultures, University of Leeds) chairs today’s first panel on “Power relations and cultural flows between literary systems”, with contributions by Marco Bucaioni (ULisboa), Marta Huber & Vanda Mikšić (University of Zadar), Martina Ožbot (Filozofska fakulteta UL). alessio baldini #tptlf21

Marco Bucaioni (ULisboa) opens the panel with a fascinating paper titled “Translating #AfricanLiterature from Portuguese into Italian: Text-selection as position-taking against the literary status quo”. #tptlf21 #translationstudies

Thank you very much Serenella Zanotti for your precious contribution!

Marta Huber and Vanda Mikšić (Uni of Zadar) presenting a thought-provoking paper on “Translation and Reception of Italian Literature in Croatia (1991 – 2020)”. #tptlf21 #translationstudies

Closes a great panel Martina Ožbot (Filozofska fakulteta UL) with an inspiring contribution on “Italian and Slovene Literary Cultures - How Close, How Far Apart?”. #tptlf21 #translationstudies

Last panel's theme is 'Exporting Italian literature: Publishers, book series and anthologies'. Marta Arnaldi (University of Oxford) and Marco De Cristofaro (Università per Stranieri di Siena Université de Caen Normandie) will present their papers, and the session will be chaired by Anna Baldini (Università per Stranieri di Siena).

The panel “Power relations and cultural flows between literary systems” generated a very fascinating discussion on African Croatian and Slovene literature in translation. #tptlf21

Marta Arnaldi (Marta Arnaldi) from University of Oxford (Oxford Modern Languages) is introducing her fantastic presentation on 'Sociologies of Diaspora: Translating the Peripheries of Contemporary Italian Poetry in the US'. #TranslationStudies #Poetry #tptlf21

Our last speaker, Marco De Cristofaro (Università per Stranieri di Siena Université de Caen Normandie) is starting his talk called '«Seuls nous importaient les anonymes des bibliothèques»: Italians of Le Promeneur challenge main French publishing houses'.

We reached the last and very lively and interesting discussion with Marta Arnaldi (University of Oxford) and Marco De Cristofaro (Università per Stranieri di Siena Université de Caen Normandie), greatly managed by Anna Baldini (Università per Stranieri di Siena). Thank you so much! #TranslationStudies #tptlf21

The conference is over, and we have the weirdest mix of emotions: joy, proudness and melancholy. Thanks to all our speakers and chairs: you have made this conference so great. We know it's a quick way to say thank you, but we need more time to process this and do it properly.

We are still recovering from the conference – and missing those days a lot –, and we wanted to say thank you to @lalifranz, who did a great work on our promotional material. Our programme, Twitter and Facebook headings, and posters are all results of her creativity! Grazie!

👩‍🎨🎨If you are wondering who the artist being the eye-catching artwork featured in our conference materials is, here's the answer you were looking for: it's Francesca Ferrario (Francesca)! Check out her amazing works at francescaferrario.info. Thank you very much, Francesca!