About the Lecture Series
The biennial Bible Translation Conference is dedicated to advancing the theory and practice of Bible Translation. The Conference strives to promote engagement from a variety of perspectives and to foster a respectful environment that rejects all forms of discrimination and harassment
The plenary lecture format is to bring together the full group of conference participants to experience an academic lecture on one perspective of the conference theme.
John Beekman
The purpose of the Beekman Lectures is to stimulate and challenge the BT Conference participants with a plenary series of lectures by a leading scholar and BT practitioner on fresh and cutting-edge perspectives in the field of BT.
John Beekman was SIL’s first Translation Consultant, the first to lead translation workshops, and SIL’s first International Translation Coordinator.
Nida Lecture Series
Consistent with the vision and mission of the Nida Institute, the Nida Lecture creates space in the conference program for the presentation of scholarship from Translation Studies and related fields.
Eugene A. Nida was a linguist who developed the dynamic-equivalence Bible-translation theory and one of the founders of the modern discipline of translation studies.
Sanneh Lecture Series
The Lamin Sanneh lecture intends to create space in the conference program for the presentation of scholarship from missiology, culture, Scripture engagement, and historical research.
Lamin Sanneh was known for his work on the History of African Christianity and a pioneer in the academic field of world Christianity.