Irem Ayan
Assistant Professor of French | Program Chair, Certificate in French Translation · Gap Fill - Faculty of Arts · University of British Columbia
Quick answer: Irem Ayan is Assistant Professor of French | Program Chair, Certificate in French Translation at University of British Columbia. Irem Ayan shows an active PhD hiring signal as of 2026-10-19.
⭐ Currently accepting graduate students for supervision.
Research interests
Sociology of translation and interpreting
Emotional labour and work alienation
Aesthetic labour and discrimination
Race, gender and identity
Ethnography and autoethnography in translation and interpreting
Fictional representations of translators and interpreters
The role of translation and interpreting in Indigenous Language Revitalization
Selected publications (since 2023)
Ayan, Irem. “Emotional Capital and Its Link to Emotional Labor in Community Interpreting.” In Affect in Translation, edited by Lucie Spezzatti, Sofía Monzón and Elisabeth Goemans, Leuven University Press, forthcoming.
Ayan, Irem. “Intervention as a Form of Survival: Suki Kim’s The Interpreter.” In Transfiction: Characters in Search of Translation Studies, edited by Marko Miletich, 35–50. Wilmington, Delaware: Vernon Press, 2024.
Frequently asked questions
Is Irem Ayan hiring PhD students at University of British Columbia?
Yes. As of 2026-10-19, Irem Ayan's faculty page shows a PhD hiring signal: Currently accepting graduate students for supervision..
What does Irem Ayan research?
Sociology of translation and interpreting
Emotional labour and work alienation
Aesthetic labour and discrimination
Race, gender and identity
Ethnography and autoethnography in translation and interpreting
Fictional representations of translators and interpreters
The role of translation and interpret
Data last updated: 2026-10-19 · Source: phd-match.com faculty database.
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