Linguistica Antverpiensia: a brief history
Linguistica Antverpiensia was first published in 1967 as the annual journal of the then Hoger Instituut voor Vertalers en Tolken/Higher Institute for Translators and Interpreters. It had a five-man editorial board with Gilbert Degroote as editorial secretary. It aimed to cover the broad field of general and applied linguistics, publishing articles in the languages taught at the institute. The history of the journal has tended to reflect the status and aspirations of the Institute. At the outset, there was the aspiration that it would quickly become a full-fledged faculty in the new University Centre of Antwerp - the second number contained the papers of an international conference on applied linguistics held at the Institute in the spring of 1968 – but these hopes were not fulfilled.
The editorial board remained virtually unchanged. Louis De Man became editorial secretary in 1981, Jozef Van Haver was editorial secretary from 1984 to 1988. Then there was a minor change in the organization of the Board with Mike Windross becoming Chief Editor (1989 to 2001) and Willem Bossier continuing the function of editorial secretary (1989 to 1998). Lieven D’hulst was guest editor of the 1999 issue on “Interdisciplinarity in Applied Translation and Interpretation Studies”. This heralded in a new policy of focusing on translation-related topics with contributions reflecting the current state of research in the field and at the same time a wider, more international, editorial board. Aline Remael, who had taken over from Willem Bossier in 1998, has been Chief Editor of Linguistica Antverpiensia New Series – Themes in Translation Studies since 2001.
After a brief period under the auspices of Flemish Regional Education system, the Institute for Translators and Interpreters became a Department of Antwerp University College (now Artesis University College) in 1993. At present the possibility of integrating Flemish Departments of Translation and Interpreters within the Universities is again under review. Linguistica Antverpiensia New Series – Themes in Translation Studies, now a widely acclaimed international journal, contributes to this process.
As of issue 8, LANS TTS will be published by University Press Antwerp (www.aspeditions.be).
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