BCLT's annual public lecture series was originally established by Sebald as the
St. Jerome Lecture. The inaugural lecture was given by
George Steiner on 26 April 1994 at UEA's
Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts. Renamed the
Sebald Lecture in 2003 to honour BCLT's founder, the lecture continues to be given annually by a prominent cultural figure, on an aspect of literary translation. Previous speakers have included
Margaret Atwood,
Hans Magnus Enzensberger,
Carlos Fuentes,
Seamus Heaney,
Arundhati Roy, and
Susan Sontag. Most of the speakers have referenced Sebald's work during their lecture, and in one instance,
Will Self's 2009-2010 lecture was completely devoted to Sebald. == References ==