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Postgraduate Hispanic Studies Conference 2013, June 28th and 29th
June 28, 2013 @ 12:00 am
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The Postgraduate Hispanic Studies Conference of Ireland and the UK 2013 will take place in the Moore Institute on the 28th and 29th of June. The plenary speakers are Professor Bill Richardson, Head of the Spanish Department at NUI Galway, who will give a lecture entitled: “The Path Not Taken: Borges, Labyrinths, and the Location of Translation”; Dr. Chris Harris from the University of Liverpool who will deliver a talk on “Latin American Literature and Feminist Theory: Do Men and Masculinities Matter?”; and Clare Murphy who will speak on ‘Storytelling in South America’.
Dr. Mel Boland of the Spanish Department in NUI, Galway will also be launching his recent publication, Displacement in Isabel Allende’s Fiction, 1982-2000 (Hispanic Studies: Culture and Ideas) during the conference on Friday, 28 June 2013 in The Moore Institute.
For further information about the conference you may refer to the following Facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/events/202983149775588/, or alternatively: http://hispanic-conference.com
Postgraduate Hispanic Studies Conference of Ireland and the UK, 2013 Programme
Day 1: Friday, 28 June, 2013
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Time |
Event |
Location |
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08.30-09.15 |
Registration |
Moore Institute Seminar Room |
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9.15-9.30 |
Conference Opening by Dr. Lillis O Laoire and Dr. Lorna Shaughnessy |
Moore Institute Seminar Room |
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9.30-10.30 |
Plenary: Prof. Bill Richardson (NUI Galway) Title: ‰Û÷The Path Not Taken: Borges, Labyrinths, and the Location of Translation‰۪ |
Moore institute Seminar Room Introduced by Dr. Lorna Shaughnessy |
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10.30-10.45 |
Tea/Coffee break |
Moore Institute Seminar Room |
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10.45-11.45 |
Panel 1: Translations Owen Harrington FernÌÁndez (NUI Galway) Title: ‰Û÷Indexing Identity in Translation: Character Idiolect and Sociolect in the Spanish Translation of John Updike’s ‘Rabbit Redux’‰۪ Dr. Patricia Holmes (NUI Galway) Title: ‰Û÷C̩sar Aira: innovation and experimentation in process and narrative‰۪ |
Moore Institute Seminar Room Chair: Bego̱a Sangrador-Vegas |
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11.45-12.00 |
Tea/Coffee break |
Moore Institute Seminar Room |
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12.00.13.30 |
Panel 2: Spanish Historiography Mark McKinty (Queens‰۪ University Belfast) Title: ‰Û÷Origen y progresos: NicolÌÁs FernÌÁndez de MoratÌ_n‰۪s Carta histÌ_rica as the start of the modern bullfighting debate‰۪ Francis Kelly (University College Cork) Title: ‰Û÷Tales of a Knight Errant or Universal Soldier of Golden Age Spain?‰۪ Antonio Rojas (Universitat Pompeu Fabra) Title: ‰Û÷The Spanish Golden Age, Baroque and GÌ_ngora‰۪ |
Moore Institute Seminar Room Chair: Ivan Kenny |
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13.30-15.00 |
Lunch |
An Bhialann |
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15.00-16.00 |
Plenary: Clare Muireann Murphy Title: ‰Û÷Storytelling y cuentos; the power of words‰۪ |
Moore Institute Seminar Room Chair: Dr. Kate Quinn |
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16.15-16.30 |
Tea/ Coffee break |
Moore Institute Seminar Room |
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16.30-17.30 |
Panel 3:The Arts of Storytelling Kate Dunn (University of Edinburgh) Title: ‰Û÷How can the Poem Testify? Speaking and the Unspeaking in Alicia Partnoy‰۪s Venganza de la manzana‰۪ Diletta Panero (NUI Galway) Title: ‰Û÷Generational Storytelling in Chilean Narrative: Isabel Allende and Marta Blanco‰۪ |
Moore Institute Seminar Room Chair: Dr. Niamh McNamara |
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18.00-19.00 |
Book LaunchDr Mel Boland of NUI Galway will launch Displacement in Isabel Allende’s Fiction, 1982-2000 (Hispanic Studies: Culture and Ideas) (2013) |
Moore Institute Seminar Room Introduced by Dr. Chris Harris |
The conference dinner will take place at 20.00 in Vi̱a Mara, 19 Middle St, Galway.
Day 2: Saturday, 29 June, 2013
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Time |
Event |
Location |
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9.30-10.30 |
Panel 1: Southern Cone Narratives Dr. David Conlon (NUI Galway) Title: ‰Û÷The Trauma of Nature in Zama by Antonio Di Benedetto‰۪ C̩ire Broderick(NUI Galway) ‰Û÷Negotiating the Fragments in Gustavo FrÌ_as‰۪ Tres nombres para Catalina: la do̱a de CampofrÌ_o‰۪ |
Moore Institute Seminar Room Chair: Jennie Galvin |
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10.30-10.45 |
Tea/Coffee break |
Moore Institute Seminar Room |
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10.45-12.15 |
Panel 2: Analysing Spanish Visual Media Mirna Vohnsen (University College Dublin) Title: ‰Û÷The Metamorphis of the Jewish Character in Argentine Cinema‰۪ Ivan Kenny (NUI Galway) Title: ‰Û÷Images of Entropy in The Exterminating Angel by Luis Bu̱uel‰۪ Ruth Miriam Cereceda Gaton (BISC Queen‰۪s University) Title: ‰Û÷Marinero en tierra: anÌÁlisis de la cultura marinera del norte de Espa̱a en la obra y la persona del pintor Eduardo Sanz fraile‰۪ |
Moore Institute Seminar Room Chair: Diletta Panero |
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12.15-12.30 |
Tea/Coffee break |
Moore Institute Seminar Room |
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12.30-13.30 |
Panel 3: Historical Memory and Contemporary Spain Imogen Bloomfield (University of Hull) Title: ‰Û÷Spain‰۪s (Un)Dead Children: A Haunting Presence in Historical Memory‰۪ Aisling O‰۪Connor (University of Limerick) Title: ‰Û÷A postgenerational perspective on Republican women and Spain‰۪s stolen babies: BenjamÌ_n Prado‰۪s Mala gente que camina (2006)‰۪ |
Moore Institute Seminar Room Chair: Owen Harrington-FernÌÁndez |
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13.30-15.00 |
Lunch |
37 West |
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15.00-16.00 |
Plenary: Dr. Chris Harris (University of Liverpool) Title: ‰Û÷Latin American Literature and Feminist Theory: Do Men and Masculinities Matter?‰۪ |
Moore Institute Seminar Room Chair: Prof. Bill Richardson |
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16.00-16.15 |
Tea/Coffee break |
Moore Institute Seminar Room |
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16.15-17.45 |
Panel 4: Representations of Violence, Gender Roles and Drug trafficking in Popular Culture in Mexico and the Borderlands Dr. Niamh McNamara (University College Cork) Title: ‰Û÷Drugs, Violence and Ambiguity: Breaking Bad on the U.S. ‰ÛÒ Mexico border‰۪ Jennie Galvin (NUI Galway) Title: ‰Û÷El Movimiento Alterado: narrating a world of gender hierarchies, drugs and violence‰۪ Dr. Yolanda Reyes (University College Dublin) Title: ‰Û÷Hypermasculinity, Violence and the re-enacted ‰ÛÏMacho‰ in XXI Century Mexican Cinema‰۪ |
Moore Institute Seminar Room Chair: C̩ire Broderick |
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17.45-18.30 |
Round table discussion and conference close |
Moore Institute Seminar Room |