Institut Ramon LLull

VII Symposium of Catalan Language, Literature, and Culture at the University of Missouri

Culture.  Missouri, 15/04/2016

The VII Symposium of Catalan Language, Literature, and Culture will take place on April 15, 2016 at the University of Missouri. Two experts in Catalan literature will discuss nationalisms and literature in XIX century, whilst students of Catalan at the Department of Romance Languages will debate on Catalan culture and identity. 




Program

Friday, April 15, 2016

3:00-3:05pm

Greetings. Mónica Marcos-Llinás, PhD, Symposium Organizer, Department of Romance Languages and Literatures, University of Missouri

3:05-3:40pm

Elisa Martí-Lopez, PhD, Department of Spanish and Portuguese, Northwestern University: “Cemeteries, Memory, and the City in the Nineteenth-Century Barcelona”

3:45-3:50pm

Mar Soria, PhD, Assistant Professor of Spanish, Department of Romance Languages and Literatures, University of Missouri

3:50-4:20pm

Elena Delgado, PhD, Department of Spanish and Portuguese, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign: “Public Tears and Secrets of the Heart. Excessive Subjects in a State of Consensus”

4:20-4:40pm

Questions and Answers

4:40-5:10pm

Break/Reception

5:10-6:00pm

Catalan Students’ Panel

Kyle Brown: “Política a Catalunya”

Anne Carter: “Legalitat al moviment de Independència Catalunya”

Taylor Twellman: “Immigració a Catalunya”

Devin Kaveler: “Catalan Fine Art Music and Tradition”

Questions and Answers

 

Symposium Organizer: Mónica Marcos-Llinás, Associate Teaching Professor of Spanish

Symposium Contributors:

Institut Ramon Lllull (Barcelona, Spain)
Department of Romance Languages and Literatures
Vice-Provost for Undergraduate Studies
University Lectures Committee
Studies in Oral Tradition
Afro-Romance Institute
Peace Studies Program

Cover Painting by Anglada-Camarasa (Barcelona 1871-Mallorca 1959) “Still Life”

Friday, April 15, 2016

3:00-6:00 pm

N204 Memorial Union

University of Missouri

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