Institut Ramon LLull

US universities celebrate Sant Jordi

Culture.  Barcelona, 23/04/2017




SANT JORDI AT GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY

Monday, April 24, 2017

12pm -1pm

Roses in Red Square

3pm - 4pm (ICC 462)

The landscape of literature in Catalan today: A conversation with writer Jaume Subirana.

4.15pm - 4.45pm (ICC 462)

Book Presentation by Shiv Jhangiani (MSB '19) author of 1.3 Billion: A Football Revolution in the Making.

5 pm (ICC 462)

Catalan Cinema Festival: Second origin (a film by Carles Porta). Alba (age 20) and Dídac (age 10) are the only survivors of a catastrophe that has devastated the planet. Their survival will mark a new beginning for humanity. Based on the novel Mecanoscrit del segon origen, by Manuel de Pedrolo.

7.30 pm (ICC 462)

Catalan dinner (traditional Catalan tapes)

All day long

Book exchange in the lobby of the Spanish and Portuguese Department. Bring a good book to give. Take one with you!

All activities are FREE

For dinner, please RSVP by Monday April 19th at lv210@georgetown.edu

Tuesday April 25, 2017

11:00 am

Jaume Subirana will take part in the Translation as a way out class. Translation slam to follow!

 

SANT JORDI AT THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO

Wednesday, April 19, 2017

6:00pm

57th Street Books, 1301 E. 57th St.

Salvation Through Translation. How the Analog Humanities Wave of the Past Will Save the Future.

AMAIA GABANTXO, translator, writer and Lecturer in Creative Writing at the University of Chicago.

JASON GRUNEBAUM, translator, writer and Senior Lecturer in Hindi at the University of Chicago.

In conversation with DENISE KRIPPER, Assistant Professor at Lake Forest College.

Thursday, April 20, 2017

4:30pm

Regenstein Library - A11, 1100 E 57th St.

Voices of Catalonia: Performing Another Country.

NÚRIA PERPINYÀ, Joan Coromines Visiting Chair, University of Lleida.

In conversation with ISAIAS FANLO, PhD candidate at the University of Chicago.

Friday, April, 21, 2017

4:30pm

57th Street Books, 1301 E. 57th St.

From English to Catalan, and vice versa. A conversation about poetry, traveling and translation.

JAUME SUBIRANA, translator, poet and Fulbright Postdoctoral Researcher. Universitat Oberta de Catalunya.

MIQUEL ÀNGEL LLAUGER, translator, poet and teacher.

In conversation with ALBA GIRONS, Catalan Lecturer at the University of Chicago.

Saturday, April, 22, 2017

3:00pm

57th Street Books, 1301 E. 57th St.

Dragons, Knights & Royalty: A St Jordi’s Celebration. Sant Jordi’s literary party for younger readers.

 

SANT JORDI AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS AMHERST

Tuesday, April 18, 2017

6:30-9:00pm

Screening of Life Begins Today (2010). Director Laura Mañá. Introduction and discussion by Aida Roldán.

Wednesday, April 19, 2017

1:00 – 2.30pm

Herter 301, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst, MA

Catalan Language and the Barcelona Experience. A talk by Andrew Schwartz and Jessica Auger, both minor in Catalan Studies at UMass.

4th Annual Sant Jordi Translation Contest. Award Ceremony. Poem “Triomf d’alta follia” by Josep Palau i Fabre (1917-2008).

1st Erotic Micro-Fiction and Poetry Contest “Nit de Sant Jordi”. Award Ceremony.

Open Literary Reading. Bring your favorite literary texts in any language!

Roses for everyone! Followed by a reception with refreshments

Georgetown University

University of Chicago

University of Massachusetts Amherst

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