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