The Department of Spanish & Latin-American Studies at the University of Malta, in collaboration with the Embassy of Spain, is organising a Conference entitled Don Quixote through the Looking Glass: The Impact of Cervantes's Masterpiece on Foreign Writers.
The Conference will be held on 28, 29, 30 November at the Faculty of Arts Library, University of Malta Msida Campus.
Due to limited seating, to attend the conference booking is strictly essential. To book send an email to the Coordinator on francisco.ibanez@um.edu.mt specifying the days you wish to attend and the number of persons you would like to book for.
Programme
Monday, 28 November
Chair: Carmel Vassallo
18:00 Start of Seminar:
Welcome by Prof. Carmel Vassallo, Head of the Department of Spanish & Latin American Studies
Address by Prof. Dominic Fenech, Dean of the Faculty of Arts, University of Malta
Address by H.E. Jos茅 Mar铆a Pons, Ambassador of Spain
18:15
Keynote Speaker: Hilaire Kallendorf, Texas A&M University: 鈥淒on Quixote in Los Angeles: The First Chicano Novel and Its Cervantine Model鈥
Keynote Speaker: Hilaire Kallendorf, Texas A&M University: 鈥淒on Quixote in Los Angeles: The First Chicano Novel and Its Cervantine Model鈥
18:45
Peter Vassallo, University of Malta: 鈥淭heologizing Cervantes鈥檚 Don Quijote: Graham Greene鈥檚 Monsignor Quixote鈥
Peter Vassallo, University of Malta: 鈥淭heologizing Cervantes鈥檚 Don Quijote: Graham Greene鈥檚 Monsignor Quixote鈥
19:15
Pedro Javier Pardo, Universidad de Salamanca: 鈥淭he Pierre Menard Syndrome: Don Quixote, from Book to Myth鈥
Pedro Javier Pardo, Universidad de Salamanca: 鈥淭he Pierre Menard Syndrome: Don Quixote, from Book to Myth鈥
19:45 Discussion
20:00 Reception offered by the Embassy of the Spain
Tuesday, 29 November
Chair: Francisco J. Ib谩帽ez Castej贸n
18:00
Adrian Grima, University of Malta: 鈥淒on Quixote, Madness and the Protagonists of Maltese Reformist Fiction鈥
Adrian Grima, University of Malta: 鈥淒on Quixote, Madness and the Protagonists of Maltese Reformist Fiction鈥
18:30
Richard Spiteri, University of Malta: 鈥淒enis Tillinac: The Don Quixote myth at the turn of the 21st Century鈥
Richard Spiteri, University of Malta: 鈥淒enis Tillinac: The Don Quixote myth at the turn of the 21st Century鈥
19:00 Break
19:15
Vincent Vella, University of Malta: 鈥淓rnesto Panza: the tale of an artless revolutionary鈥
Vincent Vella, University of Malta: 鈥淓rnesto Panza: the tale of an artless revolutionary鈥
19:45
Marceliano Acevedo, Independent Researcher, 鈥淢adame Bovary and Don Quixote: a personal relationship鈥
Marceliano Acevedo, Independent Researcher, 鈥淢adame Bovary and Don Quixote: a personal relationship鈥
20:15 Discussion
Wednesday, 30 November
Chair: Alessia Cilia-Portelli
18:00
John Ardila, University of Malta: 鈥淐arlos Fuentes, Don Quixote and the matter of fiction鈥
John Ardila, University of Malta: 鈥淐arlos Fuentes, Don Quixote and the matter of fiction鈥
18:30
Giuseppe Schembri, University of Malta: 鈥400 years of Visual Silence: Cervantes and Malta. An essay on the visual arts in Malta and Cervantes as the subject-matter, or non-subject matter, of art in Malta鈥
Giuseppe Schembri, University of Malta: 鈥400 years of Visual Silence: Cervantes and Malta. An essay on the visual arts in Malta and Cervantes as the subject-matter, or non-subject matter, of art in Malta鈥
19:00 Break
19:15
Anthony Aquilina, University of Malta: 鈥淒on by any other name would not sound as sweet 鈥 the case of Pawlu Montebello's Dun Kixott鈥
Anthony Aquilina, University of Malta: 鈥淒on by any other name would not sound as sweet 鈥 the case of Pawlu Montebello's Dun Kixott鈥
19:45
Karl Chircop, University of Malta Junior College: 鈥淐ervantes鈥 uncanny role of fathering key concepts of Pirandello鈥檚 poetics鈥
Karl Chircop, University of Malta Junior College: 鈥淐ervantes鈥 uncanny role of fathering key concepts of Pirandello鈥檚 poetics鈥
20:15 Discussion
