Twenty Years of Spanish at Maynooth University, October 23, 2019, Arts and Humanities Institute, Room 1.33.
Programme
11.00-11.05: Opening Remarks: Professor Arnd Witte, Head of the School of Modern Languages, Literatures and Cultures.
11.05: 11.25: Keynote Speaker: Professor Alison Ribeiro de Menezes -‘The Future of Memory in Spain.’
11.25-11.55: Keynote Speaker: His Excellency Mr Miguel Malfavón - ‘Mexico Today.’
Roundtable on Current Research in Spanish and Latin American Studies
Chair: Dr David Conlon.
12.00-12.10: Dr Catherine Leen. ‘Migration and Virtual Reality: Alejandro González-Iñarritu’s Carne y arena.’
12.10-12.20: Dr María Liñeria ‘The country-house novel and the definition of Galician literature."
12.20-12.30: Ms María Lujan Medina, ‘Irish diasporic narratives and the call for new Argentine Literature. Sarmiento, Hernandez, Bulfin?’
12.30-12.40: Dr Ana de Prada Pérez: ‘When Spanish shares brain space with other languages, does it become simpler?’
12.40-13.00: Questions and Discussion.
13.00-14.00: Reception Sponsored by the Arts and Humanities Institute.