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2015.April 28th. Texts & Identities: A Symposium on Contemporary Galician Studies
28th April 2015
Texts & Identities
A Symposium on Contemporary Galician Studies
Tuesday, 28th of April 2015
ORB 1.24
Texts & Identities: A Symposium on Contemporary Galician Studies analyses the relevance of texts and narratives for the construction of identities and standpoints in 20th and 21st century Galicia. Focusing on issues related to the representation of Ireland in Galicia through dramatic texts, translation and ideology, changes in the linguistic landscape and the negotiation of narratives in present-day advertising, this symposium proposes a multidisciplinary overview of contemporary Galicia and a glance at new trends in Galician Studies.
PROGRAMME
2:00-2:15 Welcome
Martín Veiga (Irish Centre for Galician Studies)
2:15-3:00 “Somos nós”: Ireland on the Galician Stage
Elisa Serra Porteiro (University College Cork)
3:00-3:45 The Thoughtful Soul to Solitude Retires: Style and Ideology in Plácido Castro’s translation of the Rubáyiát
Laura Linares (University College Cork)
3:45-4:15 Coffee Break
4:15-5:00 If these walls could talk: Lessons from the linguistic landscape of Galicia
Deirdre Dunlevy (Trinity College Dublin)
5:00-6:00 Keynote Lecture
“Let’s live as Galicians!” Gender and the promise of happiness in the
conservative turn
Helena González Fernández (Centre Dona i Literatura, Universitat de Barcelona)
6:00 Wine Reception
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