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A 400th
birthday celebration for Spain's legendary knight
By Maureen McKew
Beginning March 17 and continuing through March 19,
 Villanova
University will host “Don Quixote at 400: A Celebratory Encounter.” This
three-day international conference will mark the four hundredth anniversary
of the publication of the first part of Miguel de Cervantes´ foundational
novel, Don Quixote. Discussions will focus on aspects of the
Quixote itself and the text’s ongoing contributions to literature, art,
music and life. The conference will take place at the Connelly Center and
will be bilingual.
On the evening of March 17, Keynote Speech:
Antonio Muñoz Molina,
writer and director of the Instituto Cervantes, New York and member of the
Royal Academy of Spain, will deliver the keynote address.
For three days, the participants will discuss the
topics such as “Don Quixote and the English-Speaking World,” “The Peninsular
Legacy of Don Quixote.” and “Cervantes in America.” The conference will also
examine how the work has been translated into film, and look at the legacy
of Cervantes in the postmodern Hispanic world.
“Don Quixote at 400 “ is sponsored by the
Department of Classical
and Modern Languages and Literatures, the
College of Liberal Arts
and Sciences, the
Office of Academic
Affairs, the
Office of Graduate Studies,
Falvey Memorial Library, the Office of
Multicultural Affairs,
the Department of Theater, the Department of English, the Core Humanities,
the Department of Humanities and Augustinian Traditions, and the
Latin American Studies Program.
Dr. Silvia Nagy-Zekmi, chair, Department of
Classical and Modern Languages and Literatures, said: “I am very pleased
that my Department is organizing such an important international conference
at VU. In addition to 17 scholarly panels it will feature many events, among
them a reception at the Falvey Memorial Library honoring the keynote
speaker, award winning writer, Antonio Muñoz Molina. The library also has
organized an exhibit of rare Cervantine works. A highlight of the conference
will feature a staged reading of one of Cervantes' short plays.”
Registration for all three days of the conference is
$75.00. On Friday evening, March 18, there will be a special banquet at the
Villanova Conference Center. Admission to the banquet is $30.00 for those
who have registered for the conference; for those who have not registered,
the fee is $75.00
More information about the conference events and
celebrations is available at http://www3.villanova.edu/conferences/cervantes/programdetails.html |
