The Bulletin of Spanish Studies, which is hosted here at Queen’s, is celebrating 100 years.

This will be marked with a Centenary Symposium to be held Thursday 14^th and Friday 15^th September in the Lanyon Building’s Council Chamber.

The event opens at 12.50 on Thursday with a welcome address from Professor Isabel Torres (QUB), Editor-in-Chief of the journal.

Speakers on Thursday and Friday include:  

 

Professor Catherine Davies (ILCS, School of Advanced Study, University of London)

‘ “Caminante, no hay camino, / se hace camino al andar”, or where would we be without a CV?’

 

Professor Jo Evans (University College London, Editor-in-Chief)

‘Feminism, Fiction, Film: from Cela to Buñuel’

 

Professor Marsha Collins (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)

‘Don Quijote and Sancho, a Novel Friendship Begins’

 

Professor Jeremy Robbins (University of Edinburgh, former general editor)

‘The Fabric of the World’

 

Professor Rob Stone (University of Birmingham)

‘The Hunt for The Wild Bunch: Alternative Genealogies in World Cinema’

 

Professor Xon de Ros (University of Oxford)

‘Antonio Machado’s après-midis in Soledades (1903)’

 

Professor Isabel Torres (Queen’s University, Belfast, Editor-in-Chief)

‘Paso a Paso. Movement, Time and Early Modern Spanish Poetry’

 

 Dr Marina Pérez de Arcos (University of Oxford)

‘Bridge Builders: Revival and Performance of British-Spanish Connections in the 20th Century’.

 

See here for further details and programme: http://go.qub.ac.uk/BSS100Prog

 

Members of QUB staff are very welcome to attend any of the sessions.

 

For more information on the Bulletin of Spanish Studies http://go.qub.ac.uk/BSS100