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. JosĂ© MarĂa Pons, Ambassador of Spain
18:15
Keynote Speaker: Hilaire Kallendorf, Texas A&M University: “Don Quixote in Los Angeles: The First Chicano Novel and Its Cervantine Model”
Keynote Speaker: Hilaire Kallendorf, Texas A&M University: “Don Quixote in Los Angeles: The First Chicano Novel and Its Cervantine Model”
18:45
Peter Vassallo, University of Malta: “Theologizing Cervantes’s Don Quijote: Graham Greene’s Monsignor Quixote”
Peter Vassallo, University of Malta: “Theologizing Cervantes’s Don Quijote: Graham Greene’s Monsignor Quixote”
19:15
Pedro Javier Pardo, Universidad de Salamanca: “The Pierre Menard Syndrome: Don Quixote, from Book to Myth”
Pedro Javier Pardo, Universidad de Salamanca: “The Pierre Menard Syndrome: Don Quixote, from Book to Myth”
19:45 Discussion
20:00 Reception offered by the Embassy of the Spain
Tuesday, 29 November
Chair: Francisco J. Ibáñez Castejón
18:00
Adrian Grima, University of Malta: “Don Quixote, Madness and the Protagonists of Maltese Reformist Fiction”
Adrian Grima, University of Malta: “Don Quixote, Madness and the Protagonists of Maltese Reformist Fiction”
18:30
Richard Spiteri, University of Malta: “Denis Tillinac: The Don Quixote myth at the turn of the 21st Century”
Richard Spiteri, University of Malta: “Denis Tillinac: The Don Quixote myth at the turn of the 21st Century”
19:00 Break
19:15
Vincent Vella, University of Malta: “Ernesto Panza: the tale of an artless revolutionary”
Vincent Vella, University of Malta: “Ernesto Panza: the tale of an artless revolutionary”
19:45
Marceliano Acevedo, Independent Researcher, “Madame Bovary and Don Quixote: a personal relationship”
Marceliano Acevedo, Independent Researcher, “Madame Bovary and Don Quixote: a personal relationship”
20:15 Discussion
Wednesday, 30 November
Chair: Alessia Cilia-Portelli
18:00
John Ardila, University of Malta: “Carlos Fuentes, Don Quixote and the matter of fiction”
John Ardila, University of Malta: “Carlos Fuentes, Don Quixote and the matter of fiction”
18:30
Giuseppe Schembri, University of Malta: “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”
Giuseppe Schembri, University of Malta: “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”
19:00 Break
19:15
Anthony Aquilina, University of Malta: “Don by any other name would not sound as sweet – the case of Pawlu Montebello's Dun Kixott”
Anthony Aquilina, University of Malta: “Don by any other name would not sound as sweet – the case of Pawlu Montebello's Dun Kixott”
19:45
Karl Chircop, University of Malta Junior College: “Cervantes’ uncanny role of fathering key concepts of Pirandello’s poetics”
Karl Chircop, University of Malta Junior College: “Cervantes’ uncanny role of fathering key concepts of Pirandello’s poetics”
20:15 Discussion