INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE

"SPANISHNESS" IN THE SPANISH NOVEL AND CINEMA OF THE 20th-21st CENTURY

May 4-5, 2007
University of North Texas ( Denton , Texas , U.S.A. )

Conference organizer: Dr. Cristina Sánchez-Conejero

KEYNOTE SPEAKERS:

PROFESSOR ALISON SINCLAIR (UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE, CLARE COLLEGE, UK)

AND PROFESSOR DAVID HERZBERGER (UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA RIVERSIDE, U.S.A.)

PROGRAM: CLICK HERE

TOPICS

Topics include:

• "Spanishness" and nationalism/s
• "Spanishness" and identity
• Concepts of "the Spanish" in Spain and/or abroad
• "Spanishness" and postmodernism
• "Spanishness" and history
• The politics of "Spanishness"
• "Spanishness" and feminism
• Concepts of "the Spanish" and exile
• Notions of "the Spanish" and "the Spanish American"
• Language and "Spanishness"

ACCOMMODATION

The following hotels are close to campus:

Radisson Hotel  2211 I-35, Exit 466B (940) 565-8499	Comfort Suites 1100 I-35E  (940) 898-8510
Royal Hotel Suites 1210 N. I-35  (940) 383-2007	La Quinta Inn 700 Ft. Worth Dr. (940) 387-5840

Please contact Dr. Cristina Sánchez-Conejero at csconejero@unt.edu for additional information.