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.