Saturday, April 28, 2007
Sponsored by the Instituto Cervantes de Chicago, the University of Chicago, DePaul University, the University of Illinois at Chicago, Illinois State University, the University of Kentucky, and Miami University.
Organized by:
Bruce R. Burningham, Illinois State University
Keynote Speaker:
Jacques Lezra (Professor of English and Spanish) University of Wisconsin
2007 Schedule
8:30am — Continental Breakfast
9:00am — Bruce R. Burningham, Illinois State University
Opening Remarks
Morning Session
Chair: TBA
9:30am — Horacio Chiong Rivero, Swarthmore College
“Of Promontories, Protrusions, and Other Protractions: Cervantes’ Serendipitous Encounters in the Viaje del Parnaso”
10:00am — Ellen C. Frye, William Paterson University
10:30am — Coffee Break
11:00am — John Beusterien, Texas Tech University
11:30am — Antonio Carreño-Rodríguez, George Mason University
12:00pm-2:00pm — Lunch
Afternoon Session
Chair: TBA
2:00pm — Darío Fernández-Morera, Northwestern University
2:30pm — Michael J. McGrath, Georgia Southern University
3:00pm — William Worden, University of Alabama
3:30pm — Final Discussion
Keynote Address
The Instituto Cervantes – John Hancock Tower, 29th floor, 875 N. Michigan Avenue
5:00 — Jacques Lezra, University of Wisconsin
“The Disciplining of Don Quijote and the Discipline of Literary Studies”
6:00 — Closing Reception
While there is no fee to attend this event, participants should register in advance. To register please call the Center for Renaissance Studies at 312.255.3514, or send an e-mail to renaissance@newberry.org.
Funds may be available for graduate students and faculty of Consortium institutions to travel to the Newberry Library to attend the Cervantes Symposium. If you have any questions, please contact the Center for Renaissance Studies.
Program for the 2006 Cervantes Symposium