Barcelona, Gaudí, Dalí, Miró, Barça all have one thing in common: Catalonia. Catalonia is a nation currently facing a major challenge that could define its future as a country after the massive demonstrations on 11 September 2012. Over 1.5 million people filled the streets of Barcelona in favour of the right to a state of their own, independently from Spain.
In this timely moment, Melbourne University and Monash are jointly hosting the Second Symposium on Catalonia in Australia. The event will bring together, sixteen years after its first edition, the main researchers and research students from Catalonia in this continent.
The Symposium will be held at Melbourne University and has a varied programme, consisting of the following sessions: 'Catalans Abroad', 'Catalonia: Community, Commitment and Collective Action', 'Barcelona: The Great Enchantress' and 'Catalan Literature: Classic and Contemporary'. Experts such as Professor Alfredo Martínez Expósito, Professor of Hispanic Studies at University of Melbourne, Dr Stewart King, Senior Lecturer in Spanish and Catalan Studies at Monash University, Dr Lilit Thwaites, Honorary Research Associate at La Trobe University, Dr Victòria Gras, President of Catalan Cultural Centre of Victoria, Peter Gerrand, Honorary Research Associate at Monash University, and many more will debate around these four themes.
The event, which is free, celebrates the resumption of the teaching of Catalan language and culture at an Australian University and is supported by the Catalan Centre of Victoria, the only organised Catalan community in Australia working to promote its culture.
Location
The University Of Melbourne
University Of Melbourne
230 Grattan StreetParkville Vic 3010
Jim Potter Room, Old Physics G-16.
Date
27/07/2013
Times
Sat: 9.15am – 6.30pm
The event includes four sessions. You can find the program in the following link: http://artsonline.monash.edu.au/spanish-latin-american-studies/files/2013/07/Second-Symposium-on-Catalonia-in-Australia-program.pdf
Price
Free
Bookings
jeremy.taylor@unimelb.edu.au.
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