The Norman MacColl Symposium 2015, organised by the Department of Spanish and Portuguese in collaboration with the Centre of Latin American Studies (CLAS) and the British Academy will be dedicated to Early Modern Spanish American poetry and will be entitled: 'Poets of the New World: Literary and Cultural Transmission in Early Modern Spanish America'.
The event will take place in Clare College (Latimer Room) on Thursday 19 and Friday 20 November 2015. This symposium, the first of its kind, brings together pioneering scholars from Europe and the Americas working across disciplines to provide a dynamic space for discussion and collaboration.
The key-note speakers will be Prof Rolena Adorno (Yale University), who will deliver the Norman MacColl Lecture: 'Poetry's Place in Civic Spectacle: the Aztec Lords and Christian Princes of New Spain', and Prof. Raquel Chang-Rodríguez (City University of New York): 'Luis Jerónimo de Oré (1554-1630): Poetry and Proselytism in the Andes'.
All welcome. Registration is free, but please register as room capacity is limited.
Please note that the *deadline for registration is 10 November 2015*.
For further information on the symposium, please refer to the symposium website: http://newworldpoets.wix.com/cambridge and kindly direct any queries to Imogen Choi.
