JISLAC: Joint initiative for the study of Latin Ameria and the Caribbean

Colombia: Recent Research in History, Literature and Film

 

SEMINAR PROGRAMME

 

BRITISH ACADEMY, COUNCIL ROOM, 10, CARLTON HOUSE TERRACE, LONDON SW1Y 5AH

 

1 May 2009

 

 

10.15-10.30               Welcome and Registration

 

10. 30-11.15              Eduardo Posada-Carbó          
                                  Elections and the Origins of Democracy in Colombia

 

11.15-11.30               Refreshments 

 

11.30-12.15              Christopher Abel
                                  Historical Perspectives on Contemporary Colombian Politics

 

12.15-1.00                Rory O’Bryen 
                                 Colombian Cinema and La Violencia

 

1.00-2.00                  Lunch

 

2.00-2.45                 Geoffrey Kantaris        
                                 Cinema and the City in Colombia
                                   

2.45-3.30                 Gerald Martin and John King       
                                García Marquez: Writing History

 

3.30-4.00                 Refreshments

 

4.00-4.45                 Anne McLean andJuan Gabriel Vásquez
                               Uses and Abuses of History in the Fiction of Juan Gabriel Vásquez

 

 

REGISTRATION FOR THIS EVENT IS FREE BUT LIMITED.  TO REGISTER FOR THE CONFERENCE, PLEASE APPLY BEFORE APRIL 23, 2009. APPLICATIONS TO PROFESSOR ANTHONY MCFARLANE, HISTORY DEPARTMENT, UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK (email: a.mcfarlane@warwick.ac.uk)


BURSARIES TO ASSIST WITH TRAVEL EXPENSES INCURRED IN TRAVEL TO THE CONFERENCE ARE AVAILABLE FOR A LIMITED NUMBER OF POSTGRADUATE STUDENTS: PLEASE CONTACT PROFESSOR ANTHONY MCFARLANE AT a.mcfarlane@warwick.ac.uk BEFORE APRIL 23, 2003.

 

THE CONFERENCE WILL BE FOLLOWED BY A LECTURE BY JUAN GABRIEL VÁSQUEZ AT CANNING HOUSE, 2, BELGRAVE SQUARE, LONDON SW1X 8PJ

 

5.15-6.00                     PUBLIC LECTURE BY JUAN GABRIEL VÁSQUEZ
                                    COLOMBIAN FICTION SINCE GARCÍA MARQUEZ

 

6.00-7.00                     Reception sponsored by Colombian Embassy and Canning House

 

THESE EVENTS ARE SPONSORED BY JISLAC, BRITISH ACADEMY, WARWICK UNIVERSITY HRC, COLOMBIAN EMBASSY, CANNING HOUSE.

 

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