La voz enardecida
A Voice Impassioned
Miguel Hernández (1910-1942)
A colloquium on his poetry and its enduring relevance
November 5, 2010
University of Florida, Smathers Library, Room A1
Schedule of Events
9:00-9:15 Words of Welcome / Bienvenida
- Gillian Lord (Chair, Spanish and Portuguese Studies)
- Geraldine C. Nichols (SPS)
9:15-10:45 Hernández en su tiempo y su espacio
-
George Esenwein (History, UF): "The price of 'peace' and
'progress': MH as a victim of political repression
in Franco's
Spain"
- Luis Álvarez-Castro (SPS): "1898-1936: La edad de plata de la cultura española"
- Luis Martín Estudillo (U of Iowa): "El agonismo metálico
de MH"
10:45-11:00 Coffee Break
11:00-12:30 Resonancias de Hernández
- Mercedes López Baralt (U Puerto Rico): "Imagen de tu huella:
MH en Puerto Rico" (read by Efraín Barradas, SPS/Center for Latin American Studies)
- Geraldine C. Nichols (SPS): "El relumbre de su sombra: MH en los Estados Unidos"
12:30-2:00 Lunch Break
2:00-3:45 Voces del mismo venero: Hernández, lugar y legado
-
Sharon Keefe Ugalde (Texas State U): "Las poetas
de medio siglo y MH"
- Alicia Genovese (U John F Kennedy): "La poesía orgánica y civil de MH: su diálogo con los poetas latinoamericanos"
4:30-6:00 Poetry Readings
- Spanish: Alicia Genovese, Luis Álvarez-Castro, Antonio Sajid, Clara Sotelo
- English: Geraldine Nichols, Stephanie Gates, Delano Lamy
- Musical interpretations: Alex
Torres
6:00-7:00 Reception
Links
Colloquium Poster
Colloquium Program
Miguel Hernandez Foundation
* All images used with permission of the Miguel Hernandez Foundation
