Programme for the Fourth Annual Conference of the International Society for Polysystem Studies Bilbao, Euskadi (Spain) – 21-23 October 2019
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Conference Venue: Bizkaia Aretoa
Monday, Oct 21
4 p.m. Inaugural ceremony (Arriaga Hall)
- Welcome from representatives of the Bilbao mayor’s office and the office of the Rector of the University of the Basque Country (UPV-EHU)
4:30 p.m. Table 1
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- Asier Barandiaran: “Tensions between the Navarrese and Basque Literary Systems in the Last Quarter of the 20th Century”
- Jon Kortazar: “Los Premios Nacionales en el Sistema literario vasco” [
] - Roel During: “Boundary Analysis within Polysystems Theory: the Power of Resilience” []
- Rosalie van Dam: “Power dynamics in selforganizing groups of citizens taking charge of their living environment in the Netherlands. Discussion from the perspective of Polysystem Theory” []
- Aiora Sampedro: “Building a discourse in the polysystem of literature: A matter of moving ahead” []
6:30 p.m. Special Session
- Carolina Magaldi, Federal University of Juiz de Fora, Brazil (via Skype): “Pushing the envelope: 30 years of Polysystem research at the Federal University of Juiz de Fora”
Tuesday, Oct 22
9.30 a.m. Keynote speaker (Elhuyar Hall)
- Darío Villanueva, University of Santiago de Compostela and Real Academia Española: “Pensamiento fuerte: Polisistemas y filología” [es en ]
11 a.m. – 1 p.m. Table 2
- Carolina Ferrer, University of Québec in Montréal: “El polisistema literario mundial en la era de las humanidades digitales: de Babel a la criticometría” []
- Frederik Verbeke, University of the Basque Country: “When Polysystem Studies Meets Ecocriticism and Vice Versa” []
- David Souto, Trinity College: “A Polysystemic Approach to the Modern Institution of Reading” []
- Simona Škrabec, Universitat Oberta de Catalunya: “Portrait of a Child Post-war Europe or How to Deal with a Shattered World” []
Lunch
4 p.m. Table 3 Members of the GALABRA Research Group from the University of Santiago de Compostela (Arriaga Hall)
- Irene Pichel: “Método Reinert y Análisis de Similitudes. Explorando centralidades y subalternidades en el discurso jacobeo contemporáneo”
- Elias Torres: “Compromiso Social Investigador con entidades locales: análisis de un proyecto sobre Santiago de Compostela”
- Emilio Carral: “Perspectiva polisistémica en el análisis de la relación turismo-gastronomia: El caso de Santiago de Compostela” []
6 p.m. Reception at Bilbao City Hall
Wednesday, Oct 23
9.30 a.m. Table 4 (Elhuyar Hall)
- José Manuel López and Xabier Etxaniz, University of the Basque Country: “Literatura infantil y contrucción nacional en el País Vasco” []
- Marijan Dovic, Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts: “The Art of Improvisation: From ‘Bertsolaritza’ to Jazz”
- Ur Apalategi, University of Pau: “The use of the detective novel in a diglossic and peripheral context. Itxaro Borda’s hexalogy” []
- Wadda Rios-Font, Barnard College: “The Repertoire of Spanish Centralism: from the Cádiz Courts of 1812 to the Current Catalan Crisis”
12:00 – 1:30 p.m. Final Discussion
- Conveners: Massimiliano Bampi (Ca Foscari University) Itamar Even-Zohar (Tel-Aviv University), Thomas S. Harrington (Trinity College), Rakefet Sela-Sheffy (Tel-Aviv University), Jaume Subirana (Pompeu Fabra University)
Farewell Lunch
