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2005: Quixotic Offspring: The Global Legacy of Don Quixote
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Quixotic Offspring: The Global Legacy of Don Quixote
The year 2005 marks the 400th anniversary of the publication of Miguel de Cervantes’ Don Quixote Part I (1605), and Macalester College wants to celebrate Cervantes’ universal legacy from an internationalist perspective. One hundred writers from around the globe recently voted Don Quixote as the most relevant work of fiction of all time. It has been translated into more languages than any other piece of literature, and its influence on writers, artists, intellectuals, commerce, and politics alike is palpable and diverse. Since its publication, Don Quixote has been employed as a multifaceted symbol of complex issues, such as Western imperialism, idealism, and the struggle for justice. Don Quixote’s universal dimensions and influence continue to increase over time, and the novel’s relevance intensifies as the Hispanic world and the Spanish language assume a leading role in the global context. Don Quixote may thus be considered the most successful case of literary and cultural internationalism of all time.
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 13
4:30 – 4:45 p.m. |
Keynote Address
Opening Statements and Introduction, John B. Davis Lecture Hall, Ruth Stricker Dayton Campus Center
Ahmed I. Samatar, James Wallace Professor and Dean, International Studies and Programming
Brian C. Rosenberg, President, Macalester College |
4:45 – 6:15 p.m. |
Delinking: Don Quixote, Globalization, and the Colonies
Walter D. Mignolo
William H. Wannamaker, Professor in the Department of Literature and Director of the Center for Global Studies and the Humanities, Duke University
The 2005 Macalester International Roundtable is made possible by financial support from the DeWitt Wallace Distinguished Visitors Fund. |
Friday, October 14
Morning Session (9:30 a.m. – 12:10 p.m.), John B. Davis Lecture Hall |
9:30-9:40 a.m. |
Introduction
Chair: Evan Winet, Assistant Professor of Theater and Dance |
9:40–10:25 a.m. |
The Route of Writing
Mary Gossy, Associate Professor of Women’s and Gender Studies and Spanish and Comparative Literatures, Rutgers University |
10:25 – 10:55 a.m. |
Respondents
Megan Thieme ’06
Scott Morgensen, Assistant Professor of Women's, Gender and Sexuality
Studies |
10:55 – 11:10 a.m. |
Response by Mary Gossy |
11:10–11:25 a.m. |
Coffee Break |
11:25 a.m.–12:10 |
Questions and Comments |
12:10–1:30 p.m. |
Lunchtime |
Afternoon Session (1:30 – 4:10 p.m.), John B. Davis Lecture Hall |
1:30 – 1:40 p.m. |
Introduction
Chair: Mark Mazullo, Assistant Professor of Music |
1:40 – 2:25 p.m. |
Don Quixote: World Emperor
Frederick de Armas
Andrew W. Mellon Professor in Humanities, and Professor of Spanish and Comparative Literature, University of Chicago |
2:25 – 2:55 p.m.
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Respondents
Nishad Avari ‘06
Rogelio Miñana, Associate Professor of Hispanic and Latin American Studies |
2:55 – 3:10 p.m.
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Response by Frederick de Armas |
3:10 – 3:25 p.m. |
Coffee Break |
3:25 – 4:10 p.m. |
Questions and Comments |
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 15
Final Session (10:00 a.m. – 12:15 p.m.), John B. Davis Lecture Hall |
10:00 – 10:10 a.m. |
Introduction by Linda Schulte-Sasse, Professor of German Studies |
10:10 – 11:10 a.m. |
Roundtable Discussion featuring Walter D. Mignolo, Mary Gossy, and Frederick de Armas |
11:10 – 12:10 |
Audience Questions and Comments |
12:10 – 12:15 p.m. |
Closing Remarks by Dean Ahmed I. Samatar |
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