Programme

11:00            Presentation

                     Dr. John Rutherford (Fellow in Spanish and Director of the Centre for Galician Studies, The Queen’s         College)

11:15             Rui Ramos (University of Oxford)

                      The meaning of nationalism in Portuguese literature (1850-1900)

12:00             Carmen Millin (University of Birmingham)

                      Nationalism and universalism in the Galician fragments of Ulysses

1:00 - 2.45     Lunch break

2:00               Kathryn Crameri (Lancaster University)

                      Nationalism and literature in the context of post-Franco Catalonia

3:00                Moderator: Ian Michael

                       Round table: Researching cultures in the lberian Peninsula: Looking for a common ground

                       David Mackenzie, Professor of Galician (University of Birmingham), Alan Yates, Professor of Catalan (University of Sheffield), T.F. Earle, Director of Portuguese Studies (University of Oxford)

Call for Papers

VIII FORUM FOR IBERIAN STUDIES

BILINGUALISM IN THE IBERIA PENINSULA

UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD

FACULTY OF MEDIEVAL AND MODERN LANGUAGES AND LITERATURE

The aim of this one-day conference is to discuss bilingualism in the Iberian Peninsula. We want to examine, from an interdisciplinary perspective, bilingual settings and occurrences and their significance in the different linguistic communities of Spain and its borderlands. Contributions from scholars working in areas such as bilingual studies, sociolinguistics, psycholinguistics, translation, and cultural studies are all welcome.

We invite both established academics and graduate students to submit proposals for papers on this topic. Papers should be thirty minutes long (including ten minutes for questions and discussion) and may be considered for publication. Those wishing to present papers should send a title, a bibliography, and an abstract of not more than 300 words, outlining the proposed topic and technical requirements. Please include your name, affiliation, and contact details.

The address for submission of abstracts is:

Antonio Bernadó Mansilla

Generalitat Lector in Catalan

Faculty of Medieval and Modern Languages

University of Oxford

41 Wellington Square

Oxford OX1 2JF

United Kingdom

The deadline for submission of abstracts is 20th April 2003.