The symposium will begin at 9:00AM on Friday, September 14 and end on Saturday, September 15 at 8:30PM. Given the purpose and size of the event, participants are encouraged to attend all panels and social gatherings.
Unless otherwise noted, all events will be held in the Shannon Room, Hubbard Hall.
9:00-9:30 Breakfast
9:30-10:00 WELCOME
10:00-12:00 PANEL 1: Public/Private Spheres: Emotions, Affects and Spaces
a) Realism and the Complicated History of the Emotions in the Nineteenth Century: The Contribution of Galdós, Jo Labanyi, New York University
b) Ephemeral Economies: Rethinking Feminine Labor in Fortunata y Jacinta, Lindsey Reuben, Lehigh University
c) La flâneuse en las novelas contemporáneas de Pérez Galdós: género, espacio público y vida urbana en el Madrid moderno, Inés Corujo Martín, Georgetown University
Respondent: Hazel Gold, Emory University
12:00-1:15 Lunch (Lancaster Lounge, Moulton Union)
1:15-2:45 PANEL 2: From Text to Television: Representations of Masculinity
a) Galdosian Spain, Francoist Censorship, and the Construction of Masculinity in José Luis Borau’s Adaptation of Miau (TVE 1972), Wan Tang, Boston College
b) “Me creí valiente…”: The Crisis of Masculinity in Galdós's Zumalacárregui, Cristina Delano, Independent Scholar
Respondent: Linda Willem, Butler University
2:45-3:00 Café - Break (Bowdoin Café)
3:00-4:30 PANEL 3: Imperial Narratives, Disability and Race
a) Docile Souls Go to War: The Connection between Madness and Political, Erika Rodríguez, Washington University in St. Louis
b) “De orilla a orilla”: Transatlantic Debates of Nationalism in Fortunata y Jacinta and Cecilia Valdés, Kristina M. Soric, Purdue University
Respondent: Mary Coffey, Pomona College
4:30 Departure from College St. (behind Hubbard Hall) for shore excursion / lobster dinner
5:00-6:30 DINNER (Dolphin Marina & Restaurant, Harpswell)
9:30-10:00 Breakfast
10:00-12:00 PANEL 4: Tropes of Fin-de-siglo Anxieties: Crowds and Criminality
a) “La sangre social”: Distinction, Desire, and Dissolution in Isidora’s Encounter with the Crowd, Julia H. Chang, Cornell University
b) “El tumulto popular”: Populism, Public Assembly, and the People in the Thesis Novels of Benito Pérez Galdós, Bryan Cameron, University of Cambridge
c) Detective Epistles: Crime Investigation in Galdós’s La incognita, Aurélie Vialette, Stony Brook University
Respondent: Akiko Tsuchiya, Washington University in St. Louis
12:00-1:15 Lunch (Lancaster Lounge, Moulton Union)
1:15 -3:15 PANEL 5: Nature, Materiality and Waste: Eco-critical Approaches
a) From Dust to Dust: The Persistent Impermanence of Material Reality in the Works of Galdós, Megan Kelly, Susquehanna University
b) Replantear los estudios galdosianos: una aproximación desde la ecocrítica, Carmen Pereira-Muro, Texas Tech University
c) The Experience of Deep Time: Entering the Anthropocene in Marianela and Doña Perfecta, Sarah Sierra, Virginia Tech
Respondent: Alan Smith, Boston University
3:15-3:30 Café - Break (Bowdoin Café)
3:30-5:00 PANEL 6: Contesting the Boundaries of Mysticism
a) Misticismo, revolución y masculinidad en Ángel Guerra de Benito Pérez Galdós, Ismael Souto Rumbo, The College at Brockport, State University of New York
b) Unveiling the Beata in the Novels of Benito Pérez Galdós, Gabrielle Miller, Baylor University
Respondent: Lisa Nalbone, University of Central Florida
6:00-8:30 CLOSING RECEPTION (Main Lounge, Moulton Union)