The Department of Classics, The Latin American Studies Center, The Center for Literary and Comparative Studies,
and The Department of Spanish and Portuguese
The Muses of the Land: The Reception of Greece and Rome in the Hispanic World
Friday May 2, 2014
9:30 AM – 4:30 PM
Maryland Room (0100 Marie Mount Hall)
University of Maryland, College Park
Description:
Muses of the Land will
spotlight how Spain and Latin America have engaged with their Greek and
Latin cultural heritage. Despite the fact that this heritage has been
central to many aspects of the cultural life of the region, it has
received little consideration in the English-speaking
world, where the idea that Latin American is a "non-western"
civilization still has some currency. Recent panels at academic
conferences in the United States, however, have begun to explore the
influence of this heritage in the literature, film, and drama.
Our conference seeks to expand the panorama of scholarly perspectives
by inviting representatives from other academic fields to enter the
conversation. We selected a group of papers from various fields
(history, art, classics, and Spanish literature) that
not only showcase the variety of forms assumed by classical reception
in the Spanish-speaking world, but also spotlight the challenges facing
the study of this topic that might be specific to this particular
cultural milieu.
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Schedule:
THURSDAY, MAY 1 — Third Floor Patio, Tawes Hall
Reception at 7 pm
FRIDAY, MAY 2 — Maryland Room, 0100 Marie
Mount Hall
Morning Session: Indigenous Contestations (9:30 am – 12:00 pm)
9:30-10:00 — Coffee and Danish
10:00-10:10 — Introductory remarks, Francisco Barrenechea, Department of Classics, University of Maryland, College Park
10:10-10:30
— “Phoenician Colonists and Anti-Romanism in the Iberian Renaissance,”
Adam Beaver, Department of History, Princeton University
10:30-10:50 — “A World Apart: Plato and the Guaraní,” Michael Brumbaugh, Classics Department, Tulane University
10:50-11:10 — “Pagan Love Stories about Redemption: Mythological Autos
Sacramentales from
José de Valdivieso to Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz,” Antonio Río
Torres-Murciano, ENES Morelia, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
11:10-11:30 — “Deifying Pachamama,” Annick Benavides, Department of Art and Art History, University of New Mexico
11:30-Noon — Discussion
LUNCH BREAK
Afternoon Session: Reflections of Identity (2-4:30)
2-2:20
— “Bolívar at the Roman Forum: Republican Visions and Dreams of
Empire,” Elise Bartosik-Vélez, Spanish and Portuguese Department,
Dickinson College
2:20-2:40
— “Antigone as Foundational Myth of Spanish American History: the case
of Argentina,” Aníbal A. Biglieri, Department of Hispanic Studies,
University
of Kentucky
2:40-3:10 — “Athens and Sparta
of the New World: Classical Confrontations in Santo Domingo,” Dan-el
Padilla Peralta, Department of Classics, Stanford University
3:10-3:30
— "Ancient Greek Aesthetics, Indigeneity, and Africanness after the
Mexican Revolution, 1910-1940,” Theodore Cohen, Latin American Studies
Center and Department of History, University of Maryland, College Park
3:30-4:30 — Discussion
