In recent years, Iberian Cultural Studies has been established as a transregional and interdisciplinary perspective within international Hispanic Cultural Studies. The main focus of interest is on the Iberian Peninsula as a cultural area that is characterized by the multipolarity and the positionality of different languages, literatures and cultures (Castilian, Portuguese, Catalan, Basque, and Galician). The First Conference of Iberian Cultural Studies (20th – 21st century) in Germany: Memories of Transition. Transitions of Memory will be held in conjunction with the Third International Seminar of the Network “Historical Memory and Iberian Literatures”. The conference seeks to bring together internationally recognized experts as well as young researchers working at German-speaking universities who are especially interested in Iberian Cultural Studies (Literature, Film, History, Anthropology).
The principal theme of the first conference will be the Peninsula’s period of democratization, namely the transición. This period was the most decisive step in the history of contemporary (Iberian) culture. It constitutes a process of cultural transformation towards an ambivalently perceived post-dictatorial present. As the Spanish Occupy movement and its critique of the so-called “cultura de la transición” (CT) have shown, the transición-period is still relevant nowadays. It serves as reference point in the discourse about the interpretation of the totalitarian past and the cultural ontology of the present. From a global point of view, the transición is an epochal, cultural paradigm, which suggests comparisons with other cultures. On the Iberian Peninsula, the multiple characteristics of the transición are refracted in the prism of different languages and cultures.
The conference is open to everyone who is interested. A registration is required: http://iberianculturalstudies.weebly.com/registration-form.html
Organizer: Ulrich Winter ([email protected])
Philipps-Universität Marburg, Institut für Romanische Philologien
The principal theme of the first conference will be the Peninsula’s period of democratization, namely the transición. This period was the most decisive step in the history of contemporary (Iberian) culture. It constitutes a process of cultural transformation towards an ambivalently perceived post-dictatorial present. As the Spanish Occupy movement and its critique of the so-called “cultura de la transición” (CT) have shown, the transición-period is still relevant nowadays. It serves as reference point in the discourse about the interpretation of the totalitarian past and the cultural ontology of the present. From a global point of view, the transición is an epochal, cultural paradigm, which suggests comparisons with other cultures. On the Iberian Peninsula, the multiple characteristics of the transición are refracted in the prism of different languages and cultures.
The conference is open to everyone who is interested. A registration is required: http://iberianculturalstudies.weebly.com/registration-form.html
Organizer: Ulrich Winter ([email protected])
Philipps-Universität Marburg, Institut für Romanische Philologien
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