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IBERO-AMERICAN LITERATURE

by Mariana Casale

The Jorge Edwards Library Reading Club is  organising

a new edition of the Ibero-American Literature Workshop

coordinated by Mariana Casale, where the

plots  and  narratives of outstanding authors of

South American literature will be analysed. (+)

Enrolment through our online shop CLIC.

Sessions on Zoom.

First session: 22nd April | 6.30 pm

CINEMAATTIC CUARENTENA

Workshop

Each week CinemaAttic and the Instituto Cervantes offer

a series of 7 shorts from modern Spanish cinema,

streamed live and with English subtitles. The programme

consists of 7 shorts from Monday to Sunday on the

CinemaAttic website. There is also an events page on

Facebook where you can vote for your favourite film,

make comments and share your opinions interactively (in

English or Spanish). On Sundays at 1 pm is

#CinemaAtticVermouth, an online event on Facebook

where some of the film directors are interviewed.

Follow in CinemaAttic.

Reading Club

THE HOUSE OF BERNARDA ALBA

by Alba del Pozo (Univ. of Leeds)

Instituto Cervantes Leeds Reading Club, active since

2015, will be dedicated in its spring-summer edition in

2020 to the book La casa de Bernarda Alba, by the

Spanish poet Federico García Lorca. (+)

Enrolment through our online shop CLIC.

Sessions on Zoom.

First session: 14th May | 6 pm

Seminar

SPAIN AND THE UNITED KINGDOM

by Javier García Oliva (U. of Manchester)

Javier García Oliva gives a three-session seminar in

English where he presents a comparison and analysis of

the traditional legal systems of Spain and the United

Kingdom and what the consequences may be for both

after Brexit and the current crisis.

Sessions on Zoom.

Sessions: 20th May, 27th May and 4th June |

5.30 pm

LAW, SOCIETY AND CONTEMPORARY CHALLENGES

Seminar

INSTITUTO CERVANTES MANCHESTER

INTRODUCTION TO SPANISHPHILOSOPHY - 20TH-CENTURY

by Beatriz Caballero (Un. of Strathclyde)

The beginning of the 20th century is one of the richest in

terms of the Spanish intelligentsia. Beatriz Caballero

analyses in four sessions in English the Spanish

philosophical evolution through the figures of Miguel de

Unamuno, José Ortega y Gasset and María Zambrano.

Sessions on Zoom.

Sessions: 26th May, 2nd, 9th and 16th June

| 4pm

Workshop

A BRIEF HISTORY OF GALICIANCINEMA

by Maria Seijo (Un. of Leeds)

A seminar that reviews the history of Galician cinema,

from its origins to its current flourishing, where several

filmmakers of Galician origin are gaining recognition

from critics and audiences worldwide. In between, the

period of obscurantism of the Franco regime will be dealt

with, as well as the development policies of regional

cinemas in the Transition (+).

Enrolment through our online shop CLIC.

Sessions on Zoom.

First session: 16th June | 5.30 pm

Cine

VIRIDIANA

Cineclub Luis Buñuel: "Clásicos Contigo"

Luis Buñuel directs Viridiana, a story that tells the story of

a young novice about to become a servant of God. She

leaves the convent to visit her benefactor and only living

relative, her uncle Jaime. Alerted that his niece will soon

be definitively cloistered, Don Jaime, a widower

fascinated by the resemblance the novice bears to his

late wife, tries to seduce her. (+)

Follow it in our Vimeo channel.

22nd May | 8 pm

Cine

THE EXECUTIONER

Cineclub Luis Buñuel: "Clásicos Contigo"

Berlanga's brilliant dark comedy, in which an undertaker's

assistant marries an executioner's daughter, and the new

groom takes on his father-in-law's job but grows real

squeamish when the time comes to execute someone. (+)

Follow it in our Vimeo channel.

22nd May | 8 pm

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