Cervantes & Shakespeare 400 years

An Anglo–Spanish Symposium at the University of Oxford to commemorate their deaths in 1616 Thursday 28th to Friday 29th January 2016 Weston Library & Exeter College Organized by Faculty of Modern Languages, University of Oxford; Office for Cultural and Scientific Affairs, Embassy of Spain; Instituto Cervantes London All papers will be delivered in English

Cervantes and Shakespeare: 400 years An Anglo–Spanish Symposium at the University of Oxford 28th – 29th January 2016

Cervantes and Shakespeare, who died within eleven days of each other in 1616, are universally regarded as the supreme exemplars of literary achievement in their respective languages. This symposium brings together six British scholars of Cervantes and six Spanish Shakespeare scholars to explore the literary worlds of these two iconic authors, whose works convey the turbulent spirit of the restless age in which they lived. Speakers will cover a broad range of topics, such as the ‘lost’ play by Shakespeare, inspired by a story from Cervantes’ Don Quixote; the extraordinary influence of Don Quixote; similarities and differences in form, style, and theme in their works; issues of interpretation; and the enduring fascination both writers have exerted on readers, writers and artists in modern times. All papers will be delivered in English, and there will be plenty of scope for discussion by speakers and audience. Speakers: Michael Bell (Warwick) Trevor Dadson (Queen Mary, London) Barry Ife (Kings College London) Jeremy Robbins (Edinburgh) Isabel Torres (Queen’s, Belfast) Edwin Williamson (Oxford) Clara Calvo (Murcia) José Ramón Díaz-Fernández (Málaga) Zenón Luis-Martínez (Huelva) Salvador Oliva (Gerona) Ángel-Luis Pujante (Murcia) Jesús Tronch (Valencia) Keynote Lecture: Brean Hammond (Nottingham)

Programme Thursday, 28th January 2016 Weston Library 9:30 – Opening Remarks H.E. Federico Trillo-Figueroa, Ambassador of Spain The Vice-Chancellor of the University of Oxford, Prof. Louise Richardson 10.00 – 11:15 Keynote Lecture Brean Hammond (Professor of English Literature, University of Nottingham), Cervantes’ Bones: Or What We Can Learn From Shakespeare’s ‘Lost Play’ 11:40 – 12:20 Ángel-Luis Pujante, The Link Cervantes-Shakespeare: Some Spanish Observations 12:20 – 13:00 Edwin Williamson, The Influence and Power of ‘Don Quixote’ Exeter College 14:30 – 15:10 Trevor J. Dadson, The Multicultural World of Don Quixote 15:10 – 15:50 Michael Bell, The ‘Exploded Psyche’ in Cervantes, Shakespeare and Dickens 16:10 – 16:50 Zenón Luis-Martínez, ‘Limbs are his Instruments’: The Logic of Division in ‘Troilus and Cressida’ 16:50 – 17:30 Salvador Oliva, The Problem of Evil in Studies of ‘Macbeth’ 17:30 – 18:45 Reception Friday, 29th January 2016 Exeter College 9:30 – 10:10 Jesús Tronch, Imagined Manuscripts in Shakespeare and Cervantes: Behind the Editorial Practice of their Plays 10:10 – 10:50 Barry Ife, Plays, Texts and the Novel as Drama 11:05 – 11:45 Isabel Torres, Poet Come Lately? The Poetics and Politics of Irony in Cervantes’s ‘Viaje del Parnaso’ 11:45 – 12:25 Jeremy Robbins, Journeys and Destinations in Cervantes’s ‘Persiles y Sigismunda’ 15.30 – 16.10 José Ramón Díaz Fernández, Authority, Power and Social Order in Grigori Kozintsev’s Shakespearean Adaptations 16:10 – 16:50 Clara Calvo, Curating Shakespeare Concluding session 17:00 – 17:30 General discussion and summing-up Closing remarks Ilmo. Sr. D. José María Lassalle, Spanish Secretary of State for Culture Professor Sir Rick Trainor, Rector of Exeter College

Weston Library Broad St. Oxford, OX1 3BG Exeter College Turl St, Oxford OX1 3DP The event is free and open to all but please register here: [email protected]