Don Quixote 1605-2005 Symposium
Indiana University, Bloomington

September 22-24, 2005

SPECIAL EVENTS







Thursday, September 22


4:30-5:00 PM

Reception

(State Room West, IMU)

5:00-6:00 PM 
  Don Quixote Travels the World
(State Room East, IMU)

A multilingual reading of selected passages from Cervantes’s novel in twelve different languages, paired with visual representations of the texts being read in English and Spanish.

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Friday, September 23

An Evening with Don Quixote
at the Indiana University Art Museum

6:00–6:15 p.m.
(Doris Steinmetz Kellett Gallery of Twentieth-century Art,
first floor)

Gallery Talk: Illustrating Don Quixote
Prior to the concert, Steven Wagschal will present a short gallery talk on a suite of woodcuts by the German Expressionist artist Walther Klemm on Don Quixote.

6:30–8:00 p.m.
Thomas T. Solley Atrium, second floor

 Concert: Don Quijote, un héroe en romances/
Don Quixote, A Hero in Ballads

The ensemble“Fénix de los ingenios” and guest artists will present the romances, ballads and dances of Don Quixote.

This concert was made possible the generous support of the Latin American Music Center of Indiana University, the collaboration of the Department of Spanish and Portuguese of Indiana University, of the Global Village Living-Learning Center of Indiana University, and a grant from the Program for Cultural Cooperation between Spain's Ministry of Culture and United States Universities.

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Saturday, September 24
Special Presentation
(Grand Hall, Neal-Marshall Black Culture Center)


9:30 - 10:30 AM
   John J. Allen Patricia Finch
(Kentucky University) (Centre College)
"Don Quijote in Western Art and Thought"


10:30 - 12:00PM
Brunch Reception
(There is no charge, but please register in advance so that we may plan accordingly)

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The Symposium is sponsored by

The Department of Spanish and Portuguese at Indiana University, Bloomington, in association with
Office of the Vice President for Research,
Office of the Dean, College of Arts and Sciences,
College Arts and Humanities Institute (CAHI), Office of International Programs,
Department of Comparative Literature, Department of English, 
Department of French and Italian, Department of Germanic Studies, Department of History,
Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures, West European Studies (WEST),
and a grant from the Program for Cultural Cooperation between the Spanish Ministry of Culture and American Universities.



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