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Liverpool, England.  According to the Etxepare Basque Institute the University of Liverpool will celebrate a new edition of Iberian Week starting today.  The goal of this week is to learn about the languages that are spoken on the peninsula, and in order to do so, various activities relating to Basque, Galician and Catalan cultures take place.

In addition to lectures and conferences that will take place this week, it is also worth mentioning the projections of documentaries and poetry readings that are also scheduled.  In this regard, the organization has counted on support from institutions such as the Etxepare Basque Institute, Cervantes Institute, Institute Ramon Llull and the ¡Viva! Spanish & Latin American Film Festival.

Program of Events:

MONDAY 11TH

11.00-13.00: Projection of the film Bertsolari followed by an improvisation workshop by the Basque oral poet Itxaso Paya (Rendall. Seminar Room 124. D2 in the campus map)

TUESDAY 12TH

10.00-13.00: Screening of the film Machuca followed by a discussion with the Chilean activist Apolo Santana, survivor of the coup and member of Allende´s government (SACE12 WBSR. E4 in the campus map)

16.00-18.00: Oral poetry performance: Sizen Yiacoup's ‘Introduction to Medieval Iberian Poetry’ and Roger Wright´s Castilian Ballads followed by a Basque music performance by Itxaso Paya (BLUECOAT) (Find it here)

WEDNESDAY 13TH

11.00-12.00: ‘The Nation: Insatiable and Indispensable Desire. A Brief Look into Contemporary Basque Fiction’. Gorka Mercero (Rendall. Seminar Room 124. D2 in the campus map)

12.00-13.00: Workshop in Galician language. Almudena Gómez Seoane and Elma Barreiro Abad. (Cypress 401. E2 in the campus map)

16.00-17.30: ‘Introduction to Flamenco: An Interactive Approach’. Cristina España and María Patiño Díe. (Rendall. Lecture Theatre 4. D2 in the campus map)

THURSDAY 14TH

10.00-11.00: ‘Crossing the line: When Women Writers Switch Languages’. Jennifer Rodríguez. (Cypress 114/116. E2 in the campus map)

11.00-12.00: ‘Revisiting the Spanish Transition’. Juan Arana Cobos (Cypress 114/116. E2 in the campus map)

15.00-16.00: ‘The sound of quinqui in Spanish film’. Tom Whittaker (Management School. Seminar Room 4. F2 in the campus map)

16.00-17.00: ‘Stateless Universality: Barcelona and the Universal Expositions of 1888 and 1929′. Brad Epps. (Rendall. Lecture Theatre 4. D2 in the campus map)

FRIDAY 15TH

Iberian Closing Party in the hall of the Cypress Bluiding (E2 in the campus map)

12.00 Poetry recital by Hispanic Section Students

Results of Twitter microrrelatos competition (Iberian Week 2013)

13.00 Bake-off with food from Lunya and Café Porto

13.30 Salsa with Nelson Becerra

-For complete information including a campus map: Iberian Week