Detrás de nosotros no hay nada? Revisiting Contemporary Uruguayan Culture and Politics
Friday, 10 May 2013
Venue: Senate House, Malet Street, London WC1E 7HU
The title of this symposium refers to a famous passage from Juan Carlos Onetti’s novel El pozo (1939): “Detrás de nosotros no hay nada: un gaucho, dos gauchos, treinta y tres gauchos”. By ironically merging two emblematic national symbols, the gaucho and the heroic insurrection for independence of the so-called “33 orientales” led by Juan Antonio Lavalleja in 1825, Onetti questioned the origins of Uruguayan national identity and history. KEYNOTE SPEAKER: Dr. Gustavo San Roman (University of St. Andrews)
This interdisciplinary symposium aims to address the little attention that Uruguay usually receives in Latin American Studies in the UK and to offer instead a forum to discuss the current issues in contemporary Uruguay.
Programme<http://www.igrs.sas.ac.uk/sites/default/files/files/Events/Uruguayan%20Culture%20&%20politics%20Conf%20Prg.pdf> / Registration<http://www.igrs.sas.ac.uk/sites/default/files/files/Events/Uruguay%20Conf%20Registration%20Form.pdf> (closing date: 29 April 2013)
|