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Events

8 a.m.-5 p.m.
Hofstra University
Rochelle and Irwin A. Lowenfeld Conference and Exhibition Hall Lobby
Joan and Donald E. Axinn Library, 10th Floor, South Campus
9-10:20 a.m.
PANEL I: Vallejo: Los heraldos negros y Trilce
Moderator: Benita Sampedro
Associate Professor of Spanish
Co-Director, Latin American and Caribbean Studies Program
Hofstra University
Dulce María Zúñiga
Professor
Universidad de Guadalajara, México
La poética de César Vallejo: del signo al canto
Lucía Galleno Villafán
Visiting Professor
Queens University of Charlotte
Experiencia y performance Regional en “Idilio muerto”
Antonio Cajero Vázquez
Professor
Universidad Pedagógica Nacional de México
La mano fi rme del destino: para una lectura de las ediciones críticas de Los heraldos negros
10:30-11:50 a.m.
Moderator: Roger Santiváñez
Spanish Lecturer
Princeton University
Julio Prieto
Alexander Von Humbolt Fellow
University of Potsdam, Germany
Tres por Trilce: tiempo, caída y cadencia del nuevo impar
Giancarla Di Laura
Associate Professor
Emporia State University
La infl uencia de César Vallejo en el movimiento Kloaka
Soledad Chávez Fajardo
Spanish Lecturer
Universidad de Chile
Trilce: la poesía del lenguaje y del espíritu
Roger Santiváñez
Spanish Lecturer
Princeton University
Orígenes del Conversacionalismo hispanoamericano en Trilce: Una hipótesis
11:50 a.m.-1:15 p.m.
Moderator: Miguel-Ángel Zapata
Associate Professor of Spanish
Editor, Hofstra Hispanic Review
Conference Director
Daniel Freidemberg
Poet and Independent Scholar
Las lecturas de César Vallejo en la Argentina
Susana Cella
Professor
Universidad de Buenos Aires
Trilce y la vanguardia: los horizontes de un nombre
Eduardo Mitre
Associate Professor
St. John’s University
César Vallejo en la poesía boliviana
1:15-2:30 p.m.
2:35-3:35 p.m.
Opening Remarks:
Warren Frisina
Dean, Hofstra University Honors College
David A. Powell
Chair and Professor of French
Hofstra University
Miguel-Angel Zapata
Associate Professor of Spanish
Editor, Hofstra Hispanic Review
Conference Director
Keynote Address:
Stephen Hart
Professor of Hispanic Studies
University College London
Joseph G. Astman Distinguished Symposium Scholar
César Vallejo’s 52 Autographs: A Garden of Forking Paths
3:45-5 p.m.
Room 143, Sondra and David S. Mack Student Center, North Campus
Moderator: Alfonso García Osuna
Chair and Professor of Spanish
Kingsborough Community College, CUNY
Ken Gorfkle
Ph.D. Candidate
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
César Vallejo, Symbolism and Mallarmé
Nora Glickman
Professor
Queens College & Graduate Center, CUNY
Vallejo y el humor
Willy McKey
Independent Scholar
César Vallejo: el estilo como asilo poético
Jill E. Albada-Jelgersma
Independent Scholar
El paralelismo poético en tres poemas en prosa de César Vallejo
3:45-5 p.m.
Moderator: Maria Hernández
Assistant Professor of Spanish
Kingsborough Community College, CUNY
Judith Stalling-Ward
Assistant Professor
Norwich University
César Vallejo and Gerardo Diego: An Improbable Friendship
Alejandra Echazu
Ph.D. Candidate
University of Maryland
Quevedo y Vallejo: de frente, de espaldas y en un solo cuerpo
Rafael E. Correa
Professor
California State University at San Bernardino
“Entre el decirlo y el callarlo”: violencia, poeta y palabra
5:15-6:15 p.m.
Plaza Room West, Sondra and David S. Mack Student Center, North Campus
Introduction: Soledad Chávez, Universidad de Chile
CARLOS AGUASACO (COLOMBIA), LUIS ALBERTO AMBROGGIO (ARGENTINA), LEÓN FÉLIX BATISTA (REPÚBLICA DOMINICANA), MARTÍN CAMPS (MÉXICO), SILVIA EUGENIA CASTILLERO (MÉXICO), SUSANA CELLA (ARGENTINA), ANTONIO DELTORO (MÉXICO), DANIEL FREIDEMBERG (ARGENTINA), ISAAC GOLDEMBERG (PERÚ), CRISTIÁN GÓMEZ (CHILE), RODOLFO HINOSTROZA (PERÚ), PEDRO LASTRA (CHILE), MARTA LÓPEZ LUACES (ESPAÑA), WILLY MCKEY (VENEZUELA), EDUARDO MITRE (BOLIVIA), JULIO ORTEGA (PERÚ), JULIO PRIETO (ESPAÑA), ROGER SANTIVÁÑEZ (PERÚ), ANTHONY SEIDMAN (USA)
6:15-7:45 p.m.
Rochelle and Irwin A. Lowenfeld Conference and Exhibition Hall, Joan and Donald E. Axinn Library, 10th Floor, South Campus.
A one-man performance inspired by the poetry of César Vallejo conceived and performed by Bob Spiotto 8 p.m.
Emily and Jerry Spiegel Theater, California Avenue, South Campus
Weaving together many of Cesar Vallejo’s more than 300 poems, Mr. Spiotto creates a unique performance tapestry of words, emotions and images. Considered to be one of the most important voices in 20th-century Latin-American poetry, César Vallejo combined the force of his passionate voice with intense social commitment.
Tickets: $17, $14 senior citizen (over 65)
$10 matriculated non-Hofstra student with ID
One free ticket with current HofstraCard