Program for the conference

Almost three weeks for the big day and it is about time to start getting ready for it. Here is the program of the congress in order to inform all the participants and guests:

II International Conference on the Inklings: Death and Immortality in the Works of the Inklings

 Faculty of Arts, Vitoria-Gasteiz 

21-22 March

Monday 21 March 

16.30 – 17.00 Opening ceremony (Salón de Grados) 

17.00 – 18.00 Plenary 1: Dr. Guillermo Spirito, Theological Institute of Assisi, “Eucatastrophe in Lewis and Tolkien” (Salón de Grados) 

18.00 – 18.15 Coffee break 

18.15 – 19.15 Presentation and screening of the short film “Jugando con la muerte” by director Paúl Urquijo. (Salón de Grados) 

19.30 – 20.30 Conversations with authors at the Campus bookshop (refreshments and snacks courtesy of the UPV/EHU) 

Tuesday 22 March

09.00 – 10.00 Panel: Andoni Cossío, UPV/EHU, “J. R. R. Tolkien’s Tree World”; Maddi Susperregui, UPV/EHU, “From C. S. Lewis to Lucy Pevensie”; and Ekaitz Ikazuriaga, UPV/EHU, “Representation of gender studies in Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s stone: Hermione Granger, a case in point” 

10.00 – 11.00 Plenary 2: Dr. Eduardo Segura, Universidad de Granada, “Arte e Inmortalidad élfica: Tolkien y el don de la Muerte” (Salón de Grados) 

11.00 – 11.30 Coffee break 

11.30 – 12.30 Plenary 3: Dr. José Miguel Santamaría, "Tolkien en español: primeros estudios y obras traducidas" (Salón de Grados) 

12.30 – 15.00 Lunch 

15.00 – 16.00 Plenary 4: Dra. Sara Molpeceres, Universidad de Valladolid, "La experiencia trascendente: lo humano, lo sagrado y el mito en C. S. Lewis" (Salón de Grados) 

16.00 – 16.30 Coffee break 

16.30 – 17.30 Plenary 5: Dr. Miguel Ayerbe, UPV/EHU, “El tratamiento de la muerte en la literatura germánica medieval” (Salón de Grados) 

17.30 – 18.30 Round Table: translating Tolkien Dr. José Miguel Santamaría, Dr. Eduardo Segura, Dr. Guillermo Spirito (Salón de Grados)

18.30 Concluding discussion and closure 

19.30 Guided tour: the Gothic city centre of Vitoria 

21.30 Conference dinner

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