The Future of Borges Studies: March 21-23, 2018
The Future of Borges Studies March 21-23, 2018 University of Pittsburgh
Wednesday March 21st Humanities Center, 602 Cathedral of Learning 1:00 Welcome from Daniel Balderston, Director, Borges Center; Jerome Branche, Chair, Department of Hispanic Languages and Literatures; Jonathan Arac, Director, Humanities Center; Belkys Torres, Associate Director, University Center for International Studies; Karen Goldman, Associate Director, Center for Latin American Studies; Kathleen Blee, Dean, Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences 1:30-2:15 Alberto Manguel, Writer and Director, National Library of Argentina: âBorges, the Universal Librarianâ 2:30-3:00 Book presentations, part 1 (books from the Biblioteca Nacional)
Thursday March 22nd Humanities Center, 602 Cathedral of Learning 9:00 Copyright issues: roundtable with Leonardo Pitlevnik, Nora Benedict and others 10:00 Mapping Borges: Nora Benedict coffee, then move across the street to the library Workshops in the Digital Commons, Hillman Library 11:00 Integrating Borges Center and Centro Borges webpages: David Mundie, Nora Benedict, GermĂĄn Ălvarez, Laura Rosato, Daniel Balderston, Sylvia SaĂtta 11:45 Borges Letters: Daniel Balderston and MarĂa Julia Rossi 12:15 Borges Manuscripts: Daniel Balderston 12:45 Mariela Blanco, âEn busca del habla de Borges. Conferencias entre 1949 y 1952â lunch (on your own) Humanities Center, 602 Cathedral of Learning 2:00 Alfredo Alonso Estenoz (Luther College), âArgentina y Cuba: polĂtica y recepciĂłn de la obra de Borgesâ 2:30 Nora Benedict (Princeton University), âBooks about Books and Books as Material Artifacts: Metabibliography in Jorge Luis Borgesâs El jardĂn de senderos que se bifurcanâ 3:00 Sylvia SaĂtta (Universidad de Buenos Aires--Conicet), âJorge Luis Borges, entre Florida y el martinfierrismoâ 3:30 coffee 4:00 GermĂĄn Ălvarez y Laura Rosato (Centro Borges de DocumentaciĂłn, Biblioteca Nacional Mariano Moreno), âColecciĂłn Jorge Luis Borges de la Biblioteca Nacional: una hipĂłtesis de trabajoâ Discussion
Friday, March 23rd Humanities Center, 602 Cathedral of Learning 9:00 SebastiĂĄn Urli (Bowdoin College), âSoñamos una esfinge: poesĂa e imagen en Borgesâ 9:30 MarĂa Julia Rossi (John Jay College, City University of New York), âEl policial sudamericano tongue in cheek. Pistas materiales e ideolĂłgicas para leer los textos rioplatenses de El SĂ©ptimo CĂrculo (1945-1956)â 10:00 Mariela Blanco (Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata--Conicet), âIndividuo vs. pueblo. Un binomio en tensiĂłn en las escrituras de Borges y Marechalâ coffee 11:00 Leonardo Pitlevnik (Universidad de Buenos Aires), âEn torno al âEl hombre en el umbralâ y las formas de juzgarâ 11:30 MartĂn Gaspar (Bryn Mawr College), âCofradĂas imaginadas: Borges y el tamaño de la comunidad idealâ 12:15 lunch (on your own) 1:30 MarĂa Celeste MartĂn (Emily Carr University of Art + Design), âTranscripciones tipogrĂĄficas de los manuscritos de Borgesâ 2:15 Daniel Balderston (University of Pittsburgh, âRevelando las falacias del nacionalismo: un ensayo polĂtico de Borges, de âViejo hĂĄbito argentinoâ a âNuestro pobre individualismoâ (1946)â 3:00 Book presentations, part 2 (Borges Center books) Final discussion