<span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Palatino Linotype";" lang="EN-US">Dear Friends,</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Palatino Linotype";" lang="EN-US"> </span><br><div class="gmail_quote">
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It's been an exciting year for Out of the Wings! Our database of Spanish plays
available in English translation from modern </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Palatino Linotype";" lang="EN-US">Spain,
Spanish America and the Spanish Golden Age is up and running, with no need to
'log in'. </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Palatino Linotype";" lang="EN-US"><br>
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">The public site is LIVE! </span><br>
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">Take a look: <a href="http://www.outofthewings.org/" target="_blank"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none;">http://www.outofthewings.org/</span></a></span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Palatino Linotype";" lang="EN-US"> </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Palatino Linotype";" lang="EN-US"><br>
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On the site you can search, browse and investigate a treasure trove of Spanish
drama. Synopses, character lists, sample English translations and a wealth
of other </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Palatino Linotype";" lang="EN-US">information about the plays are ready and waiting for
you to explore. </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Palatino Linotype";" lang="EN-US"><br>
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You can also now contribute to the Out of the Wings database. Simply create an
account and become part of this growing resource. Just click on 'My Profile' on
the link below. Full instructions on how to submit material can be found here:</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Palatino Linotype";" lang="EN-US"> </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Palatino Linotype";" lang="EN-US"><br>
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<a href="http://www.outofthewings.org/users/" target="_blank"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none;">http://www.outofthewings.org/users/</span></a><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br>
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Select a play from our database and win the funding to stage it! </span><br>
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">Dragons' Den Competition: </span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Palatino Linotype"; font-weight: bold;">Thursday 17 March</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Palatino Linotype";"> </span></div>
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We're also proud to announce our upcoming Dragons' Den Competition! Please
alert any students on postgraduate drama courses to this exciting opportunity
to compete for up to £10,000 in funding to stage a play chosen from our
database. The funding will be awarded to the best proposal, determined by our
panel of judges (our 'Dragons') drawn from the best minds in British theatre
practice. Full details of how to enter the competition are on our blog entry for the Dragons' Den: <a href="http://blog.outofthewings.org/" target="_blank">http://blog.outofthewings.org/</a>.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Palatino Linotype";" lang="EN-US"> </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Palatino Linotype"; font-weight: bold;" lang="EN-US"><br>
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Third Annual Symposium: Invisible Presences: Translation, Dramaturgy and
Performance<br>
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</div></span><div><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Palatino Linotype";" lang="EN-US">Our third
Symposium follows our successful events in </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Palatino Linotype";" lang="EN-US">London
in 2009 and Oxford in 2010. This time the conference will be held in the Brian
Friel Theatre at Queen’s University Belfast. It will open with a bilingual
production of Lorca’s Blood Wedding on the evening of the 17<sup>th</sup>, and
the conference will finish on the 20th.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Palatino Linotype"; font-weight: bold;" lang="EN-US"><br>
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</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Palatino Linotype";" lang="EN-US">Registration
is now open. Please go to <a href="https://admin.qol.qub.ac.uk/ecommerce/trad2011/" target="_blank"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none;">https://admin.qol.qub.ac.uk/ecommerce/trad2011/</span></a>
and continue through the registration process. A link to our website, where you
will find discounted accommodation, may also be found there.<br>
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The following have confirmed as plenary participants: Susan Bassnett, </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Palatino Linotype";" lang="EN-US">Catherine
Boyle, Marvin Carlson, Peter Eckershall, David Johnston, Mary Luckhurst and
Lawrence Venuti. There will also be a wide range of presentations to choose
from, two rehearsed readings, a performance and a number of workshops.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Palatino Linotype"; font-weight: bold;" lang="EN-US"><br>
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For more information about these and all of our events, check out our blog.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Palatino Linotype";" lang="EN-US"> </span></div><div>
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<a href="http://blog.outofthewings.org/" target="_blank"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; font-weight: bold;">http://blog.outofthewings.org/</span></a></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Palatino Linotype";" lang="EN-US"> </span></p>
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With all best wishes,</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Palatino Linotype";" lang="EN-US"> </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Palatino Linotype";" lang="EN-US"><br>
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</span></p></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal; background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Palatino Linotype";" lang="EN-US">Kathleen Jeffs and The Out of the Wings Team</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Palatino Linotype";" lang="EN-US"><br>
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</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Palatino Linotype";" lang="EN-US">Project Directors: </span></p><div>
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Portuguese and Latin American Studies, King's College London)<br>
Professor David Johnston (School of Languages, Literatures and Performing Arts,
Queen's University Belfast) </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: "Palatino Linotype";" lang="EN-US">Dr Jonathan Thacker
(Faculty of Medieval and Modern Languages, Oxford University) </span><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: "Palatino Linotype";"><br>
Paul Spence (Centre for Computing in the Humanities, King's College London)</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: "Palatino Linotype";" lang="EN-US"> <br>
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</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: "Palatino Linotype";">Research
Team:<br>
Dr Gwendolen Mackeith (Department of Spanish, Portuguese and Latin American
Studies, King's College London)</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: "Palatino Linotype";"> </span><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: "Palatino Linotype";"><br>
Dr Gwynneth Dowling (School of Languages, Literatures and Performing Arts,
Queen's University Belfast)</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: "Palatino Linotype";"> </span><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: "Palatino Linotype";"><br>
Dr Kathleen Jeffs (Faculty of Medieval and Modern Languages, Oxford University)</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: "Palatino Linotype";">Technical
Research Team at the Centre for Computing and Humanities, King's College London</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: "Palatino Linotype";">Technical
direction - Paul Spence</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: "Palatino Linotype";">Project
analysis, web development, database design, online editorial environment -
Geoffroy Noël </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: "Palatino Linotype";">Interactive
design - Paul Vetch </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: "Palatino Linotype";">Postgraduate Research Student:</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: "Palatino Linotype";" lang="EN-US"><br>
</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: "Palatino Linotype";">John
O'Neill (King's College London)</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: "Palatino Linotype";" lang="EN-US"> <br>
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</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: "Palatino Linotype";">Project
Associate:</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: "Palatino Linotype";"> </span><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: "Palatino Linotype";"><br>
Janet Morris (Department of Spanish, Portuguese and Latin American Studies,
King's College London)</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: "Palatino Linotype";"></span></p><br></div></div></div></div><br>
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