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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p><span style='color:black'>Dear Colleagues,</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:gray'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:gray'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='color:black'>I am pleased to present the program for the 2011 Cervantes Symposium. This year's event will be held from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Friday, April 29, 2011 at the Instituto Cervantes of Chicago. Below please find the Symposium website which contains the program and information related to accommodations and other details. I am also including below the schedule. The keynote speaker for this year symposium is Prof. James A. Parr (U of California, Riverside). </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:gray'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:gray'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='color:black'>The Symposium is organized by Julia Domínguez from Iowa State University and sponsored by DePaul University, Iowa State University, and the Instituto Cervantes, with support from Glen Carman (DePaul University) and the Newberry Library Center for Renaissance Studies. It is free and open to the public but advanced registration is required. Please visit the website for more details and forward to your colleagues: <a href="http://www.cervantessymposium.com/" target="_blank">www.cervantessymposium.com</a></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:gray'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:gray'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='color:black'>Best,</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:gray'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='color:black'>Julia Domínguez</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:gray'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='color:black'>_______________________________________________________________________<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'>8:00-9:00 a.m.<br>Continental Breakfast and Welcome </span></b><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'>9:00-10:30 a.m.<br>Session I</span></b><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'>William Clamurro<br>Emporia State University<br>“Who is Berganza? — Sniffing out the Conundrums of the Coloquio” </span></b><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'>Edward H. Friedman<br>Vanderbilt University<br>“Lost In La Mancha?: <i>Don Quijote</i>, from The Outside” </span></b><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'>Howard Mancing<br>Purdue University</span></b><span style='color:black'><br></span><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'>“Story vs. Analysis in Cervantes and Alemán”</span></b><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'>10:30-10:45 a.m.</span></b><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'>Coffee Break</span></b><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'>10:45-12:15 p.m.<br>Session II</span></b><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'>David Castillo <br>SUNY at Buffalo<br>“<i>Don Quixote</i> and Road Movies" </span></b><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'>Charles Victor Ganelin<br>Miami University</span></b><span style='color:black'><br></span><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'>“<i>Don Quijote</i> as Museum” </span></b><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'>Chad M. Gasta<br>Iowa State University<br>“Writing to be Heard: Performing Music in <i>Don Quijote”</i></span></b><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'>12:15-1:45 p.m.<br>Lunch Break</span></b><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'>1:45-3:15 p.m.<br>Session III</span></b><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'>Rosilie Hernández<br>University of Illinois at Chicago<br>“What is us? Cervantes and Early Modern Alternative Discourses on National Identity” </span></b><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'>Michael J. McGrath<br>Georgia Southern University<br>“From La Mancha to Manresa: Sancho Panza’s Incarnational Spirituality” </span></b><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'>Steven Wagschal<br>Indiana University, Bloomington<br>“Cervantes’ <i>Don Quixote</i>, Descartes’ Demon, and the Reader’s Reasons”</span></b><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'>3:15-4:00 p.m.<br>Reception</span></b><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'>4:00 p.m.<br>Keynote Address</span></b><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'>James A. Parr<br>University of California, Riverside<br>“On <i>Don Quixote</i>: Selected Facets of a Multifaceted Work</span></b><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:gray'>Julia Domínguez<br>Assistant Professor of Spanish <br>3118D Pearson Hall <br>Iowa State University<br>Ames, Iowa 50011<br><br>Phone 515-294-8749<br>Fax 515-294-9914</span><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:gray'> <br><br></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:gray'><a href="mailto:domingue@iastate.edu">domingue@iastate.edu</a><br><a href="http://www.language.iastate.edu/dominguez/" target="_blank">http://www.language.iastate.edu/dominguez/</a> </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'>What you leave behind is not what is engraved in stone monuments, <br>but what is woven into the lives of others. <br>Pericles.</span></i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></body></html>