This conference explores how contemporary audiovisual representations of Iberian history have been produced and consumed in the Iberian Peninsula and beyond. Reel history either reflects nostalgia for a past of grandeur or rejects it as a burdensome legacy that is perceived as incompatible with modernity. But historical representations are primarily interventions on contemporary debates, such as immigration, sexual and civil rights, or cultural identity. Stories about the past tell us a lot about the present.
Proposals for presentations of 20-25 min that address any of these or related questions will be evaluated by an interdisciplinary organizing committee. The conference language is English.
Please send a 250-500 word abstract along with a 1 page cv by September 1 to the organizers:
Javier Irigoyen-García (Department of Spanish and Portuguese): irigoyen@illinois.edu
Eric Calderwood (Comparative & World Literature): ecalderw@illinois.edu
