Edgar Allan Poe Bicentennial Conference – "Poe Alive in the Century of Anxiety", Alcalá de Henares (Spain), 21-23 May
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ABSTRACT:
Between 21 and 23 May 2009, the University of Alcalá (Alcalá de Henares, Madrid province and region, Spain) played host to the international conference "POE ALIVE IN THE CENTURY OF ANXIETY / POE PRESENTE EN EL SIGLO DE ANSIEDAD", the second academic event of this nature to be organised in Spain for the bicentennial of the great American writer's birth (the first took place at the Albacete campus of the University of Castilla-La Mancha from 3 to 6 February). Now, the torch was taken up by the historic city of Alcalá de Henares, the birthplace of Miguel de Cervantes and a UNESCO World Heritage site. During these days, the Colegio de San Ildefonso and the former Trinitarios convent welcomed Poe scholars from numerous Spanish universities, from other European countries and from the USA, to deliver lectures or papers in either Spanish or English.
The event was organised by the host university's Instituto Universitario de Investigación en Estudios Norteamericanos (University Research Institute for American Studies - IUIEN; now rebaptised as the Instituto Franklin), with the support of the US Embassy to Spain. The principal organisers were Prof. José Antonio Gurpegui Palacios and the Institute's project administrator Cristina Crespo. The present brief note is not intended to replace the official programme, to which those interested are referred; the aim is, rather, to share my personal impressions - which are necessarily incomplete, since, as we know, in an event of this kind with panels organised in parallel sessions it is, alas, never possible to attend everything(...)
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