International symposium which will bring together the most relevant experts in order to analyse the situation of the study of Catalan language and literature around the world.
The symposium will be structured around four areas: Language, Literature, History and Society, Catalan Cinema and Theatre.
Monday, 1 October 2007
9 a.m. Welcome and presentation of documentation
9.30 a.m. Inaugural session
Josep Bargall�, director of the Institut Ramon Llull (IRL)
Johannes Kabatek, president of the Federaci� Internacional d'Associacions de Catalan�stica (FIAC) and the International Association of Deutscher Katalanistenverband e. V. (DKV)
Joan Mart� Castell, president of the Philology Section of the Institute for Catalan Studies
Conference titled "Linguistic policy in Catalonia" led by Sr. M. Pueyo, secretary for Linguistic Policy at the Autonomous Government of Catalonia
Language section
10.30 a.m. Phonetics and Phonology
Max Wheeler, University of Sussex
Cl�udia Pons Moll, Autonomous University of Barcelona
11.15 a.m. Coffee break
11.45 a.m. Morphology
Sandra Montserrat, University of Alicante
12.15 p.m. The rules of syntax being prepared by the Institute for Catalan Studies. Criteria. Examples
Joan Sol�, University of Barcelona
Theatre section
3.30 p.m. Round table: Catalan theatre today and tomorrow: an evaluation and its prospects
Moderator: Christian Camps, University of Montpellier
Speakers: Josep M. Benet i Jornet, writer and scriptwriter
Sharon Feldman, University of Richmond
Helena Buffery, University of Birmingham
Enric Gall�n, Pompeu Fabra University
Carlota Subir�s, theatre director
Literature, history and society section
5 p.m. Round table: Writers from abroad
Moderator: August Bover, University of Barcelona
Speakers: Najat El Hachmi, writer
Patricia Gabancho, writer
Matthew Tree, writer
Monika Zgustova, writer
7 p.m. Precauci�: Obres
Poetry-music recital led by a Enric Casasses and Feliu Gasull
Enric Casasses, a poet and rhapsodist influenced by the Beat generation, a radically expressive writer with a sincere message, is an essential figure in contemporary Catalan literature. With him will be Feliu Gasull, a multifaceted guitarist and composer, the winner of numerous awards for the sensitivity and eclecticism of his work. The poet and the musician have known one another for many years, so they decided to exchange what they did the best: words and sounds. Their collaboration has produced exquisite and surprising results, such as the cantata for chorus and instrumental group titled La tonalitat de l'infinit or La casa entre les flors, a composition for a chorus of Jewish, Muslim and Christian children's voices and instrumental ensemble. Now they bring to Berlin their latest joint effort, Precauci�: Obres! (Caution: Men at Work!), where they both speak and perform solo, where Gasull writes to Casasses and Casasses to Gasull.
Date: 1 October 2007
Location: The Auditorium. The Cervantes Institute of Berlin
Address: Rosenstra�e 18-19
10178 Berlin
Web: www.cervantes.de
Tuesday, 2 October 2007
Language section
9.30 a.m. Acquisition and plurilingualism
Conxita Lle�, University of Hamburg
10 a.m. Pragmatics
Llu�s Payrat�, University of Barcelona
10.30 a.m. Coffee break
11 a.m. Researching Catalan syntax: the state of the question and future challenges
Maria Josep Cuenca, University of Valencia
11.30 a.m. Socio-Linguistics
Emili Boix, University of Barcelona
12 noon Lexicography
Joaquim Rafel, University of Barcelona
Christian Camps, University of Montpellier
Catalan cinema section
3.30 a.m. Round table: Cinema, literature and the Catalan language
Moderator: Jaume Mart�-Olivella, University of New Hampshire
Speakers: Ventura Pons, film director
Llu�s-Anton Baulenas, writer
Isona Passola, producer
5 p.m. Assessment and conclusions of the presented disciplines
Johannes Kabatek, chairman of the Federaci� Internacional d'Associacions de Catalan�stica (FIAC) and the Association of Deutscher Katalanistenverband e. V. (DKV)
Claus Pusch, University of Freiburg