10AM – Graphic Iberia
New scholarship on graphic narratives in, around, and about the Iberian Peninsula, featuring short papers by Antonio Córdoba (Manhattan College), Xavier Dapena (Iowa State), Christine Martínez (NYU), and Moisés Hassan (Stony Brook).
Chaired by Víctor Sierra Matute (Baruch College), moderated by Juan Jesús Payán (Lehman College).
Interventions:
Antonio Córdoba. “Eerie Capitalism in Ana Galvañ’s Speculative Graphic Fiction”
Xavier Dapena. “Ella era un objeto”: Conflicto Capital-Vida, Redes de Cuidados y Desplazamientos en Estamos Todas Bien (2017)”
Moisés Hassan. “Reflexiones sobre la cuestión judía en el tebeo humorístico español”
Christine Martínez. “Contemporary Spanish Comics: Engaging Ecological Thought and the Imagination of Livable Futures”
1PM – Fashioning Iberia
Explorations of the sights, smells, tastes, and textures of the Iberian world, featuring interventions by María Judith Feliciano (Independent Scholar),Tara Zanardi (Hunter), Anya Andreeva (Fellow, The Hispanic Society), and Robert Davidson (U. of Toronto).
Chaired by Louisa Raitt (IFA/NYU), moderated by Abigail Balbale (NYU).
Interventions:
María Judith Feliciano – “Medieval Cloth and Early Modern Piety: Ornament and Antiquity in the Post-Tridentine Iberian Church”
Tara Zanardi – “Bittersweet Empire: Alcora, Natural History, and the Chocolate Service”
Anya Andreeva – “What do Pacific pirates, silk embroiderers and Rudolf Valentino have in common?”
Robert Davidson – “The Scent of Spain”