MADNESS AND MELANCHOLY IN SEVENTEENTH-CENTURY SPAIN

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Institute of Germanic and Romance Studies, London
7-8 December 2007
Organiser: Elena Carrera, Dept of Hispanic Studies, Queen Mary, London (e.carrera@qmul.ac.uk)

Friday 7 December (ALL FRIDAY PAPERS WILL BE IN ENGLISH):

1:30-2:00 Registration and coffee

2:00-2:15    Introduction

2:15-3:00 Christine Orobitg (Hispanic Studies, University of Provence) ˆDebates on Melancholy, Inspiration and the Devil in Sixteenth- and Seventeenth-Century Spain‚

3:00-3:45 Teresa Ordorika (Sociology, Autonomous University, Mexico) ˆWomen‚s Madness in Seventeenth-Century Spain‚

3:45-4:15  Coffee

4:15-5:00   Javier Moscoso (Philosophy of Science, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), Madrid) ˆPain and Madness in Seventeenth-Century Spanish Mysticism‚

5:00-5:45     Manuel Lucena Giraldo (Early Modern Spanish History, CSIC, Madrid) ˆMadness and the Jungle in the Crónicas de Indias‚

6:00-6:45 Round Table Discussion

6:45-6:30 Wine reception

Saturday 8 December / Sábado 8 de diciembre (SATURDAY PAPERS WILL BE IN SPANISH):

9:30-10:15    Prof. Jose Luis Peset (History of Science, CSIC, Madrid) ˆ Médicos y escritores en la cultura barroca‚

10:15-11:00    Dr María Tausiet (Independent Scholar, Madrid) ˆ El triunfo de la locura. Discurso moral y alegoría en la España Moderna‚

11:00-11:30   Coffee

11:30-12:15   Dr Hélène Tropé (Hispanic Studies, Paris III Sorbonne) ˆ Locura e inquisición en la España de los siglos XVI y XVII‚

12:15 -1:00     Dr Felice Gambin (Hispanic Studies, University of Verona) ˆ Melancolía y política en la España del siglo XVII‚

1:00-1:30       Mesa redonda / Round table discussion