The following Colloquia & Research Seminars took place during the Session 2007 2008

*May 2008. Dr Rhian Davies, of the University of Sheffield, spoke on the subject of 'La Espana Moderna and its relationship to Latin America'.

*May 2008. Dr Scott Soo, of the University of Southampton, spoke on the subject of 'Moving Memories' and the Spanish Republican Exiles in South-west France.

*February 2008. Professor Phil Swanson, of the University of Sheffield, spoke on the subject of his current research: 'Where is Latin America?'.

*The Anglo-Catalan Society held its annual conference in Swansea from 16 to 18 November 2007. The full Conference Programme can be accessed at: LIII Annual Anglo~Catalan Society Conference

*November 2007 ~ Professor Marion Peter Holt, CUNY (New York), spoke on the subject of: ‘Plays Seeking Identity: Challenging the Canon’

*November 2007 ~ Professor Sharon Feldman, University of Richmond, Virginia, ‘New Directions in Catalan Theatre’

Colloquia organised by Hispanic Studies during 2007

*Romance Studies: RoS Colloquium

*Latin American Studies Colloquium: Latin American Studies Colloquium
Now CLASS - Centre for Latin American Studies at Swansea

The following Colloquia & Research Seminars took place during the Session 2006 2007
Semester I

*Thursday 26 October KH 130Keith Gregor (University of Murcia) 'Shakespeare and Lorca’ Dr Keith Gregor is the Co-ordinator of our long-standing exchange programme with the University of Murcia, where several of our students study every year.

*Wednesday 29 November at 4 p.m. KH 130Robert Gurney (Honorary Lecturer, Swansea University), 'Translating Bohoslavsky’

*Departmental research day on Tuesday 16 January, in KH 131, (9:30 a.m. start) when Swansea colleagues presented the following papers:

• John Hall, 'On the Ballads of the Dreams of King Rodrigo and Doña Alda'
• David George, 'Revival of a Classic: Sergi Belbel's Production of Angel Guimerà's En Pólvora’
• Derek Gagen, 'Poetry of creative indecision. Alberti’s Entre el clavel y la espada (1941)’Lloyd Davies, 'History and Hysteria in Fernando del Paso’s Noticias del Imperio'

Semester II (2006 2007)

*Wednesday 31 January
Professor Geoffrey Ribbans (Brown University), whom we all know as a specialist on early twentieth-century poetry and on Catalan poetry; talked about: 'Creative Tensions between Art and Life in the Poetry of Antonio Machado'

*Thursday 15 February at 4 p.m. KH 431 Maria Fernández (Swansea University), 'Computer Assisted Translation with Particular Reference to Formulaic Language’

*Wednesday 7 March at 4 p.m. KH130 Sally-Ann Kitts (University of Bristol), 'Moratín’s El sí de las niñas’

*Tuesday 20 March at 4 p.m. KH 248David Gies (University of Virginia), 'Genderama: Performing Womanhood in Nineteenth-Century Spanish Theatre’ (in conjunction with GENCAS)

The following Research Seminars took place during the Session 2005 2006

Semester I (2005 2006)

*Wed 14 December: Derek Gagen, 'Another stage suicide in Buenos Aires: the premiere of La casa de Bernarda Alba.'

*Wednesday 25 January: Departmental Research Seminar Day

• Elaine Canning: 'Identity and the refashioning of Role in La Buena guarda –thecases of Clara, Carrizo and Félix.’
• Lloyd Davies: 'Imperfect Portraits of a Postcolonial Heroine: Laura Restrepo’s La novia oscura.'
• Siân Edwards: 'National Identity in a Multinational Society – the problem of Catalonia.'
• John Hall: '"El fizo un art y no lo detardava": the Hero as Tactician in the Poema de Mio Cid.’

Semester II (2005 6)

*Wednesday 1 March: Patricia Rodríguez-Martínez, 'El Mundo poético de Juan Zapata Olivella a través de un estudio de concordancia'

*Wednesday 8 March: Jordi Vilaró Berusan (Cardiff), 'Un tranvía llamado deseo in Barcelona under Francoism: between scandal and modernity'

*Wednesday 22 March: D. Gareth Walters (Exeter), 'Poets and Playwrights: two English translations of Bodas de sangre.’