12/09/2012 - 14/09/2012

XV Litterae International Congress | The National Library of Spain celebrates its 300th anniversary

The Litterae Seminar on Written Culture aims to reflect on the history of written culture through proposals that encompass different eras, different media, and the most varied disciplines and perspectives.

directs Emilio Torné (University of Alcalá de Henares) and Enrique Villalba (Carlos III University of Madrid).

Participants will include, among others, Pablo Jauralde, María José Rucio, Pilar Egoscozábal, Arsenio Sánchez Hernán-Pérez, Emilio Torné, Pedro Rojo and José Manuel Lucía.

SCHEDULE

12.09.12
09.00 Inauguration
09.30 Pablo Jauralde (UAM-EDOBNE)
Manuscripts, research, and other activities
10.30 María José Rucio (BNE)
More than just a notebook: the BNE's Mss/22430/8
11.30 Rest
12.00 Pilar Egoscozábal (BNE)
The librarian Luisa Cuesta Gutiérrez or a fragment of the inner history of the BNE13.00 Debate

13.09.12
09.30 Arsenio Sánchez Hernampérez (BNE)
I received, A. Ménard: Restoration of the BNE codices in the 19th century
10.30 David López del Castillo (EDOBNE)
Handwritten record of the Golden Age in the National Library of Spain
11.30 Rest
12.00 José Carlos Gosálvez (BNE)
The project for the study, cataloging and digitization of the choir books of the BNE
13.00 Debate

14.09.12
09.30 Pedro C. Rojo Alique (EDOBNE)
I offer to Your Excellency the Works of Don Luis de Góngora: the Chacón manuscript
10.30 Emilio Torné (UAH-LITTERAE)
The typography of the prince of Don Quixote (1605)
11.30 Rest
12.00 José Manuel Lucía (UCM)
The chivalric collection at the BNE
13.00 Debate

Registration:
Attendance at all events is free. To obtain a certificate of attendance at Litterae XV, it is necessary to register on the first day at 9:00 a.m. and attend all sessions.

More information:
litterae.litterae@gmail.com

Organized by:
Litterae. Seminar on Written Culture
Institute of Culture and Technology. Carlos III University
Madrid

Collaboration:
CBA

This event has ended
Date:
12.09.2012 - 14.09.2012
Conference room:
María Zambrano Room