Those Unique Survivors Called Books with Irene Vallejo Moreu

Time: Aug. 29, 2019, 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.

Location: time and location T.B.A.

Independent writer and scholar Irene Vallejo discusses the importance of the printed book as historical documentation of subversive thought. She argues that subversive or controversial political positions were difficult to pass down to younger generations through oral testimony and storytelling, but with the advent of printed materials such thought becomes more readily available, archived and revived.

This public talk will coincide with an art exhibition at Le Moyne College by a Spanish artist who creates examples of historical printed materials such as old newspapers, worn books, etc.  Vallejo's research is focused on History of Books and Reading and her last work is a narrative essay on the subject, El infinito en un junco (Siruela, 2019) which will be published next fall.

For more information, contact Kathy Everly. 

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This event is organized by the LLC13 “Spanish Poetics” working group of the CNY Humanities Corridor, from an award from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

Kathy Everly, Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics