Selected conferences, lectures, film screenings, exhibitions, and workshops 2017-2022.
The Cunninghame Graham Lecture
The Cunninghame Graham Lecture was established in 1996 in honour of Robert Bontine Cunninghame Graham - aka ‘Don Roberto’ (London, 1852-Buenos Aires, 1936) - politician, estanciero, and writer, who travelled extensively in Brazil, Mexico, Paraguay and Uruguay and had very strong ties to Argentina.
Delivered annually, it is jointly organised by LLC and the Office of Cultural and Scientific Affairs of the Embassy of Spain with the aim of promoting Spanish language and culture in Scotland.
Past speakers have included scholars, film makers, politicians, journalists, novelists, and figures bridging the Hispanic world and Scotland, such as the architect Enric Miralles (1955-2000) who designed the Scottish Parliament building.
The Cunninghame Graham Lecture 2022 - Poli Marichal
Date: 22 November 2022
Venue: Online
Speaker: Poli Marichal
Chairs: Dr Jessica Gordon-Burroughs (Lecturer in Latin American Studies and Visual Culture, University of Edinburgh) and Dr Ignacio Cartagena Núñez (Consul General of Spain in Edinburgh)
Title: La Síntesis Rota – experimentos en el ojo de la tormenta (Broken Synthesis – Experiments in the Eye of the Storm)
In brief: The Cunninghame Graham Lecture 2022 was delivered by Puerto Rican filmmaker-artist Poli Marichal and focused on Marichal's Super 8 work from the 1980s and present digital experimentations.
Date: 10 November 2021
Venue: Online
Speaker: Laura Restrepo
Chair: Charlotte Gleghorn
Title: Cuando la investigación se vuelve ficción y viceversa (When research becomes fiction and viceversa)
Watch or listen to a recording of the lecture on MediaHopper
Date: 26 November 2020
Venue: Online
Speaker Lucía Asué Mbomío Rubio
Chairs: Jessica Gordon Burrounds and Iona Macintyre
Title: Racismos cotidianos: desde lo circunstancial a lo sistémico
Date: 10 October 2019
Venue: Old College, University of Edinburgh, as part of the Edinburgh Spanish Film Festival 2019
Speaker: David Trueba
Chair: Dr Jose Saval
Title: Music, Cinema & Literature
Date: 31 October 2017
Venue: Appleton Tower, University of Edinburgh
Speaker: Carlos Zanón
Title: Nuevos Horizontes en la Novela Negra del Siglo XXI
Other lectures and talks
Date: 25 August 2023
Venue: Baillie Gifford West Court
As part of: Edinburgh International Book Festival
In brief: A discussion between Hirondina Joshua, Lucía Asué Mbomío Rubio and Leïla Slimani on experiences across the continent of Africa.
French and Portuguese MA Honours student Hanno Jewell appeared at this event to interpret for Hirondina Joshua, and has translated an excerpt of her work which was read at the event. The event was chaired by human rights lawyer and Edinburgh University rector Debora Kayembe.
Date: 24 August 2023
Venue: The Hub
As part of: Edinburgh International Festival
In brief: A discussion as part of the International Festival by director Declan Donnellan and designer Nick Ormerod, co-founders of the international theatre company Cheek by Jowl who attended the EIF to present Pedro Calderón la Barca’s 'Life is a Dream'. The event was chaired by Beth Blakemore, PhD candidate in Hispanic Studies.
Date: 28 July 2023
Venue: 50 George Square
Panelists: Jorge Egusquiza (Cuban filmmaker), Gretel Alfonso (Cuban artist and Guillén Landrián’s widow), Dean Luis Reyes (Cuban critic and curator), Dr Nikolaus Perneczky (Queen Mary University of London), and Dr Jessica Gordon-Burroughs (University of Edinburgh)
Organiser: Jessica Gordon-Borroughs (University of Edinburgh)
In brief: A free, in-person discussion and panel on the legacy of Afro-Cuban film director Nicolás Guillén Landrián (1938-2003); and for a panel discussion on the restoration project, the filmmaker’s legacy, and the broader challenges of Afro-diasporic archives.
This event marked the 20th anniversary of the death of Afro-Cuban filmmaker Nicolás Guillén Landrián (1938-2003). It was followed by a screening at the Glasgow Film Theatre on 29 July 2023 of the two restored films, 'Inside Downtown' and 'The End is not the End'.
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