In conversation with Gonzalo Pontón

The Cervantes institute, in collaboration with the University of Leeds, invites you to a converstion with professor Gonzalo Pontón.

OLD TEXTS, NEWS QUESTIONS

For over thirty years, the Prolope group has been producing the scholarly edition of Lope de Vega's complete plays. During this time, it has become a world reference in its field and has witnessed (and encouraged) the transformation of interpretive paradigms regarding the author, his time, and his posterity. The work of textual restoration, seemingly conservative, is not incompatible with new perspectives on Golden Age theater (including the growing attention to the Afrodiaspora), which are essential to renewing the field of study, showing new perspectives of study, and revealing which questions are fundamental to our present. The talk will highlight these aspects.

In conversation with Duncan Wheeler, Professor of Spanish Studies at the University of Leeds.

📖 GONZALO PONTÓN-GIJÓN is Professor of Literature at the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (Spain). As scholar of European literature from the XV-XVII centuries, he has paid special attention to epistolary writing, the writing of history, and the birth of European theater. He has produced many scholarly editions of works from the Spanish Golden Age, particularly Lope de Vega's plays. He has been a prominent contributor to successive Instituto Cervantes' editions of Don Quixote, and has published his own edition of the cervantine novel. He is the current director of Prolope research group and RAE's Biblioteca Clásica.

📖 Professor Duncan Wheeler- Chair of Spanish Studies and Director of International Activities at the University of Leeds. His research covers Golden Age drama, Hispanic cinema, translation, and contemporary Spanish culture. A Full Professor, he was inducted into the Spanish Academy of Stage Arts in 2016 and received the 2023 Tecmerin Medal for his contributions to Spanish cinema.

El Instituto Cervantes, en colaboración con la Universidad de Leeds, os invita a una conversación con el profesor Gonzalo Pontón.

VIEJOS TEXTOS Y NUEVAS PREGUNTAS

El grupo Prolope lleva más de treinta años editando críticamente el teatro completo de Lope de Vega. Durante este tiempo se ha constituido en referente mundial y ha presenciado (y alentado) la transformación de los paradigmas interpretativos sobre el autor, su tiempo y su posteridad. La labor científica de restauración textual, en apariencia conservadora, no es incompatible con las nuevas miradas sobre el teatro del Siglo de Oro (incluida la creciente atención a la afrodiáspora), imprescindibles para renovar el campo de estudio, revelar nuevas perspectivas y responder a las cuestiones que nuestro presente tiene por fundamentales. La charla pondrá de relieve estos aspectos.

En conversación con Duncan Wheeler, catedrático de la Universidad de Leeds.

📖 GONZALO PONTÓN-GIJÓN is Professor of Literature at the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (Spain). As scholar of European literature from the XV-XVII centuries, he has paid special attention to epistolary writing, the writing of history, and the birth of European theater. He has produced many scholarly editions of works from the Spanish Golden Age, particularly Lope de Vega's plays. He has been a prominent contributor to successive Instituto Cervantes' editions of Don Quixote, and has published his own edition of the cervantine novel. He is the current director of Prolope research group and RAE's Biblioteca Clásica.

📖 Profesor Duncan Wheeler – Catedrático de Estudios Hispánicos y Director de Actividades Internacionales en la Universidad de Leeds. Su investigación abarca el drama del Siglo de Oro, el cine hispano, la traducción y la cultura española contemporánea. Es Profesor Titular y fue incorporado a la Academia Española de las Artes Escénicas en 2016. Recibió la Medalla Tecmerin 2023 por sus contribuciones al cine español.

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