Experience and Voice: Library of Colombian Women Writers - Symposium & Workshop
From Soledad Acosta de Samper and Albalucía Angel to Hazel Robinson Abrahams and Amalialú Posso Figueroa. During the Symposium & Workshop Experience and Voice: Library of Colombian Women Writers, we focus on books written by Colombian women writers from different historical periods. The symposium and workshop will be held on Thursday, 23 May in the Vossius room of the Leiden University Library. The events will be in English (symposium) and Spanish (workshop).
Donation Biblioteca de Escritoras Colombianas
During the Symposium, Carolina Olarte-Bácares, Ambassador of Colombia, donates the Biblioteca de Escritoras Colombianas to the UBL. The Biblioteca de Escritoras Colombianas (2022) is a series of 18 books by Colombian writers from a variety of historical periods, selected by a team of researchers and writers led by author Pilar Quintana. This publication gives the writers a platform and emphasizes the versatility of Colombia's literature and history. Afterwards, Ambassador Carolina Olarte-Bácares will give a lecture entitled Building a Feminist Foreign Policy in Colombia: challenges and opportunities.
"We have charged ourselves with unearthing, searching and safeguarding the memory of the writing done by women in our country. It was a labour of great fulfilment. Among the women writers are mestizos, blacks, one Raizal and another indigenous writer. To read books written by women is to attend to the polyphony of history; in this way we can amplify this effort".
- Pilar Quintana
Programme
Morning programme: Symposium (in English):
From 10.00 onwards: welcome coffee offered by organizers of the symposium & workshop Dennis Bus (Leiden University Libraries) and Nanne Timmer (Leiden Centre for the Arts in Society).
10.10 - 10.40 | Short introductory notes
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Welcome and opening.
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Nanne Timmer (Leiden Centre for the Arts in Society). Feminist knowledge production from Latin America: literature, arts and critical cultural theory.
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Daniela Vicherat Mattar (Faculty of Governance and Global Affairs, Leiden). Feminisms and citizenships from Latin America.
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Tatiana Vargas Ortiz (Leiden Centre for the Arts in Society). The library of Colombian women writers: Rewriting the androcentric tradition in Colombian literature.
10.45 - 11.45 | Conference
Carolina Olarte-Bácares (Ambassador of Colombia to the Netherlands). Building a Feminist Foreign Policy in Colombia: challenges and opportunities and Q&A.
11.45 - 12.00 | Donation to the Leiden University Library
Carolina Olarte-Bácares (Ambassador of Colombia to the Netherlands) and Kurt De Belder (Director of Leiden University Libraries).
12.00 - 14.00 | Lunch
Vegetarian lunch offered by the organizers.
Afternoon programme: Workshop (in Spanish)
Taller: Experiencia y voz: literatura y arte de autoras colombianas
14.00 - 15.00 | Primera Ronda: La literatura, el silencio y el habla
Moderadora: Adriana Churampi Ramírez (Leiden Centre for the Arts in Society).
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Fernanda Bustamante Escalona (Universidad de Alcalá). Silencio cómplice y gramáticas del horror. Una lectura de las violencias feminicidas en ´Aquí no ha pasado nada´ de Lina María Parra.
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Verónica Copello-Duque, (Cambridge University). Desde Hazel Robinson Abrahams hasta Cristina Bendek: Escrituras translingües y transnacionales del Caribe insular.
15.15 - 16.00 | Segunda Ronda: Taller de crónicas del revés
Christina Soto van der Plas. (Universiteit Utrecht): “Crónicas del revés, al revés: Venezuela desde Colombia" (Sobre Melba Escobar (Cuando éramos felices pero no lo sabíamos) y Catalina Lobo Guerrero (Los restos de la revolución).
16.15 - 17.10 | Tercera Ronda: Conversación El arte y la literatura, la voz de la naturaleza
Conversa entre Stéphanie Noach (Leiden Centre for the Arts in Society) Tierra adentro. Artistas del Caribe colombiano a lo interior del suelo y Nanne Timmer (Leiden Centre for the Arts in Society) La voz testigo de insectos y plantas en "La mata" de Eliana Hernández y María Isabel Rueda.
17.10 - 17.25 | Ronda final: Conclusión
Daniela Vicherat Mattar (Faculty of Governance and Global Affairs, Leiden).
17.25 - 17.30 | Cierre
Nanne Timmer (Leiden Centre for the Arts in Society).
The day is organized by the Leiden University Libraries, the Colombian Embassy and the researchplatform Building Other Forms of Communicating the Academy (BOCA).