A half-day international symposium at UCC
The Irish Centre for Galician Studies and the research cluster Translation and Creative Practice (CASiLaC, UCC) warmly welcome you to the symposium Poetry and Translation in Contemporary Galicia, featuring readings and discussions with acclaimed writers and translators Isaac Xubín, Keith Payne and Luisa Castro.
Thursday 19th September 2024
Áine Hyland Room (Hub G12)
Programme
3:15 Welcome Address
Helena Buffery (Head, Department of SPLAS)
Martín Veiga (Director, Irish Centre for Galician Studies)
3:30-4:30 Conversations and Readings on Poetry and Translation
Isaac Xubín & Keith Payne
Galician poet, novelist and translator Isaac Xubín in conversation with poet and translator Keith Payne. Xubín will read from new work in both Galician and English and will discuss with Payne how his search for an identity across multiple geographic relocations has become in itself, through translation, the essence of his identity.
4:30-4:45 Coffee Break
4:45-5:30 Research Seminar
Martín Veiga: ‘Tropes of Mobility and Remoteness in Luisa Castro’s Baleas e baleas’
After briefly contextualising the collection and considering its significance in the contemporary Galician literary context, this seminar aims to explore two dimensions of great importance in the book: on the one hand, the notion of transit and mobility; on the other, the symbolic values associated to space, particularly to remote spaces and places of confinement.
5:30-6:30 Book Launch and Bilingual Poetry Readings
Luisa Castro & Keith Payne Launching Whales and Whales
Poet Luisa Castro and translator Keith Payne launch the poetry collection Whales and Whales (Skein Press 2024), the first English translation of one of the most influential collections in contemporary Galician poetry. Whales and Whales navigates the urgent, playful, shapeshifting journey of a young woman affirming her place in the world.
