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Midway through the symposium at the Faculty of English Boardroom
Visit to Cambridge University Library Rare Books Collection
Launching The Escape Artist at the Oriel Room.
Dinner at Wolfson College
The University of Cambridge organised a Gibraltar Literature Symposium on 12–13 September 2023, centered on the theme “Llanito Culture and Writing.” The event, held at the Faculty of English in partnership with Gibraltar’s Ministry for Culture, explored language use, literary creativity, and wider aspects of Gibraltarian identity. All the Gibraltarian writers who presented had contributed to the book Gibraltarians and their Language: Twenty-One Linguistic Biographies, edited by Professor Elena Seoane of the University of Vigo along with M. G. Sanchez, Lucía Loureiro-Porto and Cristina Suárez-Gómez. Scholars from Italy, Spain, Germany, and the United Kingdom also took part in the two‑day gathering. Halfway through the event, M. G. Sanchez launched a revised version of his novel The Escape Artist at Cambridge University's iconic Oriel Room.
**Programme**
**Day 1 – Tuesday, 12 September 2023**
9:00 – 10:00
Opening address and introductions
10:00 – 10:45
Mark Sanchez
“Llanito under siege: Society, performativity, and language loss”
10:45 – 11:30
Ina Habermann
“Lost in Transition – Literary passageways from Gibraltar to Britain in the work of M. G. Sanchez”
11:30 – 12:00
Coffee break
12:00 – 12:30
Sophie Macdonald
“In defence of Llanito”
12:30 – 14:30
Lunch
14:30 – 15:15
Esterino Adami
“Language and emotion in Marlboro Man and other works of Gibraltarian fiction”
15:15 – 16:00
Ana Manzanas (via Teams)
“Crossing borders in M. G. Sanchez’s fiction”
16:00 – 16:15
Tea break
16:15 – 17:00
Elena Seoane and Laura Wright
Discussion session on advancing the work of Gibraltarian authors
17:30 – 19:00
Reception at the Pitt Building, Trumpington Street, Cambridge. Launch of M. G. Sanchez's The Escape Artist.
**Day 2 – Wednesday, 13 September 2023**
10:00 – 10:30
Humbert Hernandez (via Teams)
“Language choices in the novel Luciano”
10:30 – 11:00
Jonathan Teuma (via Teams)
“Writing between tongues – How cultures beget cultures”
11:00 – 11:30
Coffee break
11:30 – 12:00
Giordano Durante (via Teams)
“Un Horizonte de Perros – Writing about Spain”
12:00 – 12:20
Discussion session
12:20 – 14:20
Lunch
14:20 – 14:50
Rebecca Calderon
“Gibraltar on my mind”
14:50 – 15:20
Gabriel Moreno
“Transitioning between languages in poetry and prose”
15:20 – 15:50
Jonathan Pizarro
“Out on the border: Exploring the intersections between gender, sexuality, and Gibraltarian cultural identities in the work of Jonathan Pizarro”
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