Don Quixote in the American West: A Fourth-Centenary Celebration

Published: Feb. 25, 2015

Don Quixote will ride again in 2015! This time, he will not start his route in Spanish lands but will be shifted to the Western United States. From April 23-26th, The University of Colorado Denver and The University of Wyoming Laramie will host the celebration of the 400th anniversary of the Second Part of The Ingenious Low-Born Noble Don Quixote de la Mancha (1615), by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (1547–1616).

Professor Conxita Domènech of UW and Professor Andrés Lema-Hincapié of CU Denver are organizing a series of cultural events with truly extraordinary repercussions. Keynote speakers will include: William Egginton, Johns Hopkins University; Luce López-Baralt, Universidad de Puerto Rico Río Piedras; María Antonia Garcés, Cornell University; Diana de Armas Wilson, University of Denver; Steven Hutchinson, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Mercedes Alcalá-Galán, University of Wisconsin-Madison; and Edwin Williamson, University of Oxford. For more information please go to this link.