Umberto Eco in Britain
The keynote address will be delivered by a world-renowned expert in translation studies and literature,
Prof. Susan Bassnett, Emerita Professor of Comparative Literature at the University of Warwick
and Honorary Professorial Research Fellow at the University of Glasgow.
PROGRAMME:
15.00 – 15.10 Opening remarks
15.10 – 15.30 Introduction: ‘Eco and British culture’ (Andrea Brondino, University of Manchester)
15.30 – 16.10 Video presentation on Foucault’s Pendulum
16.10 – 16.30 Film discussion/Q&A
16.30 – 16.50 Interview with Richard Dixon, British translator of several works by Eco (recorded)
17.00 – 17.40 Susan Bassnett’s keynote speech: ‘The legacy of Umberto Eco in translation studies’
17.40 – 18.00 Q&A
18.00 – 18.30 Refreshments
The event is co-organised by Prof Andrew Biswell, Andrea Brondino, and Michele Maiolani. It is a collaboration between the International Anthony Burgess Foundation, the Association for the Study of Modern Italy (ASMI), and the Centre for Fiction at Manchester Metropolitan University.
