I Jornades «Testimonis dels Descendents de l'Exili Republicà de 1939»
The Chair of Republican Literary Exile (CEXLIR) at the UAB is organising a series of conferences dedicated to the memory of the Republican exile of 1939, with the aim of gathering testimonies from relatives of exiles.
Sala de Cinema de la UAB (27/10) i Sala d'Actes de la Facultat de Lletres de la UAB (28/10)
Càtedra de l’Exili Literari Republicà (CEXLIR)
Based on these personal accounts, they will compile a collective book to recover and preserve the historical memory of those men and women who were forced to leave the country. This is an emotional and historical heritage that we cannot allow to be forgotten. To support this initiative, the UAB has launched a crowdfunding campaign.
Programa 27 d'octubre
MORNING SESSION Sala de Cinema de la UAB (Plaça Cívica)
12:00h: Marcello Peres (UAB), screening of the documentary Contraluz. Historias del exilio republicano español en el Norte de África.
Screening of the documentary presentation by Manuel Aznar Soler (CEXLIR), Toni Esteban Carrillo (CCOO-UAB), Javier Moreno (President of the Domingo Malagón Foundation), and Marcello Peres (UAB), director of the documentary.
SESSIÓ TARDA Sala d'Actes de la Facultat de Lletres de la Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona.
16:00h: Opening address (moderated by Manuel Aznar Soler).
Marta Marín-Dómine (Barcelona), "Problems of transmitting exile in the 21st century: heirs to a past without a will”.
Break
17:00h: Testimonials I (moderated by Beatriz Martínez López)
Miguel Cuenca Martínez (Almansa), “The Cuencas, from exile to oblivion”.
17:20h: Enrique Farreny del Bosque (Montauban, Francia); “A family from Toulouse with Spain in their hearts”.
17:40h: Manuel López Franco (Almuñécar), "Assistant radio operator Manuel López Pinal. Death in the Mehery Zebbeus Concentration Camp, Tunisia, 1939.".
18:00h: Eliane Ortega Bernabeu (Canarias), “The exile of the Bernabeu Vilaplana brothers”.
Break
18:40h: Testimonials II (moderated by Esther Lázaro Sanz)
Manuela Parra (Montpellier), "Mémoire en héritage ou quand Lorca m'a invitée à rebrousser les pas de l'exil de mon père".
19:00h: Llibert Tarragó Esteve (Clermont-Ferrand), “Musiques douces-amères de l’entre-deux”.
19:20h: Placer Thibon (Centre Toulousain de Documentation sur l’Exil Espagnol, Toulouse), “Second generation of exiles in Toulouse: experiences and memories”
19:40h: Debat
Programa 28 d'octubre
MORNING SESSION Sala d'Actes de la Facultat de Lletres de la Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
9:00h: Margarita Freixas (Dean of the Faculty of Arts), Jordi Font Agulló (Director of the Memorial Democràtic de la Generalitat de Catalunya), Marta Prat (Director of the Department of Spanish Philology) and Manuel Aznar Soler (Director of CEXLIR).
9:20h: Opening address (moderated by Manuel Aznar Soler)
Constanza Mélida Tobío Soler (Universidad Carlos III de Madrid), “Almost twenty-three: Cuba, México, Uruguay”.
Break
10:40h: Testimonis III (moderated by Esther Lázaro Sanz)
Anna Alfonso Díaz (Barcelona), “From Lorca to Barceloneta, 1939–1950: Exile in the shadows. The story of Emilio Díaz Reverte «Sandalier»".
11:00h: Xavier Andreu (Orriols), “Letters from the exile”.
11:20h: Àngela Báguena i Maranges (Barcelona). “Isidra Maranges i Prat: working for the British Refugee Aid Committee”
Break
12:00h: Testimonials IV (moderated by Beatriz Martínez López)
Marta Barceló Oliver and Lupe Prades Fonts (Caldes de Montbui), “Death and oblivion in Djelfa. The exile of Joaquim Picañol Xalabardes and his family”.
12:20h: Antoni Garcia Borràs (UAB), “Regino Garcia. Cantabria”.
12:40h: Pep Garrido (Santa Coloma de Gramanet), “Manuel Garrido Hidalgo, itinerary of exile”.
13:00h: François Jené Canovas (Barcelona), “Nationality and Exile, testimony of a son of Spanish refugees”.
13:20h: Matilde Dinarès Miquel (Barcelona), “Roc Dinarès, an ever-present father”.
13:40h: Esther Lázaro Sanz: Musical performance.
14:15h: Closing
14:30h: Lunch