Barça and Catalan Culture in Manchester
| Dates: | 18 February 2014 |
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| Times: | 10:00 - 15:00 |
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| What is it: | Lecture |
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| Organiser: | School of Arts, Languages and Cultures |
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| Who is it for: | University staff, General public |
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A day of lectures on sport and culture, plus music, food and a language taster session.
10am - inaugural remarks and welcome: Professor Keith Brown, Vice-President and Dean of the Faculty of Humanities, and Sr. Àlex Susanna, Director of the Institut Ramon Llull, Barcelona.
Lecture by Sr. Carles Vilarrubí, vice president of FC Barcelona - 'Barça, Sport, Culture and Education' (Samuel Alexander Lecture Theatre)
11.15am - Tasting of Catalan foods (courtesy of the Patronat de Turisme Costa Brava - Pirineu de Girona) and exhibition of posters and work by students of Catalan in Manchester and the North West. (Samuel Alexander North Foyer)
12 noon - Lecture by Dr Louise Johnson (Senior Lecturer and Director of Catalan Studies, University of Sheffield) - 'Sporting Culture and National Consciousness through Football and the Olympic Games' (Samuel Alexander Lecture Theatre)
1pm - Concert by Clara Sanabras trio (Samuel Alexander Lecture Theatre)
2pm Catalan Language Taster (Mansfiled Cooper building, room 2.03)
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Main Lecture Theatre and North Foyer
Samuel Alexander Building
Manchester
