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La Celestina, un musical joven: Interview

Last week, the 3rd of December 2024, Amaranta Saguar García had the chance to interview the people behind the latest musical adaptation of the Tragicomedia de Calisto y Melibea, La Celestina. Un musical joven. In a conversation that lasted almost one hour, they talked about how the idea of adapting Celestina to the musical genre was born, how the creative process was and, above all, why Celestina, and not another work.

You can see the full interview –of which an abridged version will appear in the next issue of Celestinesca– in the following video:

Celestinesca 48 (2024) is out!

Issue 48 of Celestinesca is out! With articles by Irati Calvo Martínez (Universidad del País Vasco), David Canela Piña (Universidad Internacional de la Florida), Jesús Fernando Cáseda Teresa (IES Valle del Cidacos), Gustavo Illades Aguiar (Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana) and Adan Ramirez Figueroa (Harvard University). It includes the usual bibliographical supplement and a further one with the articles of celestinesque interest published in Crónicas, the cultural magazine of La Puebla de Montalbán.

The full issue it open access at the official website of Celestinesca.

CFP: III International Conference of CELPYC (18th-20th of June 2025, Universidad de Cantabria)

The Círculo de Estudios de las Literaturas Picaresca y Celestinesca (CELPYC) has issued the CFP for its 3rd International Conference, which will be taking place in Santander (Spain), at the Universidad de Cantabria, between the 18th and the 20th of June 2025. It can be downloaded here or read at the conference’s official website, section “Circulares”.

This conference is a great opportunity for meeting active researchers in the fields of celestinesque and picaresque literature. The fees are moderate and the different economic circumstances of students, PhD candidates and scholars from the global South have been taken into account, as well. There will also be some travel- and fee-grants for students based at American universities and, for those who cannot afford travelling to Santander, the option of participating on-line is available, which has become unusual in post-COVID19 conferences.

Extended until the end of 2024: Exhibition “Al hilo de Celestina”, Museo La Celestina (La Puebla de Montalbán)

Due to the good visitor numbers, but also because of its relevance for students from regions where Celestina is part of the curriculum and a compulsory reading, the exhibition “Al hilo de Celestina. Tipo, mito, mujer” has been extended until the end of 2024. That is three extra months for visiting it and learning more about the visual culture of Celestina. And free admission! But paying the 2€ that costs the visit to the whole museum is worth it.

Paper of celestinesque interest at the II Jornadas Internacionales de Investigación (10th-12th of September 2024, Universidad de León)

On the second day of the II Jornadas Internacionales de Investigación “Pícaros, Picaresca y Picarismo en el mundo hispánico, de sus orígenes a la actualidad”, Wednesday 11th of September 2024, at 18:30, Enrique Fernández (University of Manitoba) will be giving the paper “Madamas y Celestinas desde la novela burdelaria hasta el cine español anterior a la Transición”. This might be of interest for everyone inquiring on contemporary Celestinas and the celestinesque in media.