Students and scholars will present research papers investigating aspects of the apocalyptic and/or apocalyptic rhetoric within their respective fields.

Other events included as part of the conference:

– Camerata Emanon Choir. Holocaust Cantata

– MOVIE SHOWING: The Road (2009)
Directed by John Hillcoat, written by Joe Penhall, starring Viggo Mortensen
The Road is an American post-apocalyptic survival film based on the 2006 novel The Road written by Cormac McCarthy.

– City of Rockford Poet Laureate
Dr. Jenna Goldsmith, Rockford University
Poetry at the End, and After

– A Conversation with the Cuban Poet Lleny Díaz Valdivia
Presentation of her book of poems Líquida published in the Spanish Edition Series by the Rockford University Department of Languages, Philosophy, Religion, and Cultures.

– APOCALYPSE ON STAGE: A Cuban Medea in Translation: Dramatic Reading and Conversation with the Public
An adaptation of Medea titled Medea Unfinished by Iran Capote (Cuban poet and playwright) translated into English by Rockford University student Angela Perez Dominguez.

AND MORE!!!

For more information, visit https://deinospoesia.com/v-conference/