The Special Collections Research Center holds an extraordinary collection of early printed books published in Spain from the fifteenth century onward. Particularly significant are the holdings illustrating the Golden Age of Spanish literature in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, that is, the so-called “Siglo de Oro," which includes world-renowned writers like Garcilaso de la Vega, Miguel de Cervantes, and Francisco de Quevedo.

Join us at 4:00 p.m. via Zoom or in person! Curator Pablo Alvarez will give an opening presentation from 4:00-4:30 p.m. via Zoom for both online and in person attendees — a tour of artifacts as witnesses of how literary masterpieces such as El Lazarillo de Tormes or Don Quixote were published and read centuries ago, as well as additional documents illustrating some of the political and religious anxieties of Spanish society at that time, including books produced by the formidable Holy Inquisition.

For the rest of the allotted time, while in-person attendees browse the material on display in Room 660D in the Special Collections Research Center (on the 6th floor of the Hatcher Library), Alvarez will answer questions from everyone, online and in person.

Please register: https://myumi.ch/2998R
If you plan to attend virtually, you'll receive a Zoom link via email. If you plan to attend in person, registration is appreciated but not necessary.