"One More Crossroads: Don Quijote at Four Hundred" is an international symposium in celebration of the quadricentennial of the publication of Miguel de Cervantes's Don Quijote de la Mancha (1605-2005). To be held at Boston University on April 14-16, 2005, the symposium will bring together prominent Cervantes scholars to speak about this masterpiece of world literature. The symposium will begin with an inaugural presentation and reception on Thursday evening, April 14, and will continue all day Friday, April 15, and Saturday, April 16. Speakers will be giving 45-50 minute presentations. On Friday and Saturday there will be round-table discussions during which the audience will be able to ask questions of the speakers.On the evening of Friday, April 15, there will be a special viewing of an exhibit of rare books related to Cervantes and his times from the world-renowned Ticknor Collection at the Boston Public Library. The viewing, open only to registered symposium participants, will be complemented with a reception and concert of Spanish music.On Saturday evening, April 16, there will be a banquet to celebrate the conclusion of the symposium.The Howard Gotlieb Archival Research Center, housed at the Mugar Memorial Library of Boston University, will also be organizing an exhibit of rare books from the Spanish Golden Age in collaboration with the symposium. Many of the featured books are from the Samuel Waxman Collection of Mugar Memorial Library.
