Next July, the city of Toronto, Canada, will host the 21st edition of the International Hemingway Congress. At this academic event, professor and researcher Cristina Brugués from the Universitat Rovira i Virgili (URV) will deliver a lecture focusing on an architectural analysis of Ernest Hemingway's literature, drawing parallels with the figure of Catalan architect Antoni Gaudí.
Brugués, who holds degrees in English Philology and Professional Translation from the URV, has focused her research on 1920s literature. Her proposal for the congress, taking place from July 19th to 25th, is based on the idea that both Hemingway and Gaudí, despite their different disciplines, were innovators within the modernist movement. The researcher highlights the inspiration nature provided to both artists in their childhood, a factor that shaped their distinctive styles: Hemingway's minimalism and Gaudí's exuberance.
The conference, titled 'Minimal Words, Organic Forms: Hemingway and Gaudí as Modernist Innovators', is scheduled for Wednesday, July 22nd. Brugués, a member of the Spanish Association of American Studies, will use this opportunity to bring visibility to her research area, which she considers uncommon compared to more prevalent topics like gender studies or racism.
In addition to her participation in Toronto, Cristina Brugués plans to undertake a ten-month research stay at Bowdoin College in Maine, USA, starting in August. There, she will teach Spanish culture, phonetics, and politics, and continue developing her doctoral thesis, which explores the application of Artificial Intelligence in the classroom to enhance students' critical thinking skills.
