In the Shadow of the Rock: Writing Gibraltar into the World

Main street in Gibralter during the 1940s. Black and white photo.

912 Sproul Hall

In the Shadow of the Rock: Writing Gibraltar into the World

Robert Patrick Newcomb

This talk presents an overview of my current book project, which examines the literature of Gibraltar, a British Overseas Territory located in the southern Iberian Peninsula, bordering Spain and within view of the Moroccan coast. The book focuses on Gibraltarian literature’s multilingual (English/Spanish) character, and the struggles of local writers to give voice to Gibraltarian experiences.

Robert Patrick Newcomb is Professor of Luso-Brazilian Studies in the Department of Spanish and Portuguese

Sproul 912 | Thursday, April 10; 5:00-6:30pm

WIP-WAC Colloquium is an informal series for faculty and graduate students to share Work In Progress or Work Already Completed in a productive but informal atmosphere. Interested in sharing your work? Please contact Michael Dylan Foster (mdfoster@ucdavis.edu).

A flyer for the upcoming event, the text of which is written out above.