The twentieth version of the Hay Festival Segovia, Spain’s main gathering of concepts and thought, tradition, artwork and literature, will happen from 11 to 14 September with an formidable
programme that can deal with the most important political and social challenges going through the Europe right now.
The pageant options greater than 100 audio system from some twenty nations, who will assist to supply completely different views that encourage dialogue and generate new conversations.
The multidisciplinary programme, comprising greater than sixty occasions, actions and conversations, has been joined by: Daniel Rieff, American political analyst,British Hispanist and author Giles Tremlett, famend for his work on the up to date historical past of Spain; and Alia Al-Senussi, a health care provider and famend determine on the planet of latest artwork.
They have been joined by, amongst others, journalists Teodoro León Gross and Juan Soto Ivars, who will talk about the practices of disinformation linked to pure disasters.
“Festivals like this one spotlight the ability of phrases and dialogue in tackling the challenges offered by right now’s quickly altering world”,’ explains Sheila Cremashi, director of the Hay Festival Segovia.
Among essentially the most distinguished voices in thought and politics are these of the previous EU Foreigh Affairs Minister, Josep Borrell, and the previous Spanish Minister of Foreign Affairs, Arancha González Laya, in addition to the professor, jurist and creator of essays on Europe and the worldwide order, José María Beneyto.
On the worldwide stage, there might be former Italian Prime Minister Enrico Letta and former British Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg; the vice-president of UBS Europe, Miriam González Durántez; journalist Andrea Rizzi, correspondent for Global Affairs at El País; and philosophers A.C Grayling from the United Kingdom and Rob Riemen from the Netherlands.
The listing of worldwide individuals additionally consists of Somali-British poet and essayist Momtaza Mehri, Norwegian journalist and creator Teresa Grøtan, and British creator William Chislett.
Completing the programme are the exhibitions ‘Lost & Found’, which maps literary London, and ‘Letras por la libertad’ (Letters for Freedom), that includes beforehand unseen images by Walter Reuter. There might be floral shows designed by Peggy Johnson and Anne Fouetillou. In addition, the Plaza Mayor will host a shock British design mission, The Dancing Bench, organised by the British Council, Festival Concéntrico and Segovia City Council.
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As a part of the pageant, on Wednesday, 10 September at 7 p.m., the Telefónica Foundation Space on Gran Vía in Madrid will host the occasion “Fictional journalism: a day within the newsroom of the Europa Tribune”. As if it had been a sociological experiment, attendees might be invited to participate within the actuality of a fictional newsroom,collaborating within the conversations and debates that come up throughout decision-making.
Hay Festival Global is a charity offering international festivals of tales, concepts, and new prospects. The antidote to polarisation, Hay Festival brings collectively numerous voices to hear, discuss, debate, and create, tackling a number of the greatest political, social and environmental challenges of our time.
Through one-of-a-kind festivals, in distinctive places all over the world – plus boards, digital platforms and studying programmes – Hay Festival celebrates and conjures up completely different views, views, and factors of view.
In 1987, Hay Festival was dreamt up within the booktown of Hay-on-Wye, Wales. Thirty-eight years later, the charity runs occasions and initiatives all around the world, from the historic city of Cartagena in Colombia to the guts of cities in Peru, Mexico, Spain and the USA.
Hay Festival reaches a worldwide viewers of hundreds of thousands annually and continues to develop and innovate, incomes a number of awards through the years, together with Festival of Sanctuary standing from refugee charity City of Sanctuary UK and, in 2020, Spain’s Princess of Asturias Award in Communication and Humanities.
The occasions held at IE University might be streamed dwell, and the remaining might be recorded and made accessible on-line.
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