Writing: what for and for whom
The joys and travails of the artist

Rome, April 27-28, 2015

P R O G R A M

MONDAY APRIL 27, 2015

08:45 Welcoming of the Participants

09:15 Introduction session
          Prof. Msgr. Luis ROMERA, Rector
          Rev. Prof. José María LA PORTE, Dean of the School of Communication

09:30 Outside and inside the tunnel. Writing between crisis and dream
          Dr. Alessandro RIVALI, writer

10:30 Break

11:00 Art becomes word. The hermeneutics and communications of a work of art
          Prof. Antonio PAOLUCCI, Director of the Vatican Museums

12:00 How to communicate Christian art without forgetting the faith
          Prof. Msgr. Timothy VERDON, Florence Program of Stanford University

12:30 Papers

13:30 Lunch break

16:00 Panel I - Artists’ experiences:
          When the word becomes music
          Msgr. Marco FRISINA, composer
          Nikolaus SCHAPFL, composer

18:45 End of session

19:00 Concert, directed by Nikolaus Schapfl (Basilica di Sant'Apollinare, until 20:30)

TUESDAY APRIL 28, 2015

09:15 Escribir una novela: la autora, sus personajes y sus lectores
          Writing a novel: the author, one’s characters and one’s readers
          Natalia SANMARTIN FENOLLERA, writer

10:30 Break

11:00 Video interview
          Susanna Tamaro, writer

11:30 Panel II - Artists’ experiences:
          Buscando el estilo, buscando la identidad: más allá de la escritura creativa
          Seeking style, seeking identity: beyond creative writing
          Prof. José Manuel MORA FANDOS, writer
          El enemigo del escritor se llama miedo
          The enemy of the writer is called fear
          Dr. Juan Manuel COTELO, film director

13:00 Lunch break

15:15 Papers

17:00 Why overcome the void?
          Rev. Prof. John WAUCK, School of Communication, Pontifical University of Santa Croce

18:00 Round table discussion
          Moderator: Prof. Juan José GARCÍA-NOBLEJAS, Pontifical University of Santa Croce

19:00 Cocktail - End of the Conference

Updated April 20, 2015