Hay Festival Cartagena 2023

Welcome to the Hay Festival Cartagena de Indias 2023 programme, to be held from 26 to 29 January. In this page you can find the events in the general programme as well as Hay Joven activities tor university audiences, Hay Comunitario sessions which will take place in different areas of Cartagena, Reading Clubs and Talento Editorial.

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Event 61

Ivan Krastev in conversation with Guillermo Altares

What is happening with the European Union?

 Teatro Adolfo Mejía
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With the rise of right-wing nationalist parties all over the continent, Brexit, the refugee emergency and the recent war in the Ukraine, the European Union is in crisis. At this event, the renowned intellectual and political commentator Ivan Krastev (Bulgaria) will reflect on the future of democracy in the European Union and the urgent challenges it faces. Ivan Krastev has analysed the European political union of the last 30 years in a number of book-length essays, including Is It Tomorrow Yet (2020), The Light That Failed: A Reckoning (2019) and After Europe (2017).

Simultaneous interpreting from English to Spanish available

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Event 62

María Teresa Ronderos and Anya Schiffrin in conversation with Michael Stott

How to make a good journalistic investigation

 Centro de Convenciones (Salón Barahona Escenario Gales / Llwyfan Cymru)
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Two journalists, one from Latam and another from the US, speak with Michael Stott about the state of the profession, their experiences leading journalistic teams and about how to do a good investigative report. With María Teresa Ronderos (Colombia), reporter, editor and director of El Clip, the Centro Latinoamericano de Investigación Periodística; and with Anya Schiffrin (United States), journalist and director of director of the Technology, Media, and Communications (TMaC) specialisation at the School of International and Public Affairs at Columbia University.

Simultaneous interpreting from English to Spanish available

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Event 63

Richard Firth-Godbehere in conversation with Daniel Pardo

A history of humanity through their emotions

 Centro de Convenciones (Auditorio Getsemaní)
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We humans like to believe that we act rationally, but the emotions are a much more important part of experience that most of us think. Richard Firth-Godbehere has put his thoughts on this matter into his book A Human History of Emotion, which analyses and studies the role of human emotions throughout history and in different cultures. In conversation with Daniel Pardo, the author will talk about how the emotions, in all their complexity and diversity, have modelled the world that we live in over the course of history. This fascinating work of non-fiction weaves together psychology, neuroscience, art, philosophy and religion.

Simultaneous interpreting from English to Spanish available




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Event 64

Cindy Herrera and María del Mar Ramón in conversation with Mar Pichel

 Centro de Formación de la Cooperación Española (Salón del Rey)
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Two writers will talk with Mar Pichel about their recently published books, in which they reflect on experiences and points of view linked to very specific realities: those observed and experienced by women. With the Cartagena writer Cindy Herrera, an audio-visual producer, qualified in Linguistics and Literature and a member of the Cuento y crónica writing workshop run by the Colombian Ministry of Culture’s Relata network. Her latest book is El manifiesto del espejo, a collection of 14 stories that all have women at the centre. And with María del Mar Ramón, a feminist and Colombian writer living in Argentina, co-founder of the Argentinean NGO Red de Mujeres and coordinator of the Fanáticas de los Boliches project, which aims to raise gender awareness at rumba venues. She is the author of ​​La manada, a novel that explores the intricacies of group attacks. A city and a society that could be anywhere in Latin America; this is the setting for an exploration of masculinity. The book examines the motivations, fears and frustrations of a group of young men who will live the rest of their days knowing they are responsible for a life that is not their own.
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Event 65

Yayo Herrero, Cristina Romera and Leris Zúñiga in conversation with Inés Santaeulalia

Environmental feminism, the 21st-century’s great struggle

 Hotel Sofitel, Salón Santa Clara
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Two issues dominate global social and community struggles of the 21st century: the fights for gender equality and the environment. This event covers both issues, with three experts whose work, whether with communities or organizations, has involved environmentalism with a gender perspective. With the Spanish activist, engineer and educator Yayo Herrero; the Spanish scientist and writer Cristina Romera; and the activist and community leader from the Colombian Caribbean Leris Zúñiga.
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Meditation workshop with Pablo d'Ors

Journey to silence

 Centro de Formación de la Cooperación Española (Salón Mutis)
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This workshop is intended as an introduction to meditative practice based on the tradition of the desert ascetics and, particularly, hesychasm. Pablo d'Ors and his colleagues, through the Amigos del Desierto association, will propose basic practice, based on the body, breathing and mantra, as well as some guided exercises or meditations that can help participants to relax, be within oneself and, ultimately, get close to the mystery of the profound I. This workshop does not require any previous knowledge or experience, but does need an interest in the adventure of examining the interior through the Western tradition.

Limited capacity

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Meditation workshop with Pablo d'Ors

Event 67

Andrey Kurkov in conversation with Emma Graham-Harrison

Hay Festival and Lviv BookForum series

 Centro de Convenciones (Auditorio Getsemaní)
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The Ukrainian writer, novelist and essayist, Andrey Kurkov, recently awarded the French Médicis Étranger Prize, started to write a diary when the first Russian rockets fell on Kiev on 24 February 2022. In Diary of an Invasion (2022), Kurkov chronicles the terrible impact of the conflict through a personal narrative, which is both a testament to Ukrainian identity and the day-to-day lives of his compatriots. Kurkov has published, in both English and Spanish, the books The Gardener From Ochakov, Death of the Penguin and the recent Grey Bees. In conversation with Emma Graham-Harrison.

Simultaneous interpreting from English to Spanish available

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Event 68

Esther Paniagua in conversation with Inés Santaeulalia

 Teatro Adolfo Mejía
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The Internet is a powerful instrument, yet also a double-edged sword: it has opened up information that can be accessed cheaply and immediately, in an unprecedented transformation; but it is also a medium that, with the social media, has submitted many people to manipulation and addiction. Another unsettling aspect is that we can now no longer imagine a world without the Internet, a tool that just a few decades ago did not even exist. Esther Paniagua (Spain) is a writer and journalist who specializes in matters related to science and technology. Her brilliant and bold essay Error 404. ¿Preparados para un mundo sin internet? (2021), proposes a vision of what would happen if we were suddenly left without the Internet. How far are we from a life without connection to the web? Perhaps we are closer than we suspect. In conversation with the journalist Inés Santaeulalia.

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Event 70

Eliezer Budasoff and Juan Cárdenas in conversation with Silvia Viñas

Reports from Latin America

 Centro de Formación de la Cooperación Española (Salón Rey)
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Writer Juan Cárdenas (Colombia) and Eliezer Budasoff (Argentina), co-presenter and editor of the podcast El hilo, present Rabia: Crónicas contra el cinismo en Latinoamérica, an anthology that offers an X-ray of the fractures that have opened in the territories of Latin America in recent years, through a series of reports signed by Elena Reina, Estefanía Pozzo, Juan Cárdenas, Ana Teresa Toro, Carlos Manuel Álvarez, Joseph Zárate, Wilfredo Miranda and Yasna Mussa. From Puerto Rico to Peru, via Colombia, Nicaragua and Mexico, these eight elegant pieces of writing give an in-depth view of the glories and failures of Latin American society. They will be in conversation with Silvia Viñas, executive producer of El Hilo.
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Event 71

Fonseca in conversation with Winston Manrique Sabogal

 Centro de Convenciones (Auditorio Getsemaní)
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The Colombian musician Fonseca celebrates 20 years of his musical career and, to celebrate it, he has published the book Canciones, historias y 20 años de memorias. The singer-songwriter, that includes tradicional and contemporary music on his repertoire, goes through his career looking at his most celebrated songs, referencing the creative process and his personal experiences. In conversation with Winston Manrique Sabogal.
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Event 72

Laura Mora in conversation with Ricardo Chica

 Centro de Convenciones (Salón Barahona Escenario Gales / Llwyfan Cymru)
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The film director and screenplay writer Laura Mora (Colombia), a Cinema Director graduate from RMIT University in Melbourne (Australia), has receltly released Los reyes del mundo, Concha de Oro for best film winner in the San Sebastian Film Festival 2022, where it was also warded the Sgnis award and the Feroz prize given by the press, and has also been awarded the prize for best film at Biarritz Festival and at Zurich Festival. The film tells the story of some young, underprivileged boys from Antioquía and their relation with their origins and the land, that becomes an extraordinary narration that reflecto n many of the problems that affect Colombia. Her previous film, Matar a Jesús, was premiered at Toronto International Film F and the the San Sebastian Film Festival in 2017. The film was selected for more thann 30 festivals and won more tan 20 prizes worldwide. Mora has also directed the tv series Frontera verde and El Robo del Siglo. Ricardo Chica speaks with mora about her work as a director and about the stories that she choses for her films.

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Event 73

Joseph Stiglitz en conversación con Farid Kahhat

Economy in the Americas

 Teatro Adolfo Mejía
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The economist, Nobel Prize winner, Joseph Stigltiz (United States), will speak with the academic and writer Farid Kahhat (Perú), author of Tiempos violentos: Rusia, Ucrania, China, Estados Unidos y el nuevo desorden mundial, about the financial effects of the Ukranian War, of the rampant inflation, of inequality and political changes in the continent.

Simultaneous interpreting from English to Spanish available
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Event 74

Andrés Hoyos in conversation with Guido Tamayo

Aunt Lola

 Centro de Formación de la Cooperación Española (patio)
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The Colombian writer Andrés Hoyos is an El Espectador columnist and founder of El Malpensante magazine. In conversation with Guido Tamayo, he presents his new novel, La tía Lola, in which, in the interweaving of the Linero and Velasco families, he threshes out stories that tackle a varied range of social and political conflicts. The book reflects a broad section of what Colombia was in the last quarter of the 20th century.
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Event 75

Santiago Rojas in conversation with Vanessa de la Torre

The limits and horizons of medicine

 Hotel Sofitel, Salón Santa Clara
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An important conversation about the human body, healing and pain, with Santiago Rojas (Colombia), a Colombian doctor dedicated to palliative care and grief management. He has also studied Homeopathy and Flower Therapy with the PHI Group in Aix in Provence (France) and at the Edward Bach School of Flower Therapists in Buenos Aires (Argentina). He has lectured on personal growth, terminal patient and grief support, and on the use of alternative therapies in countries such as Germany, Argentina, Colombia, Chile, Spain, Peru, Poland and Venezuela, among others. He currently has his doctor's office in Bogotá, where he treats terminal patients and patients with degenerative diseases. He is also a writer, university teacher, lecturer and presenter of the programme Sanamente, on health and wellbeing, which is broadcast daily on Caracol Radio. In conversation with Vanessa de la Torre.
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Event 76

Victoria Amelina and Oleksandra Matviichuk in conversation with Catalina Gómez Ángel

Hay Festival and Lviv BookForum series. Ukraine by its artists and activists

 Centro de Convenciones (Auditorio Getsemaní)
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Oleksandra Matviichuk (Ukraine), a lawyer and activist with the Center for Civil Liberties, winner of the 2022 Nobel Peace Prize together with Memorial and the activist Ales Bialiatski; and the artist and writer Victoria Amelina (Ukraine), will talk to Catalina Gómez Ángel about their country, the war that has changed the life of its inhabitants irreversibly and how to continue working in the midst of war.

Simultaneous interpreting from English to Spanish available

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Event 77

Carolina Sanín in conversation with Eva Orúe

 Centro de Convenciones (Salón Barahona Escenario Gales / Llwyfan Cymru)
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Carolina Sanín (Colombia), a Doctor of Hispanic Literature from the University of Yale, writer, actor, academic and communicator, is a major figure in Spanish-language literature. She is the author of novels such as Todo en otra parte and Los niños; biography: Alfonso X: Desventurado rey Sabio and El ojo de la casa; stories for children including Dalia and La gata sola; the short story collections Ponqué y otros cuentos and Yosoyu; and the hybrid books Somos luces abismales and Tu cruz en el cielo desierto. Sanín presents a new book, El Sol, which is a challenge to traditional literary genres, mingling essay, poetry and fiction. In conversation with Eva Orúe.

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Event 78

Conversation between Hugo Candelario González and Daniel Samper Pizano, with music by Trío Bahía

Two coasts come together: music from the Pacific coast visits the Caribbean

 Teatro Adolfo Mejía
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Conversation-homage to the music of the Pacific involving the writer Daniel Samper Pizano (Colombia) and Hugo Candelario González (Colombia), composer, arranger, saxophonist, marimba player and classically-educated conductor, who has dedicated his career to disseminating the music of the Colombian Pacific region. This will be followed by a traditional marimba concert with Trío Bahía, who will explore the possibilities in terms of timbre, melody and rhythm of the marimba, the bombo, the cununos, the guasá and also soprano sax, guitar and vocals.

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Event 79

Manuel Lucena Giraldo and Juan Guillermo Martín in conversation with Vanessa de la Torre

Spain and Colombia, a shared historical legacy

 Centro de Formación de la Cooperación Española (patio)
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The shared stories and histories that unite Colombia and Spain could fill hundreds of books. We talk of histories in plural because this shared history is diverse, involving different points of view, and above all because this is the way to analyse the past, with the learnings, failures and successes involved, and how to continue this fruitful relationship looking to the future. Conversation involving two historians from both sides of the pond, Manuel Lucena (Spain) and Juan Guillermo Martín (Colombia), moderated by Vanessa de la Torre.

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