Sir Richard Francis Burton Conference, Trieste 2015

English Language Conference 19-20 October 2015.

At the Hotel Victoria Via Oriani, 2 Trieste

Programme

Monday 19th October 2015

• 09.15 Welcome
• 09.30-10.30 Session
• 10.30-11.00 Coffee Break
• 11.00-12.00 Session 2
• 12.15 To the British Cemetery (Grave of Charles Lever, Burton’s predecessor)
• 13.00 Lunch - Villa Opicina
• 14.30 Viewing of ex-Hotel Daneu, where the Burtons rented rooms
• 15.00 Return to Trieste (by historic tram)
• 16.00 The Burton Trail in Trieste

Tuesday 20th October 2015

• 10.00 Exhibition ‘Burton’s Erotic Translations’
• 11.00 Visit to Villa Economo where RFB died on 20th October 1890

Conference photos by Udo Koehler and Gavan Tredoux