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José-Carlos Mainer
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Ministerio de Cultura y Deporte – Dirección General del Libro, del Cómic y de la Lectura, y Residencia de Estudiantes.
This cycle of conferences retrieves the literal sense of the word "invention": the "discovery" following a search; the search of an idea of Spain, in the difficult transition from the Old Regime to the liberal society. The proposal of a Spain that is going rediscovering with modernity is reflected in the work of five authors, whose lives and beliefs individuals were the starting point of a quest to improve the collective existence. All of them are related to the tradition institucionista, since the claimed as precursors (Jovellanos, Larra) to the heirs, in the Spain of the exile. This program gives continuity to the practice and enjoyment of reading, as the Institución Libre de Enseñanza has been promoting since its foundation.
FEBRUARY
15 19:00 h (CET)
Inaugural conference
José-Carlos Mainer
Professor of Spanish Literature. University of Zaragoza
Memoirs of Spain: the invention of a country
María-Dolores Albiac
Professor of Spanish Literature. University of Zaragoza
Jovellanos, Daily
MARCH
8 19:00 h (CET)
Raquel Sánchez García
Professor of Contemporary History. Complutense university of Madrid
Larra, goblin satirist of Spain
Gonzalo Chaplain
Professor of Contemporary History. University of La Rioja
Gumersindo de Azcárate, the Minute of a last will and testament
9 19:00 h (CET)
Juan Carlos Conde
Juan Carlos Conde is a senior Researcher (SEMYRhd). University of Salamanca
Américo Castro, Spain in its history
Victoria Camps
Professor of Ethics and Moral Philosophy, and Politics. Autonomous university of Barcelona
José Ferrater Mora, Three worlds: Catalonia, Spain, Europe
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