9:15-11:00 Table 1: United States in the emerging Spanish modernity. the XNUMXth century
The first table deals with the American impact on the emerging Spanish modernity in the XNUMXth century, through educational and cultural exchanges, and giving special relevance to the role of women's experiences.
Participants:
- Pilar Piñon (International Institute): The modernizing impulse of North American non-governmental agents on the Spanish university elites in the first third of the XNUMXth century.
- Carmen of the Guard (UAM): The networks of exile. Modern Spanish women in the United States.
- Francisco Javier Rodriguez (USAL): Culture in Spain: Behind the Empire?
Moderator: Julio Cañero, director of the Franklin-UAH Institute.
11:00-11:30 Coffee break
11:30-13:15 Round table 2: Mutual Influences in the XNUMXst Century: Cultural Exchanges, Democracy, and Social Movements
The second table reviews cultural exchanges, the state of democracy in both countries and the influence of Spanish social activism, following the latest economic crisis, on US protest movements at the beginning of the XNUMXst century.
Participants:
- Lorenzo Delgado (CSIC): 'American Cultural Globalism': gGenesis, foundations and impact in Spain of the Fulbright Program.
- Ruben Diez Garcia (Uc3m): Social movements and indignation in the XNUMXst century. Historical-cultural roots.
- Misael Arturo López Zapico (UAM): Discomfort in democracy and movements critical of the system in the United States and Spain: parallels and connections.
Moderator: Montserrat Huguet, director of the Francisco de Vitoria Institute.
13:15-14:00 Plenary Lecture by Dr. Rene Paddags
14:00-14:30 Conclusions and closing by the organizers, Julio Cañero and Montserrat Huguet