Paul Preston, the prestigious Hispanist, is closing next Wednesday the 3rd edition of the Drets Humans, Democràcia i Justícia Internacional master’s degree with a lecture on the Spanish holocaust. The Universitat de València’s Human Rights Institute is the organizer of these postgraduate studies. The event is taking place at 18:00 in La Nau’s main hall.
Professor Preston is director of London School of Economics and Political Science’s Centro Cañada Blanch. He is considered, along with Ian Gibson and Hugh Thomas, one of the greatest Hispanists in the UK who have devoted their career to the study of the recent Spanish history and especially to the Second Republic and the Civil War. He is full university professor, he has received the award Príncipe de Asturias for contemporary history, and he is author of the biography Franco Caudillo de España (1994). His recent works are, among others, Palomas de guerra (Plaza y Janés, 2001), Juan Carlos. El rey de un pueblo (Plaza y Janés, 2003), the extended edition of La guerra civil española (Debate, 2006), and Idealistas bajo las balas (Debate, 2008).
The last work by Preston, El holocausto español, is giving name to his next lecture at La Nau. It has caused an intense debate, and the Universitat de València’s Institute for Human Rights wanted to make the most of it, as its director, Cristina García Pascual, explained. ‘After finding out the master’s degree nature, professor Preston has agreed with the fact that we are dealing this year with the problem of massive violation of human rights and justice in political transition periods both in Spain and in other countries’.
The Institute for Human Rights of the University of Valencia has been awarded with the mention of quality by the Spanish Ministry for Education for its doctorate programme in Human Rights, Democracy and International Justice. In 2008, the IDH received a grant by the programme Consolider-Ingenio 2010. It takes part in a project made up of twelve research groups and coordinated by the Institute for Human Rights Bartolomé de las Casas from the University Carlos III in Madrid. It was the first time a team made up of law researchers gained a grant of this kind, since they are mostly aimed at scientists of other fields different than humanities and social sciences.
The event has been organized by Fundación Cañada Blanch, Facultat de Dret and the Spanish Ministry for Education, Culture and Sports. The lecture is scheduled as one of the activities of Claustre Obert, the debate forum organized by El País newspaper and Universitat de València.
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Last update: 21 de may de 2012 10:47.
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