If you wish to make a donation to the Joan Reglà Humanities Library, please first read the procedural rules that accompany the Donation Proposal Form and then print it.
Our library holds a large collection of works donated by various figures from the academic field. Below are some of the most notable ones.
If you would like to consult the full list of titles from any of these donations, you may request it by writing to: humadqui@uv.es
Read Japan Project
The Joan Reglà Humanities Library has received a collection of books from the Read Japan Project to support Japanese Studies at the University of Valencia and contribute to the education of students and researchers interested in Japan from a variety of disciplines.
This project, managed by the Tokyo Foundation for Policy Research and funded by the Nippon Foundation, promotes understanding of Japan through the donation of English-language books to universities and libraries around the world. The Japan Publishing Industry Foundation for Culture (JPIC) collaborated in the shipment of the volumes.
The selection of titles was made by faculty members involved in Japanese Studies at the UV, with the participation of researchers and students.
In addition, the Read Japan Project has made another donation of books to the UV Language Centre, aimed at students of the Japanese language, thus expanding access to specialized resources on Japan at the university.
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Josep Sorribes Monrabal (1951-2024)
Born in Valencia, he was a disciple of Ernest Lluch and a professor of Regional and Urban Economics at the University of Valencia, focusing his research on the history and current situation of the city’s metropolitan area. From 1983 to 1989, he served as chief of staff to Mayor Ricard Pérez Casado, taking part in the urban transformations of the 1980s. In the 2000s, he promoted initiatives such as Roure de Quart, Aula Ciutat, and Malalts de Ciutat. He was a regular contributor to media outlets like El País and eldiario.es, and after retiring in 2016, he continued to write and engage in forums for urban reflection.
His bibliographic donation, focused on urban planning, sociology, and the history of cities —with particular attention to Valencia and the Mediterranean—, makes a significant contribution to the study of urban environments, enriching the resources available to researchers and scholars of urban evolution and planning.
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Álvaro Pons (Barcelona, 1966-)
Álvaro Pons Moreno, PhD in Physics from the University of Valencia and Professor in the Department of Optics and Optometry, has combined his scientific career with over thirty years of research and outreach in the field of comics. Founder of the influential blog La Prisión de Papel, he has contributed to media outlets such as El País, Cartelera Turia, and Levante-EMV. His outreach work has been recognized with various awards, including one from the Barcelona Comic Fair.
He is the author of several books, including Viñetas a la luna de Valencia, and has curated exhibitions for institutions such as the Biblioteca Valenciana, the Barcelona Comic Fair, and the IVAM, where he has been a member of the Advisory Board since 2018. He has published research in national and international journals and, since 2019, has directed the SM-UV Foundation Chair for Comic Studies. The donation is a valuable collection of magazines, monographs and comics.
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Xesqui Castañer (Valencia, 1952-2018)
Xesqui Castañer López was an Associate Professor of Art History at our University and also had a distinguished career in politics, becoming the first woman to preside over the General Assemblies of Álava, a position she held from 1999 to 2003.
After her time in politics, she returned to Valencia and began a new academic phase in the Department of Art History, where she carried out intense teaching and research work over the last fifteen years. She taught in the undergraduate and bachelor’s degrees in Art History, the History degree, and the Master's in Art History and Visual Culture.
Specializing in gender studies applied to contemporary and current Art History, she also focused part of her research on the artistic heritage of the Basque Country. In addition, she directed the official Master's in Art History and Visual Culture (UV-UJI), playing a decisive role in its academic consolidation.
The collection covers key topics such as modern and contemporary art, feminism and the representation of women in art, aesthetics, art criticism, the history of European art, photography, museology, and the relationships between art, society, and technology.
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Sonia Mattalía (1953-2012)
Sonia Mattalía Alonso was a professor of Spanish and Latin American Literature at the University of Valencia. Born in Argentina, she arrived in Valencia in 1978 and developed an intense intellectual career that encompassed criticism, research, teaching, and cultural dissemination. She was a key figure in the consolidation of Latin American studies in Spain and an international reference among scholars of Hispanic American literature, especially known for her research on the world of Juan Carlos Onetti.
Her theoretical training combined structuralism, Marxism, and psychoanalysis, along with influences from Latin American historiography and contemporary cultural criticism, particularly from Argentina. Her personal library, rich in Spanish and Latin American works—some of them dedicated by their authors—offers an intimate portrait of her intellectual profile, reflecting not only what she wrote but also what she read and valued as a committed and passionate reader of literature.
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Alfons Cucó (1941-2002)
Alfons Cucó i Giner earned his degree in History from the University of Valencia in 1964 and completed his PhD in 1970. He was a co-founder of the Partit Socialista Valencià (PSV) and served as a senator for the PSOE from 1979 to 1996. He later left the party, becoming a prominent figure known for his intellectual commitment and his dedication to valencianism.
In 1998, he was appointed professor of Contemporary History at the University of Valencia, where he continued his academic and research work. In 2003, the Alfons Cucó Chair for European Political Reflection was established in recognition of his career, becoming an active forum for political and intellectual debate. He authored numerous works focused on Valencian history and politics, such as Aspectes de la política valenciana en el segle XIX (1966), El valencianisme polític, 1874–1936 (1971), Sobre la ideologia blasquista (1979), and Roig i blau: la transició democràtica valenciana (2002), among others.
