As pointed out by Professor Ripoll, “an important characteristic of the literary production by Ramón Lull is the treatment that is given to women, which is very different to the misogynist treatment usually given in the medieval context”. The conference will offer an innovative view of the Majorcan author, because “despite Lull is an heir of some clichés of Aristotelian and scholastic tradition, according to this author women are completely capable of learning art and transmit it as equals, which is original and innovative”.

Maribel Ripoll Perelló (Palma, 1977) is a Doctor in Catalan Philology by the University of the Balearic Islands. In 2012 she defended the thesis ‘Edició crítica i estudi introductori del Llibre d’intenció de Ramon Llull’ (‘Edited criticism and introductory study of Llibre d'intenció by Ramon Llull’), directed by Gabriel Ensenyat. She is a professor in the UIB since 2007. Between 2003 and 2007 she was a technical coordinator of the Ramon Llull Chair of the UIB. She is also magister of the Maioricensis Schola Lullista since 2006.

She started researching Lull’s work in 1999 along with Anthony Bonner, with whom she elaborated the ‘Dictionary of Lullian definitions’. She has published different articles and numerous reviews in the specialised journal ‘Sudia Lulliana’. She is secretary of the editorial board of Blanquerna collection and a member of the editorial board of the Patronato Ramon Lull, both of them publishers that ensure the critical establishment of Lull’s texts. She has carried out research stays in the Ramon Llull Documentation Centre of Barcelona and the Raimundus Lullus Institut of Freiburg. In September 2015 she was appointed Autonomic Commissioner for the commemoration of Lull’s Year 2015-2016 by the Balearic Government.

The Escola Europea de Pensament Lluís Vives (http://www.escoladepensamentlluisvives.com) is a cultural project boosted by the Office of the Vice-Principal for Culture and Equality of the UV, with the management of the General Foundation of the UV, which is configured as a space for reflection and open, participatory and critical debate about current issues at world level and also for the Valencian society. The Escola also counts on the participation of other individuals of the Public administration and civil society: The President of the Valencian government, the City Hall of Valencia, the Valencian Department of Transparency and Education, Research, Culture and Sports, the Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua, the Alfons el Magnànim Institute, the Escola Europea d’Humanitats and the Caixa Popular.