Here you will find the Biographies and History conferences that we held in collaboration with Carmen Iglesias, the Royal Academy of History and the Cultural Foundation of the Spanish Nobility.

In the 2024 cycle, “the arrival of Modernity” was studied through a series of conferences focused on the figure of Cardinal Cisneros, in his roles as cardinal and archbishop of Toledo, inquisitor general, patron and political regent. Through their eyes we will witness the significant changes that took place in Spain at the end of the 15th century and the beginning of the 16th century.

Los tres reinados de Cisneros
Carmen Iglesias, Director of the Royal Academy of History and academic of the Royal Spanish Academy, participates in our new Cycle of Biographies and History 2024 conferences, dedicated to Cardinal Cisneros, with the presentation “The three reigns of Cisneros: of the Kings Catholics to Charles V”
Qué vio el cardenal Cisneros
Sergio Ramiro, Mr. Sergio Ramiro Ramírez Ramón y Cajal CSIC Researcher, participates in our new Biography and History 2024 Conference Series, dedicated to Cardinal Cisneros, with the presentation “What did Cardinal Cisneros see? “Art in Castile between the 15th and 16th centuries”
El valor de los papeles del Cardenal en el Archivo Histórico
Mr. Juan Ramón Romero Fernández-Pacheco, Director of the National Historical Archive, participates in our new Cycle of Biographies and History 2024 conferences, dedicated to Cardinal Cisneros, with the presentation "The value of the Cardinal's papers in the AHN"
Cisneros y el humanismo
Dr. Teresa Jiménez from the University of Alcalá de Henares, participates in our new Cycle of Biographies and History 2024 conferences, dedicated to Cardinal Cisneros, with the presentation “Cisneros and humanism: the University of Alcalá and the polyglot Bible”.
Cisneros en otras vidas
Jaime Olmedo, professor at the Complutense University of Madrid and member of the Royal Academy of History, participates in our new Cycle of Biographies and History 2024 conferences, dedicated to Cardinal Cisneros, with the presentation “Cisneros in other lives: the other deeds of the cardinal".

previous lectures

On our Youtube channel you can see the conferences held in the following years:

  • 2020: The first globalization. America and the oceans. Adventure and science routes (from the 16th to the 18th century).
  • 2021: America and the oceans. Century XVIII. This cycle continues studying the importance that America had in the commercial, political and strategic relations of the time.
  • 2022, which addressed the topic: “America, Spain and independence: 200 years of a complex process.” Carmen Iglesias and other historians revisit and interpret these events in the light of new contributions, coinciding with the bicentennial of the independence of several Ibero-American nations.
  • 2023: “A crown of letters: books and authors of the Hispanic Monarchy.” Carmen Iglesias and other historians focus on the importance that writers, printers and grammarians played in that first globalization, achieving the elevation of Spanish to an international language both in the political-administrative and cultural spheres.