1. Art and Diseño

cultural Programme
october 2014
Spanish Affair © Courtesy 58th BFI London Film Festival
CINEma
22nd RAINDANCE FILM FESTIVAL
WED 24 SEPT – SUN 5 OCT
All foreign language films come with English subtitles
Organised by Raindance Film Festival
Instituto Cervantes London supports the screenings of the Spanish
films included in the general programme of the festival
Vue Piccadilly, 19 Lower Regent Street, SW1Y 4LR
For full programme, please visit
www.raindancefestival.org
Todos están muertos, © Courtesy Raindance Film Festival 2014
Now in its 22nd year, the festival has a strong legacy of showing
alternative films and uncovering the hottest new filmmakers to hit
the cinematic scene. Raindance premiered hits include Memento, Old
Boy, the Blair Witch Project, Pusher, Ghost World and Love Exposure.
Listed by Variety as one of the world’s top 50 “not to be missed film
festivals”, Raindance aims to nurture, support and promote independent
films and filmmakers from the UK and around the world.
This edition’s Spanish and Latinamerican films:
They Are All Dead, by Beatriz Sanchís (Spain, Mexico, Germany).
Inside Love, by Santiago Tabernero (Spain).
Grazing the sky, by Horacio Alcalá (Spain, Portugal, Mexico).
Refugiado, by Diego Lerman (Argentina).
La piedra ausente, by Sandra Rozental (Mexico).
César Chávez, by Diego Luna (Mexico).
A los ojos, by Michel Franco (Mexico).
Navajazo, by Ricardo Silva (Mexico).
Edén, by Elise Durant (Mexico).
González, by Christian Díaz (Mexico).
CINEMA
10th LONDON SPANISH FILM FESTIVAL
THU 25 SEPT – SUN 5 OCT
In Spanish with English subtitles
Organised by Tristana Media
In collaboration with Ministerio de Educación y Cultura (ICAA),
Institut Français du Royaume-Uni, Office of Cultural and Scientific
Affairs, Embassy of Spain in the UK and Instituto Cervantes London
Auditorium Instituto Cervantes London & Institut Français
Ciné Lumière 17 Queensberry Place, London SW7 2DT
For full programme, please visit
www.londonspanishfilmfestival.com
© Courtesy London Spanish Film Festival 2014
The London Spanish Film Festival is in its 10th year and for 10 days
the Festival will offer you a wealth of film screenings, talks, tertulias,
book presentations and Q&As with film-makers and actors. Some
films will offer glimpses into every-day life in Spain, such as
Historias de Lavapiés or Os fenomenos. Others will examine the
current situation in Spanish cinema, as well as its future (our Love
Letter to Cinema section). The Catalan Window will once more, offer
a glimpse into what has been produced in Catalonia. The strength
of Basque cinema will be celebrated in The Fifth Basque Window.
Vicente Aranda is one of Spain’s most renowned filmmakers, the
Festival have dedicated a special feature to him. It will explore some
the most important films of his career, as well as staging an exclusive
interview with him.
CINEMA
10th LONDON SPANISH FILM FESTIVAL
at the INSTITUTO CERVANTES london:
a tribute to VICENTE ARANDA
TUE 30 SEP – FRI 3 OCT
Auditorium Instituto Cervantes London
With the collaboration of the Institut Ramon Llull
Tickets £3. Free for members of the Instituto Cervantes London
Booking: [email protected] | 0207 201 0752
Further information and full programme
www.londonspanishfilmfestival.com
Sophisticated and controversial, Vicente Aranda is one of Spain’s
most renowned filmmakers, and his films - exploring such themes
as jealousy, sexual desire or complex social issues - have become
cinematic classics. Taking the Prada brothers’ documentary, Vicente
Aranda: 50 años de cine, as a starting point, we have dedicated a
special feature to him. In it we explore some of the most important
films of his career, as well as staging an exclusive interview with him.
© Courtesy London Spanish Film Festival 2014
© Courtesy London Spanish Film Festival 2014
FRI 3 OCTOBER, 6:30 pm
Vicente Aranda: 50 años de cine (50 Years of Cinema), directed
by J. Prada and K.Prada. In Spanish with English subtitles.
A journey guided by Vicente Aranda himself through one of Spain’s
most solid cinematic careers, the themes that have most concerned
him (love, hatred, death, sexual desire, jealousy...), the actors he’s
worked regularly with, his beginnings... A unique and insightful
immersion in Aranda’s world cleverly directed by the Prada
brothers, who have directed several short documentaries previously.
The film will be introduced by J. Prada.
CINEMA
10th LONDON SPANISH FILM FESTIVAL
at the INSTITUTO CERVANTES london:
A LOVE LETTER TO CINEMA #2, DOUBLE BILL
SAT 4, 3:00pm
Auditorium Instituto Cervantes London
Tickets £3. Free for members of the Instituto Cervantes London
Booking: [email protected] | 0207 201 0752
Further information and full programme
www.londonspanishfilmfestival.com
© Cortesia London Spanish Film Festival 2014
Programme:
Baratometrajes 2.0. El futuro del cine hecho en España
(Spaniard-Low-Budget-Films with High Ambitions), directed by
Daniel San Román and Hugo Serra. In Spanish with English Subtitles.
UK premiere.
24 cines por segundo: sábanas blancas, directed by Mariela
Artiles. In Spanish with English Subtitles.
After the screenings there will be an informal chat with the
participation of Prof. Peter Evans, Daniel San Román and Hugo
Serra.
SOCIETY
book lauch:
MARIO’S SILENT JOY
By Amaya Áriz Argaya. With the presence of His Excellency D. Federico
Trillo, Ambassador of Spain in the UK, and the journalist Helena Resano.
THU 2, 6:30pm
In collaboration with the Embassy of Spain in the United Kingdom and the
Instituto Cervantes London
Auditorium Instituto Cervantes London
Admission free
Booking essential: [email protected]
Ebook available on Amazon and other online platforms
Cover of the book: Mario’s silent joy
Amaya Áriz Argaya (Pamplona 1970) is a lawyer expert in
internationalization of companies. But she is also the mother of
Mario, a six year old boy who has autism and of a three year old
beautiful girl. Mario’s story is the story of each of us, in small features
linked by feelings.
The book
Mario is almost 3 and does not speak. However, he is affectionate
and communicates in his own way with the environment. But
something is not right and a late diagnosis wakes dormant wounds.
Grief has a beginning and an end, and the tireless struggle for bringing Mario to our world brings a smile when reading every line of the
book. On January 19, the day of Saint Mario, and also the day when
Mario’s great-grandfather was born, we all woke up to a new life
We rarely have the chance to learn to be better, Mario has made us
better. He shows you a gift, his voice so that you can always bear him
in your heart.
This is the story of Mario, a story that flies high because the book’s
script will launch as an international film soon. Today its author,
Amaya, Mario’s mother, tells how at first everything is seems very
grey, until it changes into light and hope.
HISTORY, LITERATURE
AND THOUGHT
great british hispanists series #4:
CHARLES POWELL
In conversation with Dr. Julio Crespo Mac Lennan
TUE 7, 6:30pm
In Spanish with simultaneous translation into English
Auditorium Instituto Cervantes London
Admission free
Booking essential: [email protected] | 0207 201 0752
Further information: www.londres.cervantes.es
© CEU San Pablo University
Charles Powell read History and Modern Languages at Oxford University, where he later wrote a D. Phil. thesis on Spain’s transition to democracy.
He was subsequently a Lecturer in History at Corpus Christi College,
Oxford, the J. A. Pye Research Fellow at University College, Oxford, and
a Junior Research Fellow at St. Antony’s College, Oxford, where he is
currently a Member of the Senior Common Room.
From 1997 to 2000 he was deputy director of the European Studies
programme of the Ortega y Gasset University Institute, and was later
appointed deputy director of the Ortega y Gasset Foundation’s Spanish
Centre for International Relations (CERI). In 2001 he joined the Elcano
Royal Institute as Senior Analyst for Europe, and in 2004 he was appointed
Deputy Director for Research and Analysis. Since 2001, he is also a
Professor in Contemporary History at the CEU San Pablo University (Madrid).
Since 2011, he is a member of the council of the European Council on
Foreign Relations (ECFR).
Selected publications: His recent published work on international affairs
includes El amigo americano. España y EEUU de la dictadura a la democracia (Galaxia Gutenberg, 2011), ‘España en Europa, Europa en España’
(en Emilio Lamo de Espinosa (coord.), Europa después de Europa,
Academia Europea de Ciencias y Artes, 2010) and Las democracias occidentales frente al terrorismo global (coeditado con Fernando Reinares,
Editorial Ariel, 2008).
CINEma
58 BFI LONDON FILM FESTIVAL
WED 8 – SUN 19
All foreign language films come with English subtitles
With the collaboration of the Office of Cultural and Scientific Affairs,
Embassy of Spain in the UK and Instituto Cervantes London
Various venues
Further information and full programme: www.bfi.org.uk/lff
El niño © Courtesy 58th BFI London Film Festival
As Britain’s leading film event and one of the world’s oldest film festivals,
it introduces the finest new British and international films to an expanding London and UK-wide audience, offering a compelling combination
of red carpet glamour, engaged audiences and vibrant exchange. The
Festival provides an essential profiling opportunity for films seeking
global success at the start of the Awards season; promotes the careers of
British and international filmmakers through its industry activities and
awards line-up and positions London as the world’s leading creative city.
The Instituto Cervantes London collaborates with BFI Film Festival
submitting the following Spanish and Latin-American films:
Wild Tales, by Damián Szifrón (Argentina, Spain).
10,000 Km, by Carlos Marqués Marcet (Spain, USA).
History of Fear, by Benkamín Naishtat (Argentina, France, Germany,
Qatar, Uruguay).
Two Shots Fired, by Martín Rejtman (Argentina, Chile, Germany).
The Gold Bug, by Alejo Moguillanski (Argentina, Denmarc, Sweden).
Spanish Affair, by Emilio Martínez Lázaro (Spain).
Betibu, by Miguel Cohan (Argentina, Spain).
El niño, by Daniel Monzón (France, Spain).
In Darkness We Fall, by Alfredo Montero (Spain).
Shrew’s Nest, by Juanfer Andrés y Estaban Roel (Spain).
Güeros, by Alonso Ruizpalacios (Mexico).
Jauja, by Lisandro Alonso (Argentina, Netherlands, USA).
HISTORy Series
The Rise and fall of the Spanish Empire #1
The Rise of the Spanish Empire
By Dr. Harald Braun, University of Liverpool
WED 15, 6:30pm
In English
Organised by Canning House and Instituto Cervantes London
Auditorium Instituto Cervantes London
Tickets £10 | Concessions £5 for members of Canning House and Instituto Cervantes
London (code CERVANTESMEMBER)
Bookings: www.canninghouse.org
© Courtesy Canning House
When Isabella I of Castile and Ferdinand II of Aragon agreed terms with
the Genoese navigator Cristobal Colón in April 1492, neither party had
any clear idea of what the Italian sailor would find the other side of the
Atlantic Ocean. Colón – better known to English speakers as Christopher
Columbus – had persuaded the monarchs and himself that he would
open up a sea passage to the unknown lands and fabled riches of Asia.
He and his employers hoped for lucrative trade, with conquest a
possibility. Neither expected the kind of empire that would result from
Colón’s voyage and the subsequent Iberian colonisation of the Americas.
The experience of the Americas challenged and stretched Spanish minds
and resources like perhaps nothing ever before. How the Spanish dealt
with the reality of the Americas and the experience of global maritime
empire left indelible marks on world history, politics and consciousness.
This lecture will discuss some of the key aspects of the rise of the Spanish
empire.
Harald Braun studied at the universities of Heidelberg and Oxford.
He joined the Department of History in 2004, after holding teaching and
postdoctoral research fellowships at Oxford, Kings College London, and
the London School of Economics. He works on late medieval and early
modern political culture, with particular interests in the integration of
political and intellectual history, early modern political discourse, and
the Spanish Habsburg monarchy in Europe and the Americas.
HISTORy
Commemorative lecture for the centenary of the
i world war:
THE GREAT WAR, MUCH MORE THAN a COMBAT CONFLICT
By Profesor Antonio López Vega
THU 16, 6:30pm
In Spanish with simultaneous translation into English
Auditorium Instituto Cervantes London
Admission free
Booking essential: [email protected] | 0207 201 0752
Further information: www.londres.cervantes.es
The First World War, with its catastrophic consequences, was going to act
as a catalyst for the various forces of society: the economy, the culture,
the social and political forces that had been operating for some time, and
from that experience, would alter the face of the world. Therefore, the
conflict has been regarded as the great historical divide between the long
nineteenth century and the short twentieth century. This new world is
what Prof. Lopez Vega will discuss in his lecture.
Antonio Lopez Vega, is Professor of Contemporary History at the
Universidad Complutense de Madrid and Academic Deputy Director of
Research Institute of José Ortega y Gasset Foundation of Ortega - Marañón.
He has also taught at the Carlos III University of Madrid and has been a
Visiting Scholar with the rank of Senior Member Associated St. Antony’s
College, Oxford University where he worked on “1914: Intellectuals and
ideas for a crisis”. He publications include a critical edition of the
unpublished Epistolario: Marañón Unamuno Ortega (2008); or his biography,
Gregorio Marañón. X-ray of a Liberal (2011). He has also been written
to other historical issues such as Spain and the United States in the era of
independence (2013) has edited with Eduardo Garrigues. His recent book
1914 The year that changed history addresses the transformations in the
World during the First World War with a wide coverage in the media and
academics areas.
THEATRE
DRAMATIZED READING
THE VOICE OF OUR CLASSICS
MON 20, 6:30pm
In Spanish
Auditorium Instituto Cervantes London
Admission free
Booking essential: [email protected] | 0207 201 0752
Further information: www.londres.cervantes.es
© Courtesy Sergio Parra
The National Classical Theatre Company presents a dramatized
reading performance by three of the long serving members of the
National Classical Theatre Company: Joaquin Notary, Pepa Pedroche
and Nuria Garcia, accompanied by a musician. This performance It’s
based on the most significant fragments of works from the Spanish
Golden Age such as: Life is a Dream and The Mayor of Zalamea by
Calderón de la Barca and The Dog of the Manger by Lope de Vega.
Under the direction of Helena Pimenta, the CNTC staged a dramatic
poetic journey emphasizing excellence in the spoken verse and the
different genres and tones. The common themes these works deal
with are: love, freedom, the manipulation of people for power and
the pursuit of happiness.
MuSIC
the SPANISH AND LATIN AMERICAN MUSIC
AT Instituto Cervantes London
concert series
TUE 21 OCT, TUE 18 NOV, 7:30pm
Organised by Instituto Cervantes London
In collaboration with ILAMS and the London Classical Guitar Festival
Auditorium and Room 0.1 Instituto Cervantes London
Tickets: £12 (£10 in advanced); concessions: £6 members of Instituto
Cervantes London, ILAMS, senior citizens, full-time students and
ES40 holders (£5 in advanced)
Booking: [email protected] | 0207 201 0752
Further information www.londres.cervantes.es
The Instituto Cervantes London in collaboration with ILAMS has
organised a series of concerts aimed at promoting Spanish and Latin
American classical music and also to offer an auditorium to young
musicians with very promising careers. These artists come from
Spanish and Latinamerican backgrounds and they studied music in
the UK.
A unique opportunity to enjoy the diversity of the colour, vitality
and exuberance that Iberian and Latin American music is famous for.
Concert 1. By Manus Noble, guitar, He will play works by Piazzola,
Brouwer, Dyens, Barrios, Yocoh, Ryan, Albéniz y Noble.
Concert 2. A duet formed by Amaia Azcona Cildoz, soprano, and Adam
Szymanski, guitar. The duo will performe works by Ponce, Rodrigo,
Falla, LLobet, Gustavino y Villa-Lobos.
Concert 3. By the Roncesvalles duet, With Francisco Javier Jaúregui
(guitar) Elena Jáuregui (violín), and special guest Gúdrun Ólafsdóttir,
mezzosoprano, They will performe Works by Jáuregui, García Lorca,
Morales, Castilla-Ávila, del Puerto and Barber.
MuSIC
the SPANISH AND LATIN AMERICAN MUSIC
AT Instituto Cervantes London concert series #2:
Amaia Azcona Cildoz y Morgan Szymanski
TUE 21, 7:30pm
Organised by Instituto Cervantes London
In collaboration with ILAMS and London Lyric Arts
Auditorium Instituto Cervantes London
Tickets: £12 (£10 in advanced); concessions: £6 members of Instituto
Cervantes London, ILAMS, senior citizens, full-time students and
ES40 holders (£5 in advanced)
Booking: [email protected] | 0207 201 0752
Amaia Azcona Cildoz is a unique voice amongst the new generation of
Spanish sopranos; she has captivated audiences across Spain and the UK,
including appearances at Wigmore Hall and LSO St Luke’s. A recent graduate of
the Guildhall School of Music & Drama where she worked under the tutelage
of leading figures such as Emma Kirkby and Roger Vignoles. She joins forces
with pre-eminent British-Mexican guitarist Morgan Szymanski in a new
collaboration showcasing timeless Spanish and Latin American art song
classics.
Morgan Szymanski was born in Mexico City in 1979 He started playing the
guitar at the age of six. Early studies at the National Music School (Mexico)
and the Edinburgh Music School led to a scholarship to study under Carlos
Bonell and Gary Ryan at the Royal College of Music in London, graduating
in 2004 with first class honours. In recent years Morgan has given recitals
at major UK venues and festivals including the Wigmore Hall, Cadogan Hall,
Queen Elizabeth Hall, King’s Place, Royal Opera House, Lichfield Festival,
Salisbury Festival and London International Guitar Festival.
Programme
Manuel M. Ponce Estrellita
Joaquín Rodrigo Tres canciones españolas
Manuel de Falla Canciones populares españolas
Miguel Llobet Tres canciones catalanas
Carlos Guastavino Flores argentinas
Heitor Villa-Lobos Modinha | Bachianas brasileiras No.5
MuSIC
1st London SPANISH classical song and
Zarzuela festival
Artistic director Carlos Fernández Aransay
TUE 21 – TUE 28
Organised by London Lyric Arts
In collaboration with ILAMS and Instituto Cervantes London
Auditorium Instituto Cervantes London and St James’s Picadilly
Further information www.spanishsongfestival.co.uk
A festival dedicated to the performance and study of Spanish
classical song and musical theatre (zarzuela). Recitals by
renowned Spanish artists and lectures illustrated with
recordings. A collaboration between Instituto Cervantes, ILAMS
(Iberian and Latin American Music Society) and LLA (London
Lyric Arts).
MuSIC
lecture #1
1st London SPANISH classical song and
Zarzuela festival:
Wine, Women and Zarzuela
By Chistopher Webber
FRI 24, 6:30pm
In English
Organised by London Lyric Arts
In collaboration with ILAMS and Instituto Cervantes London
Auditorium Instituto Cervantes London
Tickets: £5; concessions: £3 members of Instituto
Cervantes London, ILAMS, senior citizens, full-time students and
ES40 holders
Booking: [email protected] | 0207 201 0752
Spain’s answer to opera, zarzuela has formed part of the nation’s cultural
life since the 17th century, when Pedro Calderón de la Barca wrote the
first ‘mixed entertainments’ of music, drama and dance for the Royal Palace
of La Zarzuela, near Madrid. Christopher Webber presents a musical
tour of this rich genre, from its birth to the last flowering of the romantic
zarzuela in the years after the Civil War.
Christopher Webber is an English actor, stage director, dramatist and
writer. His book The Zarzuela Companion (Scarecrow Press, 2002, with
foreword by Plácido Domingo) is the standard English-language work
on the genre, and as a major contributor to the Oxford Companion to
Music (Oxford University Press, 2002) he wrote many entries on Iberian
and Ibero-American genres, composers and countries. As Editor in
Chief since 1997 of the internet portal zarzuela.net he has published
many articles and reviews on Spanish lyric theatre, and he is a regular,
wide-ranging reviewer and feature writer for Opera magazine. Webber
has lectured on zarzuela for international conferences at the Universities
of Sheffield (UK), Tübingen (Germany), Oviedo and Valencia (Spain); has
directed and performed zarzuela in London’s West End; and has written
the libretto for an ‘English zarzuela’ The Stronger (La más fuerte) with
music by Derek Barnes, as well as making bilingual adaptations of two
zarzuelas, La dolorosa and Luisa Fernanda, for Santa Fé Opera in New
Mexico, USA.
MuSIC
concert
1st London SPANISH classical song and
Zarzuela festival:
CANTAR Y CONTAR LA ZARZUELA
By Enrique Viana, tenor, and Miguel Huertas, piano
MON 27, 7:30pm
Organised by Instituto Cervantes London
With the support of London Lyric Arts
Tickets: £12 (£10 in advanced); concessions: £6 members of Instituto
Cervantes London, ILAMS, senior citizens, full-time students and
ES40 holders (£5 in advanced)
Booking: [email protected] | 0207 201 0752
With brief introductions illustrative anecdotes and small comments on the
Spanish lyrical genre, this recital, takes us through the zarzuela, tracing its
history through the most famous and representative pieces of music that
tell us about the culture that was represented in the Spanish theatres of the
ninetieth and twentieth centuries.
Enrique Viana studied classical music at the Royal Conservatory of Music in
Madrid and later continued his studies in Barcelona, Milan, Siena, Rome and
Paris, specializing in the bel canto repertoire and the music of some French
romantic authors. On the operatic stage he has impersonated Alfredo in “La
Traviata,” Fenton in “Falstaff”, Don Basilio in “The Marriage of Figaro” and
Arturo Bucklaw in “Lucia di Lammermoor,” among many other roles. He has
directed, the following works, the operetta “Quo Vadis” and “a vueltas con la
Zarzuela”.
Miguel Huertas has studied music in Spain with Guillermo Gonzalez. In the
USA under the direction of Botkin Maki and e Vienna Conservatory, where
he studied at the Department of Conducting specialty Lied and Oratorio, and
Master Correpetidor. He teaches at the Conservatory of Amaniel in Madrid.
He collaborates regularly as pianist and harpsichordist at the Teatro Real
in Madrid. He has given numerous concerts in Spain and abroad, in venues
such as the Archbishop’s Palace in Bratislava, the Haupt Universität in
Vienna, or the symphony hall of the Auditorio Nacional in Madrid.
MuSIC
lecture #2
1st London SPANISH classical song and
Zarzuela festival.
art song in spain
By Eva Moreda, University of Glasgow
TUE 28, 6:30pm
In English
Organised by London Lyric Arts
In collaboration with ILAMS and Instituto Cervantes London
Auditorium Instituto Cervantes London
Tickets: £5; concessions: £3 members of Instituto Cervantes London, ILAMS,
senior citizens, full-time students and ES40 holders
Booking: [email protected] | 0207 201 0752
This talk will provide an overview of the history of Spanish art song
from Albéniz and Granados to the present as a reflection of some of the
big questions which have dominated Spanish music and history during
this era: the relationship with Spanish high-brow and low-brow cultural
traditions, Spanish (or Catalan, Galician or Basque) national identity,
modernity, the relationship with other Spanish-speaking countries, and
exile. Together with the usual, internationally known Spanish art song
repertoire (Granados, Falla, Obradors, Montsalvatge, Rodrigo),
lesser-known examples from the Generación de los Maestros
(Generation of the Masters) and the Grupo de los Ocho (Group of Eight)
will be played and discussed.
Eva Moreda is a post-doctoral research fellow at the University of
Glasgow, where she teaches music history and theory courses and is
working on the book Music and Exile in Francoist Spain (Ashgate, 2015).
She obtained her undergraduate degree in Musicology from the
Universidad de la Rioja and her PhD in the same subject from Royal
Holloway College, and has published widely in international journals on
the political and cultural history of Spanish music, from the reception of
Albéniz, Turina and Granados in the United Kingdom to music criticism
in early Francoism and the legacy of exiled composers in Spain from
the 1950s onwards. She has worked at the Royal Academy of Music and
the Open University, and held a visiting research fellowship at Indiana
University.
HISTORy
The Rise and fall of the Spanish Empire #2
The Demographic Impact of the Spanish in the New
World
By Prof. Linda Newson, Director of the Institute of Latin American Studies
WED 29, 6:30pm
In English
Organised by Canning House and Instituto Cervantes London
Auditorium Instituto Cervantes London
Tickets £10 | Concessions £5 for members of Canning House and Instituto Cervantes London
(code CERVANTESMEMBER)
Bookings: www.canninghouse.org
© Courtesy Canning House
The development of the Spanish empire had demographic impacts in
both Spain and the Americas. The opening of the New World offered new
opportunities for impoverished Spaniards to improve their economic and
social position. Emigration from Spain, which was controlled by the Crown,
was essential for the establishment of the empire, but where Spaniards
came from and where they settled varied regionally. Spanish arrival brought
with it a dramatic decline in the Native American population. The extent of
this decline has been debated, but it is generally recognized that Spanish
colonial expansion brought significant losses through conquest, overwork,
ill treatment, and disease, to the extent that African slaves sometimes had to
be imported to solve labour shortages. The lecture will examine geographical
variations in demographic change in the colonial period that were to have
significant implications for the ethnic composition of Latin American countries
today.
Linda Newson is a Lecturer, Reader and Professor at King’s College London.
She has taught at the University of California, Berkeley, and the University of
Cambridge. In 1992 she received the Carl O. Sauer Award for Distinguished
Scholarship from the Conference of Latin Americanism Geographers, USA,
and in 1993 the Back Award from the Royal Geographical Society for her
contributions to the historical geography of Latin America. In 2000 she was
elected Fellow of the British Academy and in 2001 Fellow of King’s College
London. She has held senior administrative positions within the College,
including the Head of the School of Humanities from 1997-2000. She served
on the Council of the British Academy from 2007-2010 and is currently on
its International Policy Committee. She is a Strategic Reviewer for the AHRC
and serves on the Peer Review College. She is also a member of the Advisory
Panel on the Endangered Archives Programme, sponsored by Arcadia, at the
British Library.
COLABORADORES