Newsletter – May 2022
May, 2022
Dear HOS Members, We still do not know if the Ethnic Food Fair will take place at the end of May, due to some delays between the Parks and Recreations and the House of Pacific Relations. We will let you know by email as soon as we know.
I want to congratulate everybody that helped in the Cervantes Festival. San Diego/Alcala Sister City Society and House of Spain did a magnificent job putting together this event, thank you to all of you that made this possible. This success would have not been possible without each of your hard work and cooperation!
I want to congratulate Estrella Diaz Sánchez (ex-Board member of the HOS in San Diego) for her new position in the “Smart Tourism Destinations” in the European Union and an award by the Regional Government of Castilla La Mancha. Read more in the two articles below.
Next month, on Saturday 14 of May, HOS will have a presentation by Dr. Scott Dale, Professor of Spanish Literature from the University of Marquette, Wisconsin, on “Origins of Innovative Modernity in Spain: The Elusive 18th Century”. More information will be available by email and on our website.
Also, in the month of June, we will have two presentations by Dr. Joaquin Anguera, one in Spanish on June 4, the other in English on June 18, the subject: “Aging Issues Seem to Take Center Stage”. More information will be available by email and on our website.
For those of you that know Spanish, I recommend that you read the “CARTA DE HERNAN CORTES AL PRESIDENTE DE MEJICO” published in the Diario de Cadiz by Jesus Maeso de la Torre. The link is further down in this newsletter.
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Queen Sofia Spanish Institute New YorkIn a ceremony chaired by H.M. Queen Sofia, the Queen Sofia Spanish Institute presented the Electronic Biographical Dictionary (DB~e) of the Royal Academy of History for the first time in the Americas. Ceremony speakers included Carmen Iglesias, Director of the Royal Academy of History; Jaime Olmedo, Technical Director of the Electronic Biographical Dictionary at the Royal Academy of History; and Richard L. Kagan, American Historian and Hispanist, Professor Emeritus of history at Johns Hopkins University. The Electronic Biographical Dictionary (DB~e) of the Royal Academy of History is a digital resource created to access the largest database of content about historical figures from Spain and other territories that once formed part of the Spanish Administration. The Electronic Biographical Dictionary of the Royal Academy of History contains: – More than 50,000 figures from the history of Spain – 2,700 years of history – A worldwide geographic scope, with special attention to all the territories that, in addition to the Iberian Peninsula, formed part of the Spanish Administration – 2,000 professions – 4,500 authors, Spaniards and other international authors – 500 national and international contributing institutions. |
Charla sobre Dra Ángeles Alvariño
El día 2 de abril tuvo lugar en la House of Spain, Casa de España de SD (HOSSD) la charla que impartió Ángeles Leira sobre su madre la Dra. Ángeles Alvariño. 
La charla fue organizada por el CRE-LA en colaboración con HOSSD La charla fue todo un éxito, y muy amena. Ángeles habló sobre su madre a título personal, relatando la vida de su madre desde su nacimiento hasta su muerte, y explicando su trayectoria como científica. Los invitados participaron activamente con preguntas. Después de la charla hubo un piscolabis en la que una vez más participaron los asistentes a la charla, compartiendo sus mejores claros y una copita de vino.
El CRE LA quiere agradecer a Ángeles Leira, a la Casa de España en SD (HOSSD) y a todos los asistentes por tan exitoso evento.
La profesora de la UCLM Estrella Díaz es elegida experta en turismo inteligente por la Comisión Europe
La Comisión Europea ha seleccionado a la profesora de la Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha (UCLM) Estrella Díaz Sánchez dentro del grupo de diez expertos en el ámbito del turismo, la digitalización y la gestión de datos que participará en el proyecto ‘Smart Tourism Destinations’ (Destinos Turísticos Inteligentes). Se trata de una iniciativa pionera en Europa y tiene como objetivo principal crear las directrices que debenseguir los destinos turísticos en el territorio europeo para ser inteligentes.
Read more here and here.
DIARIO DE CADIZ CARTA DE HERNAN CORTES AL PRESIDENTE DE MEJICO
“España admitió a la América india en su modelo de sociedad, extremo este que jamás concibieron los franceses, ingleses u holandeses en sus colonias” según Jesus Maeso de la Torre. Read more.
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Jesus Benayas