Historia Fundamental Collection

Fundación Banco Santander, faithful to its commitment to humanism, the expansion of knowledge and the certainty that knowledge of what happened in the past is a way to understand our present in order to aspire to a better future, has created and published Colección Historia Fundamental (Fundamental History Collection). Each of its volumes will gather episodes, facts, characters, themes and writings -between the 16th and 18th centuries- of the Spanish and Latin American reality that, due to different circumstances, were forgotten, unclarified or are still ignored by the general public. In this manner, we hope to contribute to a deeper reflection and analysis of history that will illuminate these centuries and enrich our present time.  

Biografías e Historia

Biographies and History is a series of conferences organized by the Banco Santander Foundation in collaboration with the Cultural Foundation of the Spanish Nobility. It aims to review important moments in history through the biography of its protagonists.

In our Youtube channel you can see the conferences held in the 2020 cycle: The first globalization. America and the oceans. Routes of adventure and science (from the 16th to the 18th century) and 2021: America and the oceans. 18th century. This cycle continues to study the importance of America in the commercial, political and strategic relations of the time.

Now access here to this new cycle of conferences that, in 2022, will deal with the theme: "America, Spain and the Independences: 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.

 

 

Ciclo Biografías e Historia 2020 - España y las Indias en el siglo XVIII - Carmen Iglesias
Carmen Iglesias - América, España y las independencias: 200 aniversario
Ciclo Biografías e Historia 2022 - Jaime Olmedo - La otra independencia: Modernismo y emancipación cultural
Jaime Olmedo - La otra independencia: Modernismo y emancipación cultural
Ciclo Biografías e Historia 2022 - Carmen Sanz - El discurso de legitimidad: América contra Napoleón
Carmen Sanz - El discurso de legitimidad: América contra Napoleón
Ciclo Biografías e Historia 2022 - Marcelo Gullo - Independencias de Hispanoamérica: realidad compleja
Marcelo Gullo - Independencias de Hispanoamérica: realidad compleja