Activities
Academic year 2007-08
The Real Colegio Complutense and its Fellows present
every Thursday at 7:30 pm.
RCC Fellows Lectures (in English),
and every Friday at 7:30 pm.
Spanish movies (in Spanish, English subtitles)
Spanish movies Fall 2007 and Spring 2008
Activities of 2001- 2002 2002-2003 2003-2004 2004-2005 2005-2006 2006-2007
Madrid and Modernity (video)
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2008 Group of Advanced Research
“REGULATING LIABILITIES IN THE INTERNATIONAL TRADE OF FOOD AND GMOs: TOWARDS AN INTERNATIONAL FOOD SAFETY SYSTEM?”
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2007 Group of Advanced Research J. B. Conant
"THE PUBLIC INTEREST. MEDIA AND PUBLIC OPINION IN COMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVE (USA-EU)"
Blog of the J. B. Conant Group
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RCC FELLOWS LECTURES
will continue at mid September 2008
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2008 RCC Courses and Seminars
July 28- August 1
II Simposio Internacional para docentes e investigadores en Gestión y Políticas Públicas -Siglo XXI ,
Directors: Julio González and R. Galindo
TBA
Survey of methods in Health Services Research.
collab. with DRCLAS and Univ. Baja California
Directors: Kenneth Kleinman & Sonia Contreras
TBA
Management Research in a Global and Changing Environment
collab. with DRCLAS and Univ. Santiago de Chile
Directors: Asís Martínez Jerez & Raquel Galindo-Dorado
August 6-13
Fourth Summer Seminar on Sociological and Political Research
Director: Jesús de Miguel
Sponsor: Fundación CIS
September 2-5
Health Policy Innovation
Director: Albert Jovell
October, 6-8
Commercial Law Course
Directors: David Kennedy & Juan Sánchez-Calero
TBA
October,
Law and Economics
Director: Francisco Cabrillo
Sponsor: Fundación Rafael del Pino
TBA
Global law in comparative perspective: Latin America and beyond
Director: David Kennedy
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Friday, September 14th, 7:00 pm
Academic year 2007-2008
Opening Ceremony
Presentation of the RCC Fellows and Associates
Concert
Galina Plotnikova, violin
Jenae Kessler, violin
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RCC FELLOWS LECTURES
September 20, 7:30 pm
"Why Roman Law? Or Maybe Better Why Not?"
Bernardo Periñán Gómez, Universidad Pablo de Olavide
September 27, 7:30 pm
"Education at a crossroads: culturally responsive pedagogy"
Rosa Rodríguez Izquierdo, Universidad Pablo de Olavide
October 4, 7:30 pm
"Tax Incentives for social enterprises? The Case of Spanish cooperatives"
Marta Montero Simo, ETEA, U. de Córdoba, Spain
October 11, 7:30 pm
"Christian, Muslim and Jewish women in medieval Spain"
María Jesús Fuente, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid.
October 18, 7:30 pm
“Some problems and considerations about historical research”
Francisco Javier Zamora Rodríguez , Universidad Pablo de Olavide
October 25, 7:30 pm
"A proposal draft for a family-based program of prevention of aids and drug abuse among Latino teens"
Juan-Luis Recio Adrados, Universidad Complutense de Madrid.
November 1, 7:30 pm
Special event in Spanish: "Descubriendo las estrategias de comunicación en un poema de Rafael Alberti"
Carmen González Landa, Universidad Complutense de Madrid.
November 8, 7:30 pm
"Criminals and just Speakers: An approach to a democratic dilemma through some practical examples"
Abel Arias, Universidad de Oviedo.
November 15, 7:30 pm
"Rethinking affirmative action in employment policy for women"
María José Gómez-Millán Herencia, Universidad Pablo de Olavide.
November 29, 7:30 pm
"Punitive Damages: a statistical research project on the US Supreme Court’s main constitutional concerns"Matías Irigoyen Testa, Universidad Nacional del Sur (Argentina) and Universidad Complutense de Madrid (Spain).
December 6, 7:30 pm
"Microcredits, a case study: CASHPOR India"
Prisca M Castanyer, Universidad Complutense de Madrid.
December 13, 7:30 pm
"Vertical agreements: empirical evidence and public policy"
Xulia González, Universidad de Vigo.
December 20, 7:30 pm
"A new taphonomic and zooarchaeological approach to the East African Plio-Pleistocene archaeology: Olduvai Gorge (Tanzania) and the role of hominids in the accumulation of the Bed I archeological sites."
Rebeca Barba Egido, Universidad Complutense de Madrid.
January 10, 7:30 pm
Constructing Reconstruction: the Barcelona Pavilion and Nelson Goodman’s Aesthetic Philosophy"
"Remei Capdevila Werning, PhD Candidate in Philosophy - Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
January 17, 7:30 pm
"Interpretation of the International Uniform Trade Conventions: Article 7 of the Vienna Convention on International Sale of Goods"
Anselmo Martínez Cañellas, Universitat de les Illes Balears.
January 24, 7:30 pm
"The Immune Sysytem and Cancer: Reaching Stalemate"José Manuel Martín Villa, Profesor Titular de Inmunología, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Complutense de Madrid.
January 31, 7:30 pm
" The Execution of Legal Judgments in the Field of Urban Development in Spain"Gemma Geis, Gemma Geis Carreras, PhD Candidate in Law, Universitat de Girona
February 7, 7:30 pm
“Le Corbusier and the Architectural Revolution of the Modernity”Ivan Shumkov, Universitat Polytecnica de Catalunya, Barcelona.
February 14, 7:30 pm
“Psychopathological Consequences of Childhood Trauma”Marta Ramírez Gaite, M.D., MPH Candidate 2008, Harvard School of Public Health.
February 21, 7:30 pm
"Leadership and Ethics in Foreign Policy. The Case of Fidel Castro vs. Robert McNamara".
Cristian Lucas-Mas, MPA Candidate, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University.
February 28, 7:30 pm
"Regional Wage Disparities in Europe: What is the role for Market Access?"
Jesús López Rodríguez, Universidad da Coruña.
March 6, 7:30 pm
"Measuring multidimensionality of poverty"Eugenio M. Fedriani Martel, Associate Professor of Quantitative Methods for Economics and Business Administration, Universidad Pablo de Olavide, Sevilla
March 13, 7:30 pm
A Theory of the Long Tail."
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Andrés Hervás, Ph.D. candidate in Economics, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona.
March 20, 7:30 pm
"A Story about History: On the Role of Theory in Historical Writing"
Álvaro Santana-Acuña, Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Sociology, Harvard University
April 3, 7:30 pm
The Product Life Cycle (PCL)Ignacio Crespo,Harvard Univ.
April 10, 7:30 pm
"Off-Shoring in Spain: Foreign and Domestic Firms"
Rafael Myro,Professor of Applied Economy, UCM.
April 17, 7:30 pm
"Title Registration vs. Title Insurance"
Celia Martínez, Universidad de Valladolid
April 23, 7:30 pm
"Closed Societies and their Friends from Totalitarianism to Fundamentalism:an approach from conceptual history"Juan F. Fuentes Aragonés, Universidad Complutense de Madrid
April 24, 7:30 pm
"The D-LITE project: Database of Light-Interacting Technologies for Envelopes"Rosa Urbano, PhD Candidate, Harvard GSD.
April 30, 7:30 pm
"Authority,Leadership and Adaptive Challenges"Ignacio Martin Maruri, UNED, Madrid & KSG, Harvard University
May 1, 7:30 pm
"Spanish Health Care System: Reform Overview, Challenges and Possible Solutions"
Oriana Ramírez Rubio, Harvard School of Public Health
May 8, 7:30 pm
"The Center-Periphery Dimension in Spanish Political Parties,1977-2008"
Oscar Martínez-Tapia, UCM
May 14, 7:30 pm "Special Event" (in Spanish)
"Como águilas nos avemos de renovar: Hernando de Talavera y su idea de Reforma Eclesiástica en la España de los Reyes Católicos (1475-1504)"
Laura Giordano, Univ. Abat Oliba CEU and Department of History, Harvard University.
May 22, 7:30 pm"Proton pump inhibitors reduce the long-term risk of recurrent upper gastrointestinal bleeding: an observational study"
Elvira Massó, Harvard School of Public Health
May 29, 7:30 pm
"New Legal Decisionism? The Authoritarian Roots of the Neocons."Rafael Rodríguez Prieto, Univ. Pablo de Olavide, Seville.
June 12, 7:30 pm
"Distribution of Motor Fuel: Legal Disputes"
Javier Martínez Rosado, Universidad Complutense de Madrid and HBS
June 19, 7:30 pm
"Is there Indian influence in Plato?"
Madayo Kahle, PhD Candidate, I.U. de Ciencias de las Religiones, UCM / Dept. of Sanskrit and Indian Studies, Harvard University
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James B. Conant Forum of Discussion
Short movies and documentaries on hot topics
presented by Rafael Rodríguez Prieto
Wednesday, February 20 & 27, March 5 & 12, 2008, 7:00 pm
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2007 RCC COURSES AND SEMINARIES
September 17-19
Seminar on public health
Director: Albert Jovell. Coordinator: Bruce Kupelnick
October 15-17
V Seminar Harvard-Complutense on Commerce Law
Directors: David Kennedy , HU, Juan Sánchez-Calero, UCM.
Sponsors: Garrigues, Allen&Overy et al.
October 22-26
IV Seminar on Law and Economics
Directors: Francisco Cabrillo, UCM, and Fernando Gómez, UPF. Coordinator: Rocío Albert.
Sponsor: Fundación Rafael del Pino.
2007 RCC Symposia
November 12-13
Romance Translations of the Bible in the Middle Ages
An international Symposium
Sponsors: CILENGUA, Fundación San Millán & Real Colegio Complutense
December 8 & 9
2007 Group of Advanced Research J. B. Conant
"THE PUBLIC INTEREST. MEDIA AND PUBLIC OPINION IN COMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVE (USA-EU)"
The First International RCC J.B. Conant Seminar “Media, Democracy and Public Interest” at the Real Colegio Complutense, Harvard University.
2008 RCC C0URSES AND SEMINARIES
May 4-7
Sexto Encuentro Empresarial para Empresarios Españoles Y Norteamericanos
REAL COLEGIO COMPLUTENSE & THE HARVARD FACULTY CLUB(Cambridge-Boston, MA)
Directora del Programa: Marisa del Pozo
e-mail de contacto: mapoli@ccinf.ucm.es
Programa: http://www.servicomspain-usa.com
June 23-27
Fifth Seminar on Government restructuring: privatization, regulation and competition
directed by Anton Costas and Germà Bel
Sponsor: Fundación Rafael del Pino
June 29-July 3
Health Leadership at the Balearic Islands
(Retos y oportunidades del liderazgo en salud)
directed by Albert Jovell and Joan M. Gual.
July 7-11
Summer Course on Business Management Research
Director: Alvaro Cuervo. Coordinator: Mauro Guillén
Sponsor: Fundación Rafael del Pino
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Activities in Spain
CICA – STR
International Conference on Interdisciplinary Analyses
of Aggression and Terrorism
Miraflores de la Sierra (Spain)
27-30 September 2007
co-sponsored by RCC
