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| FUNDACIÓN JUANELO TURRIANO | 029 2013 February |
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| NEWS |
| BOOK PRESENTATION: EL DISCURSO DEL INGENIERO EN EL SIGLO XIX |
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| On 30 January, the book El discurso del ingeniero en el siglo XIX. Aportaciones a la historia de las obras públicas, authored by Dr Inmaculada Aguilar Civera, full professor at the University of Valencia, was presented at the Fundación Juanelo Turriano headquarters. Published by the foundation in conjunction with the Regional Government of Valencia, the book reviews nineteenth century engineers’ attitudes toward the history of their discipline, particularly when undertaking interventions in monumental or historic public works. In addition to the author, the panel that presented the book included Polytechnic University of Madrid emeritus professor Pedro Navascués Palacio, and Dr. Enginneer and historian Fernando Sáenz Ridruejo. See bibliographic information Buy book   
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| FUNDACIÓN JUANELO TURRIANO. 25th ANNIVERSARY |
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| On the occasion of the 25th anniversary of its creation by engineer and historian José Antonio García-Diego, the Fundación Juanelo Turriano published a commemorative book in which articles by Antonio Recuero, José Manuel Sánchez Ron, Thomas F. Glick and Daniel Crespo are supplemented with graphic information about the foundation’s activities in the last quarter century. The book can be ordered by e-mail at the following address: fundacion@juaneloturriano.com |
| GRANTS FOR PhD. STUDIES |
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| A total of 25 applications for the grants for PhD. research awarded by the Fundación Juanelo Turriano were received by the deadline, 31 January last. |
| INCLUSION OF THE DIGITAL LIBRARY IN THE HISPANA DIGITAL REPOSITORY |
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| Hispana, a European Union Open Archive Initiative facility, is a compilation of digital collections extant in archives, libraries and museums. The institutional repositories of Spanish universities and regional digital libraries, which constitute one such collection, provide access to a growing corpus of materials (manuscripts, printed books, photographs, maps...) that form part of Spain’s bibliographic heritage. A total of 4 311 921 digital objects grouped into 184 collections can be accessed from this directory, run by the Ministry of Education, Culture and Sport. |
| FUNDACIÓN JUANELO TURRIANO LIBRARY: ACQUISITIONS |
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| OTHER CURRENT EVENTS |
| TRASMIERA ECOPARK |
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| Trasmiera Ecopark, distinguished among others with the 2012 edition of the HISPANIA NOSTRA award, was presented on 1 February at the Casa de Cantabria in Madrid. The book Molinos de mar en Cantabria by Luis Azurmendi and Mª Ángeles Gómez Carballo was also presented during the event, held on the occasion of the official opening of the exhibition entitled “Colección Ecoparque de Trasmiera”, which will be on display through 28 February. More… http://www.ecoparquedetrasmiera.com/ |
| ANNOUNCEMENTS |
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| - Youth Symposium on the History of Science, Technology and Education. To be held at Kiev, Ukraine, on 25 and 26 April 2013.
- Under construction. Construction sites: Building the material and the imaginary world. To be held at the University of Stuttgart on 15 and 16 November 2013. The deadline for presenting proposals for communications is 1 March.
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