187 January 2021

The deadline for submitting papers for the Turriano-ICOHTEC Prize is 1 February next.

The winning paper, whose author will be awarded 2500 euros, will be read at the 26^thInternational Congress for the History of Science and Technology (ICHST) to be held online from 25 to 31 July 2021.

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The third Reconstruction and Restoration of Architectural Heritage congress will be held online from 24 to 27 March.

One of the 24 March sessions will consist of a mini-symposium on the history of construction jointly organised by the Technical University of Madrid and the Sociedad Española de Historia de la Construcción [Spanish society for the history of construction].

The deadline for registration is 1 March next.

An exhibition entitled El ingenio al servicio del poder. Los códices de Leonardo Da Vinci en la Corte de los Austrias [Ingenuity at the service of political power: Leonardo da Vinci’s codices at the Habsburg court] organised by the Region of Madrid in conjunction with the Royal San Fernando Royal Academy of Fine Arts will open to the public at the Academy on 2 February.

The exhibition, which will run through 16 May, is co-curated by Daniel Crespo Delgado, professor with the Complutense University of Madrid and Fundación Juanelo Turriano researcher.

The judges for the 16^th edition of the Demetrio Ribes Prize have awarded the honour to Dr Santiago Tormo Esteve for his thesis entitled Funcionalidad hídrica y térmica de los complejos termales romanos. Las termas mayores de Mura en Llíria (Valencia) [Hydric and thermal operation of Roman thermal complexes: the baths of Mura at Liria, Valencia].

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In pursuit of a listing on UNESCO’s World Heritage roster, the municipal and regional governments of Madrid have joined forces to submit a candidacy entitled Paseo del Prado and El Retiro Park: Landscape of Art and Science

A book has recently been released under the title Trazas y negocios. Ingenieros empresarios en la España del siglo XX [Drawing and doing business: engineering and enterprise in 20^th C. Spain].

Edited by Gloria Quiroga Valle, it includes the biographies of 11 20^th-century Spanish engineers whose engagement in business contributed to changing the country’s history.