Lost in Foundation. El largo camino de la arqueología española hacia una Escuela en Atenas (con paradas en Roma, El Cairo y Amán)
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2024
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Agencia Española de Cooperación Internacional para el Desarrollo (AECID), Instituto Cervantes, Casa Mediterráneo, Asociación JAS Arqueología
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La idea de fundar una institución española en Atenas dedicada a los estudios históricos y arqueológicos cuenta ya con 150 años de antigüedad. En ese lapso de tiempo se han sucedido diferentes proyectos, algunos promovidos por instituciones españolas, otros por figuras privadas, que por una causa u otra -por ejemplo, la falta de una política colonial de España en el Mediterráneo oriental en los siglos XIX y XX, o la existencia previa de una institución académica en Roma- nunca han llegado a cristalizar. Entre las tentativas más relevantes destacaremos las que tuvieron lugar en los años 20, promovidas por José Ramón Mélida; en los años 90, con la adquisición por parte de José María Luzón Nogué de una sede para efectuar la fundación de la Escuela de Arqueología; y más recientemente en 2018, con el compromiso alcanzado entre la UAM, encabezada por Adolfo Domínguez Monedero, y el Instituto Cervantes de Atenas, para organizar y poner en marcha una Escuela Española de Estudios Helénicos.
The idea of founding a Spanish institution in Athens devoted to historical and archaeological studies is already 150 years old. In that period different projects have been followed, some promoted by Spanish institutions, others by private personalities, that for a reason or another -such as the lack of a colonial policy of Spain in the eastern Mediterranean in the 19th and 20th centuries, or the previous existence of an academic institution in Rome-, have never come to crystallize. Among the most important attempts we will highlight those that took place in the 20’s, promoted by José Ramón Mélida; in the 1990’s, with the acquisition by José María Luzón Nogué of a headquarters to carry out the foundation of the School of Archaeology; and more recently in 2018, with the compromise reached between the UAM, headed by Adolfo Domínguez Monedero, and the Cervantes Institute of Athens, to organize and launch a Spanish School of Hellenic Studies.
The idea of founding a Spanish institution in Athens devoted to historical and archaeological studies is already 150 years old. In that period different projects have been followed, some promoted by Spanish institutions, others by private personalities, that for a reason or another -such as the lack of a colonial policy of Spain in the eastern Mediterranean in the 19th and 20th centuries, or the previous existence of an academic institution in Rome-, have never come to crystallize. Among the most important attempts we will highlight those that took place in the 20’s, promoted by José Ramón Mélida; in the 1990’s, with the acquisition by José María Luzón Nogué of a headquarters to carry out the foundation of the School of Archaeology; and more recently in 2018, with the compromise reached between the UAM, headed by Adolfo Domínguez Monedero, and the Cervantes Institute of Athens, to organize and launch a Spanish School of Hellenic Studies.