Carmen Iglesias

María del Carmen Iglesias Cano, known as Carmen Iglesias, is a Spanish historian. She holds the non-hereditary title Countess of Gisbert, which was bestowed on her by King Juan Carlos.[1]

As Director of the Real Academia de la Historia, she has been responsible for the launch of the electronic version of Spain´s dictionary of national biography, the Diccionario biográfico español.[2]

Education

Iglesias studied at the Complutense University of Madrid.

Career

Iglesias is a specialist in eighteenth-century history, and her publications include work on the French philosopher Montesquieu.

In 1991 she became a member of the Real Academia de la Historia, where she has been the Director since 2014.[3] She is also a member of the academy which regulates the Spanish language, the Real Academia Española.

Bibliography

El pensamiento de Montesquieu: política y ciencia natural. 1984, republished 2005. (link to lecture on Montesquieu)

References

  1. ↑ In a decree dated May 2014 the King stated:
    «La brillante e intensa labor académica y docente de doña María del Carmen Iglesias Cano, al servicio de España y de la Corona, merece ser reconocida de manera especial, por lo que, queriendo demostrarle mi Real aprecio,
    Vengo en otorgarle, con carácter vitalicio, el título de Condesa de Gisbert
    Juan Carlos R.»
    — Real Decreto 354/2014, de 13 de mayo. Publicado en el «BOE» núm. 117, de 14 de mayo de 2014, páginas 37786.
  2. ↑ "La historia se conecta a la era tecnológica con el Diccionario Biográfico Electrónico". La Vanguardia (in Spanish). 2018.
  3. ↑ "Carmen Iglesias se convierte en la primera mujer..." 20minutos (in Spanish). 2014.


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.