The Queen Sofía Spanish Institute is pleased to announce that the America&Spain250 initiative will be featured in a plenary session at the 54th Annual Conference of the Association for Spanish and Portuguese Historical Studies (ASPHS).
Friday, June 6th | 6:00-7:00pm
University of Maryland, College Park
Register to attend the ASPHS Annual Conference HERE
The America&Spain250 plenary session is scheduled for Friday, June 6, from 6:00 to 7:00 pm and will highlight the enduring historical ties between Spain and the United States in the context of the forthcoming 250th anniversary of American independence.
The session will start with remarks by Begonia Santos, President and CEO of the Queen Sofía Spanish Institute, who will introduce the America&Spain250 initiative, a comprehensive program dedicated to exploring and promoting Spain’s crucial role in the founding and early development of the United States.
Following this introduction, Ambassador Gonzalo M. Quintero Saravia will deliver a keynote presentation on his acclaimed book, “Bernardo de Gálvez: Spanish Hero of the American Revolution”. This work offers a compelling account of one of the most important yet often overlooked figures in the American Revolutionary War. The book was honored with the Distinguished Book Award of the Society for Military History for the best biography published in 2018, recognizing its scholarly excellence and contribution to the field of military history.
This plenary session is open to all registered conference participants and promises to enrich academic discussions surrounding transatlantic history and the vital Spanish-American connection.
About the Speaker:
Gonzalo M. Quintero Saravia, PhD in History from the Universidad Complutense de Madrid and in Public Law from the UNED, is a corresponding member of the Royal Academy of History and the Colombian Academy of History. He has been a fellow of the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs at Harvard University. His book “Bernardo de Gálvez: Spanish Hero of the American Revolution” was awarded the Distinguished Book Award of the Society for Military History for the best biography published in 2018 (published by Alianza Editorial under the title Bernardo de Gálvez: A Spanish Hero in the American War of Independence). Among his most recent publications we find: with Professor Gabriel Paquette “Spain and the American Revolution: New Approaches and Perspectives” (New York: Routledge, 2019 and Charlottesville, VA: University of Virginia Press, 2022); “The Participation of France and Spain,” in Wim Klooster ed. “The Age of Atlantic Revolutions. Vol. 1. The Enlightenment and the British Colonies” (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2023: 269-295) and with Professor Kathleen DuVal, “Bernardo de Gálvez: Friend of the American Revolution, Friend of Empire,” in Andrew N. O’Shaughnessy, John A. Ragosta, and Marie-Jeanne Rossignol eds. European Friends of the American Revolution (Charlottesville & London: University of Virginia Press, 2023, 147-174).
