This cycle of conferences will be held from March to July 2017 (once a month). The second one will be given by Dr. Daniel Castillo Hidalgo this thursday May 25 at 19:00. He teaches African Economic History (MA Degree) and forms part of the Heritage and Atlantic History Division at the IATEX, University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria. His conference deals with the evolution of urban functions in Africa in the long term where he will explore the path-dependence and path-creation processes tied to the colonial and post-colonial affairs. Hence, Castillo will present the existent linkages that appears in African urban-evolution between the first half of the nineteenth century and the early twenty-first century and how traditional features and globalization dynamics interacted there.

The Educational Innovation Group in Humanities at the University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, working within the Project for Educational Innovation called Espacios y Contextos (Space and Context) is holding, in collaboration with the IATEXT, the First Seminar on Educational Innovation in the Teaching of Spanish and Spanish Literature at Secondary Level on March 18th 2017.

This seminar aims to create a space for exchange between young and veteran teachers of secondary school in order to foster creativity and energy in aspiring secondary school teachers. Both groups are essential to make the most out of the creativity and energy of young people so it can be appropriately executed and channeled, taking into consideration the experience of veteran teachers in the field of secondary education.