AMERLEX is part of the research projects selected in the 2022 call for Knowledge Generation Projects

Thursday, 27 July, 2023

The Project  of Digital Humanities of the University Institute of Textual Analysis and Applications,  'Lexical Americanisms in the Spanish and English languages ​​documented in texts about America (1650-1740): development of the AMERLEX database'  it is part of the eight research projects selected in the 2022 call for Knowledge Generation Projects, within the framework of the State Program to Promote Scientific-Technical Research and its Transfer, of the State Plan for Scientific, Technical and Innovation Research 2021-2023.

"The revolutionary women of the theater of Benito Pérez Galdós" by Carmen Márquez in The Conversation

Tuesday, 18 July, 2023

Doctor of the ULPGC and member of IATEXT, Carmen Márquez Montes has  recently published in The Conversation: “The revolutionary women of the theater by Benito Pérez Galdós".

In this article, Márquez explains and reveals the importance that the Canarian author gave to the female characters in each of his works. It emphasizes that, in terms of Galdós' theatrical production, “seventeen of the twenty-one plays written and premiered were led by women. All of them were characterized by being great defenders of the right of women to develop in life according to their desires.”

Daniel Castillo, member of IATEXT coordinates a book on the importance of carbon markets during the First Globalization.

Tuesday, 11 July, 2023

Daniel Castillo, member of IATEXT coordinates a book on the importance of carbon markets during the First Globalization.

The University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria continues to improve its position in maritime and business history studies. In this case, Daniel Castillo Hidalgo, professor of History and Economic Institutions of the Department of Historical Sciences, researcher belonging to the Division Documentation, Heritage and Atlantic History of IATEXT, is the co-editor of the book Fuelling the World Economy. Seaports, Coal, and Oil Markets, posted by Palgrave Macmillan in the Palgrave Studies in Maritime Economics.

"The place names are neither good nor bad, but cultural richness" by María Teresa Cáceres in The Conversation

Wednesday, 5 July, 2023

María Teresa Cáceres Lorenzo, Professor at the University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria and member of the IATEXT has published recently in The Conversation: "The place names are neither good nor bad, but cultural richness" together with Marcos Salas Pascual Researcher associated with the Institute of Environmental Studies and Natural Resources, University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria.

Historically, place names have served to designate geographical points but we all know that "they define something more than the proper names of a place, they glimpse a history, useful information for many sciences (botany, demography, ethnography , geography, philology, etc.), but above all they are part of the life and culture of the people of each environment, and therefore they are generators of feelings and expression of a cultural link."

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