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Monday 28
Tuesday 29th
Wednesday 30
Thursday 31st

Inaugural Conference. The European Union between wars and elections

War disasters
Monday, July 28, 2025 |
09:00 - 10:15
Teatro Leal
Josep Borrell Fontelles. Former High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy.

Campus Inauguration

Monday, July 28, 2025 |
09:00 - 09:15
Teatro Leal
This event will mark the beginning of the International Campus, with the participation of academic authorities and institutional representatives

Conference. The phenomenon of war in the modern world

War disasters
Monday, July 28, 2025 |
10:45 - 12:00
Teatro Leal
José Pardo de Santayana Gómez de Olea. Retired Colonel of the Spanish Army. Associate Professor at the Higher Center for National Defense Studies (CESEDEN). Full Member of the Academy of Military Sciences and Arts.

Conference. Renewing the approach to heritage conservation: the role of civil society

Reason for being the heritage of the 21st century
Tuesday, July 29, 2025 |
10:00 - 11:15
La Laguna Cajacanarias Cultural Space
Francesco Bandarin. He is an architect and former Deputy Director-General for Culture at UNESCO.

Conference. Armed conflicts as a political tool and means of communication projection

War disasters
Tuesday, July 29, 2025 |
10:00 - 11:15
Santo Domingo Convent, Chapter House
Ana del Paso Gallego. Professor of international relations in the Department of Journalism and Global Communication at the Complutense University of Madrid, specializing in armed conflicts, author of, among other books, "Spanish Women Reporters, Witnesses of War: From the Pioneers to the Present.".

Conference. Voices from War: The Human Side of Humanitarian Action

War disasters
Tuesday, July 29, 2025 |
11:45 - 13:00
Santo Domingo Convent, Chapter House
Carlos Batallas Sordo. Member of the Center for International Humanitarian Law of the Spanish Red Cross and Professor of International Law at IE University.

Conference. Reinventing the built heritage

Reason for being the heritage of the 21st century
Tuesday, July 29, 2025 |
11:45 - 13:00
La Laguna Cajacanarias Cultural Space
Carmen Espegel. She is a Professor of Architectural Projects at the Higher Technical School of Architecture of the Polytechnic University of Madrid (ETSAM).

Dialogue table. War narratives

War disasters
Tuesday, July 29, 2025 |
13:00 - 14:15
Santo Domingo Convent
Outstanding journalists linked to the war moderated by Nicolás Castellano, a journalist of the SER chain.

Guided tour: “La Laguna house, orchard, patio, garden”

Reason for being the heritage of the 21st century
Tuesday, July 29, 2025 |
17:00 - 19:00
Cultural tour of some of the most representative courtyards of La Laguna aimed at the participants of the course Reason for being of the heritage of the 21st century.

Projection of the documentary "Daughters of the Holy Land"

Cultural event
Tuesday, July 29, 2025 |
19:30 - 21:00
Paraninfo of the University of La Laguna
An activity that invites you to reflect on two lives marked by conflicts.

Conference. Neuroimaging and neurotherapies in Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)

Neuroscience, neurotechnology and neurorights
Wednesday, July 30, 2025 |
10:00 - 11:15
Santo Domingo Convent, Chapter House
Katya Rubia is Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience and Deputy Director of the Department of Child Psychiatry/Pears Maudsley Centre for Young People at King's College London, UK.

Conference. Biocultural heritage and daily life in a Hispanic American city

Reason for being the heritage of the 21st century
Wednesday, July 30, 2025 |
10:00 - 11:15
La Laguna Cajacanarias Cultural Space
Alejandro de Ávila Blomberg. He is a botanist and holds a doctorate in Anthropology.

Conference. The “invention” of heritage: contradictions and possibilities

Reason for being the heritage of the 21st century
Wednesday, July 30, 2025 |
11:45 - 13:00
La Laguna Cajacanarias Cultural Space
Michael Jakob. He is Professor of History and Landscape Theory at the Mendrisio Academy of Architecture of the Italian Università della Svizzera.

Conference. Neurotechnology: With great power comes great responsibility

Neuroscience, neurotechnology and neurorights
Wednesday, July 30, 2025 |
11:45 - 13:00
Santo Domingo Convent, Chapter House
Guiomar Niso Galán. She is the Director of the Neuroimaging Group at the Cajal Institute of the CSIC (Spanish National Research Council).

Conference. Neuro-workplace rights: Neurotechnology arrives in the workplace

Neuroscience, neurotechnology and neurorights
Wednesday, July 30, 2025 |
13:00 - 14:15
Santo Domingo Convent, Chapter House
Jesús Rafael Mercader Uguina. Professor of Labor Law and Social Security at the Carlos III University of Madrid.

Seminar: The Rationale for Heritage in the 21st Century

Reason for being the heritage of the 21st century
Wednesday, July 30, 2025 |
13:00 - 14:15
La Laguna Cajacanarias Cultural Space
This seminar brings together a group of leading international specialists who will address heritage as a cultural, economic and social driver, from the perspective of conservation, protection and innovation.

Concert Los Sabandeños 60 years

Cultural event
Wednesday, July 30, 2025 |
20:00 - 21:30
Teatro Leal
The emblematic folk group Los Sabandeños will offer a concert within the cultural program of the International Ciudad de la Laguna


Cultural program

Meeting with Alberto Hugo Rojas "The story of war through photojournalism"

Tuesday, July 15, 2025, 6:00 PM - 7:30 PM
La Laguna Cajacanarias Cultural Space
Meeting with Alberto Hugo Rojas, War Graphic Reporter.

Conference "written in stone. The territory of Addar in Guanche era"

Friday, July 4, 2025, 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
La Laguna Cajacanarias Cultural Space
Conference “Written in Stone. The territory of Addar in the Guanche era” and guided tour of the exhibition Written in Stone

Exhibition The disasters of war. Photographs by Alberto Hugo Rojas

From Tuesday, July 15th to July 31st, 2025, 00:00 - 00:00
La Laguna Cajacanarias Cultural Space
Exhibition The disasters of war. Photographs by Alberto Hugo Rojas

Exhibition "Written in stone"

From Friday, July 4th to July 31st, 2025, All day
Plaza del Adelantado
"Written in stone" provides a scientific vision of the rich indigenous archaeological heritage of the Canary Islands.

Projection of the documentary "Daughters of the Holy Land"

Tuesday, July 29, 2025, 7:30 PM - 9:00 PM
Paraninfo of the University of La Laguna
An activity that invites you to reflect on two lives marked by conflicts.

Concert Los Sabandeños 60 years

Wednesday, July 30, 2025, 8:00 PM - 9:30 PM
Teatro Leal
The emblematic folk group Los Sabandeños will offer a concert within the cultural program of the International Ciudad de la Laguna