Enriqueta Vila Vilar

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Enriqueta Vila Vilar
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Born14 May 1935  OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
Seville   OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
Awards
  • Medal of Andalusia (2003)
  • Gold Medal of the Province of Seville (2007)  OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg

Enriqueta Vila Vilar (born 1935) is a Spanish historian and researcher specialised on the History of the Americas.

Biography

Born in 1935 in Seville, she earned a PhD in History of the Americas from the University of Seville in 1972. [1] She worked as research lecturer at the Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC). [2] She served as Seville municipal councillor in representation of the Andalucist Party (PA) and was charged with the municipal government area of Culture from 1991 to 1995. [2] In 1995, she became the first female numerary member of the Real Academia Sevillana de Buenas Letras, serving as director of the learned society from 2011 to 2014. [3] [2]

In January 2012, she was elected to cover the vacant seat as numerary member of Royal Academy of History left by the decease of Juan Vernet; she assumed on 16 December 2012, reading a speech titled Hispanismo e hispanización: el Atlántico como nuevo Mare Nostrum. [1]

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References

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  2. 1 2 3 "La historiadora Enriqueta Vila, Medalla de Oro de la Ciudad". Nervión al Día. 26 May 2014.
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