Cary Library will stream a lecture with featured speakers William D. Phillips, Jr., professor emeritus of history, University of Minnesota and Carla Rahn Phillips, Union Pacific professor emerita in comparative early modern history, University of Minnesota, as they address Spain and the World: 3,000 Years of History.
The lecture will be Monday, Feb. 23 from 6-7 p.m. at Cary Library. The lecture is sponsored by the University of New England’s Center for Global Humanities, which is in its sixth year of programming.
The rich cultural and political life of Spain has emerged from a complex history, from the diversity of its peoples and from continual contact with outside influences.
Spanish history stretches from prehistoric times to the present and includes key themes that have shaped the country’s past and present. These include its varied landscapes and climates; the impact of waves of diverse human migrations; the relations between tradition and transformation; the interplay between Spain and its overseas colonies; and the importance of its location as a bridge between the Atlantic and the Mediterranean and between Europe and Africa.
Religion also has played a major role in Spanish history, including militant Catholicism and its centuries of conflict and coexistence with Islam, Judaism and Protestantism, as well as debates over the place of the church in Spain itself.
