The University of Navarra hosts the 15th congress "Young Researchers of the Golden Age" (JISO 2025)

On December 15 and 16, the School Philosophy Letters hosted the 15th congress "Young Researchers of the Golden Age" (JISO 2025). Organized by the research group (GRISO), in partnership Institute for programs of study (IDEA), it brought together nearly sixty young researchers from various universities in Spain and more than a dozen other countries, who were able to present their advances in the study of the Golden Age and establish networks of partnership themselves. During conference two-day conference, attendees participated in 15 thematic sessions that addressed various aspects of Golden Age literature and culture, from 16th-century poetry to the contemporary reception of Cervantes and Calderón.

Monday, the 15th, began with a session devoted to poetry and theater of the 16th and 17th centuries, with presentations on Fray Luis de León, Juan de Arguijo, Cristobalina Fernández de Alarcón, and Juan de la Cueva. The morning continued with "De varia lección" (On Various Lessons), which included programs of study Manuel de Nájera, the destruction of Jerusalem in Golden Age literature, and an analysis of the "Libro intitulado del parto humano" (Book Entitled Human Childbirth). After a visit of the Library, the afternoon was divided into several simultaneous blocks: hagiography and sanctity; Calderón's dramatic cycle; and pastoral and picaresque novels. There were also sessions on American themes, Quixotic and Cervantes-inspired recreations, and a round table dedicated to Calderón, with presentations on "Life is a Dream," "The Phaeton," and "The Protestation of Faith."

The second workshop with a section focusing on mythology and power, analyzing versions of the myths of Phaeton, Pyramus and Thisbe, and Atalanta, as well as their burlesque treatment in Golden Age poetry. This was followed by presentations on Fray Luis de León and Lope de Vega. At the same time, another classroom hosted the round table "Golden Echoes in the 19th and 20th Centuries," with presentations on Minerva Literaria, the presence of the Golden Age in the work of Afonso Lopes Vieira, and youth anthologies of Golden Age works.

In the afternoon, singer-songwriter Alberto Rodríguez Purroy, graduate Philology from the University of Navarra, offered a musical interlude before the academic sessions resumed. Attendees could choose between three blocks: women and speech ; Calderón in cinema and social media—where the presentation project #CalderónEsSueño, presented by students from the School Philosophy Letters Francisco Portillo, Kristel Tapia, and Antonio Vicente Abad,stood out —and New Spain topics, with research on Japan and New Spain; the "Misfortunes of Alonso Ramírez"; or the economic role of theater in 18th-century hospitals. The last session, "De varia lección (2)" (Of Various Lessons (2)), brought the event to a close with works on musical references in Don Quixote, the structure of redemption in texts by Calderón and Wagner, the marginal lexicon in Quevedo, and Baroque architecture in Pamplona in the iconography of San Fermín.