INTERDISCIPLINARY CENTER AT HUMANITIES AND SOCIAL SCIENCES
We conduct research to understand human beings and respond to the global challenges of society.
WE WANT TO GENERATE
knowledge
THAT INSPIRES
A BETTER WORLD
CHALLENGE ICS 24-25
"Orientalism and Westernism: crossed gazes."
We seek to study how the West and the East have seen, explained and represented each other and to analyze the discourses that have been produced, especially in the wake of decolonization and the consequent changes in the identity of nations.
Latest publications of the Institute for Culture and Society
19|02|2025
Mª Dolores Puga, CSIC researcher: "Making the care of the most fragile in the public discussion and turning it into a collective task is an urgent necessity".
The head scientist of the Higher committee for Scientific Research (CSIC) stressed the importance of long-term care and the need to provide it in a sustainable manner.
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19|02|2025
Margarita Alonso, linguist: "We can teach students to use ChatGPT as a financial aid tool for the essay".
The researcher of the Universidade da Coruña gave one of the two plenary lectures of the congress 'Corpus of apprentices and corpu
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17|02|2025
William Franke, researcher at Vanderbilt University: "The 'woke' ideology is related to the feeling of guilt, especially among young people".
The Full Professor in Comparative Literature and Religious programs of study has made a stay at the ICS and taught three seminars in
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Upcoming events
04 Mar. 2025
6:30 p.m.
Tunisia and the Mediterranean: Navigating Challenges and Forging a Sha
07 Mar. 2025
9:30h.
Cycle Current coordinates of affectivity, sexuality and love
11-13 Mar. 2025
9:45h.
2nd Week of Attention
11-13 Mar. 2025
9:45h.