Talking Circles are a distinctive feature of our in-person conference – and this year we are taking them online. Talking Circles offer an opportunity to meet other delegates and engage in extended discussion about the issues and concerns they feel are of utmost importance to that segment of the Research Network. Participation is open, encouraged, and supported.

This will be held “live” via Zoom (time TBA).

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Join other delegates for a pre-conference welcome reception and training session.

This special event will walk you through the CGScholar Event Mircosite so you have a rich online experience by learning how to comment and participate online. It will also teach delegates how to update their profile and Presenter Pages in order to add digital media: video, sound, other files.

This will be held “live” via Zoom.

La Posada de la Villa offers a cuisine made with dishes of Castilian and Madrid gastronomy. The decoration of the restaurant is elegant and highlights in all its details the charm of the great inns of yesteryear that acquired so much prominence in the old Madrid of the Habsburgs. Well-known personalities belonging to the world of politics, culture, art and sport have gathered here. Thanks to its long and fruitful career, la Posada de la Villa has a multitude of awards, it is included in the distinguished Michelin Guide, and the Great International Gastronomic Necklace. The restaurant has the National International Gastronomy Award, and the Chaine des Rotisseurs.

Dessert, salad, wine and water included

Date: 23 May 2024
Time: 21:00
Location: Cava Baja, 9 (see map)
Price: US$80

La Posada de la Villa offers a cuisine made with dishes of Castilian and Madrid gastronomy. The decoration of the restaurant is elegant and highlights in all its details the charm of the great inns of yesteryear that acquired so much prominence in the old Madrid of the Habsburgs. Well-known personalities belonging to the world of politics, culture, art and sport have gathered here. Thanks to its long and fruitful career, la Posada de la Villa has a multitude of awards, it is included in the distinguished Michelin Guide, and the Great International Gastronomic Necklace. The restaurant has the National International Gastronomy Award, and the Chaine des Rotisseurs.

Dessert, salad, wine and water included

Date: 23 May 2024
Time: 21:00
Location: Cava Baja, 9 (see map)
Price: US$80

La Posada de la Villa offers a cuisine made with dishes of Castilian and Madrid gastronomy. The decoration of the restaurant is elegant and highlights in all its details the charm of the great inns of yesteryear that acquired so much prominence in the old Madrid of the Habsburgs. Well-known personalities belonging to the world of politics, culture, art and sport have gathered here. Thanks to its long and fruitful career, la Posada de la Villa has a multitude of awards, it is included in the distinguished Michelin Guide, and the Great International Gastronomic Necklace. The restaurant has the National International Gastronomy Award, and the Chaine des Rotisseurs.

Dessert, salad, wine and water included

Date: 23 May 2024
Time: 21:00
Location: Cava Baja, 9 (see map)
Price: US$80

In-Person conference delegates are invited to the case study evening, where we will visit the National Museum of Anthropology and discuss the conference themes. 

The comparative symbology of the museum's religious artifacts will be examined during the visit. We'll begin with the Asian collection, where particular attention will be paid to the room of objects from the Arab world, India, and China, developing their context and the general principles common to these vast traditions. Since in traditional societies, everyday life is not detached from the sacred, unlike in the contemporary West, the symbolic involvement of the transcendent in the traditional crafts of the Philippines will also be examined. This will be followed by an exploration of the African collection-where particular attention will be paid to Yoruba and Fang masks and ritual objects-and the American collection-where kachina dolls, voodoo artifacts, and plumaria headdresses from North and South America will be highlighted.

Date: 23 May 2024
Duration: 2 hours
Price: Complimentary to all in-person delegates, but requires sign-up via the link below

Join the other delegates and plenary speakers on a guided tour of the El Escorial. A visit to the Monastery of San Lorenzo de El Escorial is the best way to travel through the history of Spain and especially the reign of Philip II. With an area of 33,327 square meters, it is located on the southern slope of Mount Abantos at an altitude of 1028 meters in the Sierra del Guadarrama, which gives it a high landscape value. The Royal Monastery of San Lorenzo de El Escorial has been on the World Heritage List since November 2, 1984. The Monastery of San Lorenzo de El Escorial is the monument that best summarizes the ideological and cultural aspirations of the Spanish "Golden Age", expressed here through an original synthesis of Italian and Flemish artistic forms at the urging of Philip II.

Date: 22 May 2024
Time: 8:30 AM
Duration: 5 hours
Meeting Point: Hotel Exe Moncloa entrance (view map)