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Event 54: Orlando Figes and Santiago Herrero in conversation with Pablo Gil
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Both will converse with Pablo Gil, head of Culture at the newspaper El Mundo and a collaborator with Radio 3 and Radio 5 on the programs Multipista and Debut.
At the end of the event, the author will sign copies of his books.
The event will be in English with simultaneous translation in Spanish.
Dress Casual (jeans ok)
Speakers
Santiago Herrero
ES: Diplomático de carrera. Ha estado destinado como Cónsul cultural en Nueva York; director de programación en AC/E; Vocal Asesor encargado de los asuntos culturales en el gabinete del Secretario de Estado para Iberoamérica y el Caribe, así como Consejero Cultural en Tokio. Asimismo fue Encargado de Asuntos culturales y consulares en Islamabad y en Oslo.Actualmente es director de Relaciones Culturales y Científicas en la Agencia Española de Cooperación Internacional y para el Desarrollo (AECID).
EN: Career diplomat. He has been posted as cultural consul in New York; director of programming at AC/E; advisory member in charge of cultural affairs in the cabinet of the Secretary of State for Latin America and the Caribbean, as well as cultural counsellor in Tokyo. He was also in charge of cultural and consular affairs in Islamabad and Oslo.
He is currently Director of Cultural and Scientific Relations at the Spanish Agency for International Cooperation and Development (AECID).
Pablo Gil
Head of Cultural Section
El Mundo
EN: Head of Culture at the newspaper El Mundo. Contributor to Radio 3 with the program Multipista and to Radio 5 with the program Debut, he is the author of three books on music: "10 horas con Kiko Veneno" (2024), "El pop después del fin del pop," and "Guía de música independiente en España" (1998).
ES: jefe de Cultura del diario El Mundo. Colaborador de Radio 3 con el programa Multipista y de Radio 5 con el programa Debut, es autor de tres libros sobre música:10 horas con Kiko Veneno (2024), El pop después del fin del pop y Guía de música independiente en España (1998).
Orlando Figes
Historian
ES: Historiador británico. Es profesor de Historia en el Birkbeck College de la Universidad de Londres. Es autor de numerosos libros sobre la historia de Rusia, como La tragedia de un pueblo: La revolución rusa, 1891-1924, que en 1997 recibió el Premio Wolfson, el NCR Book Award, el Premio literario WH Smith, el Longman/History Today Book Prize y el Premio Los Angeles Times. Natasha's Dance: A Cultural History of Russia (2002) fue seleccionado para el Premio Samuel Johnson y el Premio Duff Cooper. El más reciente es La historia de Rusia.
ES: British historian. He is a professor of History at Birkbeck College, University of London. He is the author of numerous books on the history of Russia, such as "A People's Tragedy: The Russian Revolution, 1891-1924," which in 1997 received the Wolfson Prize, the NCR Book Award, the WH Smith Literary Award, the Longman/History Today Book Prize, and the Los Angeles Times Book Prize. "Natasha's Dance: A Cultural History of Russia" (2002) was shortlisted for the Samuel Johnson Prize and the Duff Cooper Prize. His most recent work is "The Story of Russia."
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