This year marks the launch of the collection Catalan Classics of Political Thinking. This project, copublished by the Institute for Self-Government Studies of Catalonia and the Institut Ramon Llull, consists of a series of reissues of key works representative of political thought expressed in Catalan from the late Middle Ages to 1975. The collection will be published in Catalan and English and seeks to provide international readers and academics with wide access to texts that highlight the significance and breadth of the culture, history, and collective demands of Catalonia.
The first volume in the series is Jaume Vicens Vives’ Notícia de Catalunya, translated into English as We, the Catalans. Published in 1954, this work is considered a classic of modern Catalan historiography and explores Catalan history, culture, and identity in depth from their origins to the present day. Vicens Vives is widely recognized as one of 20th century Catalonia’s most prominent historians, and his innovative and rigorous approach has influenced generations of scholars.
Joining us to discuss We, the Catalans are editor and historian Josep Maria Muñoz, author of the book’s Catalan foreword, Yale professor of history Paul Freedman, author of the English foreword, and Yale associate professor of Spanish, Aurélie Vialette. Pere Almeda i Samaranch, director of the Institut Ramon Llull, will present the conversation.
Sponsored by the Department of History, the Department of Spanish and Portuguese, Institut Ramon Llull, and Generalitat de Catalunya, Institut d’Estudis de l’Autogovern.
