Real Colegio Complutense
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The Real Colegio Complutense at Harvard University (Cambridge, Massachusetts), US:[1] The RCC at Harvard is an academic institution aimed at providing intellectual exchange between Harvard and the Spanish Academia. It is located at 26 Trowbridge Street, Cambridge (MA).
History
The RCC was founded as a joint cooperative institution to foster intellectual and scientific interaction between
Members
The RCC accord is the only one of its sort ever to have been approved by Harvard. The institution is directed jointly by the
The current director is Prof. José Manuel Martínez Sierra, Jean Monnet ad personam[2] Professor for the Study of European Union Law and Government. He is Faculty Affiliated of the Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies at Harvard and Faculty Associate of the David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies. He is also a Member of the IGLP Advisory Council at Harvard Law School.
Mission
Every year, the RCC offers research grants to a select number of Spanish scholars who conduct their research at Harvard as visiting scholars. It also offers a number of graduate fellowships to Spanish students who attend the different graduate schools at Harvard. In addition to this, faculty and researchers from the partner universities and other affiliated centers are eligible to becomeRCC Fellows, enjoying the same privileges as Harvard's non-tenured Faculty.
The RCC sponsors a number of research projects and programs that cross over different fields of study, including experimental and social sciences, architecture, health, engineering, education, communication and humanities. The relevance of RCC Fellows, Associates and Alumni/ae, as well as their partnerships with local scholars and the Faculty of Harvard University, allow these projects to generate international knowledge networks and to promote intellectual exchange in a multidisciplinary framework.
As part of this framework, the institution hosts academic lectures and scientific events for an open audience, including Harvard professors and students.
Collaborations
The RCC has signed several agreements with Spanish and International Institutions to organize summer seminars and workshops at the center. These institutions include the
References
- ^ "Real Colegio Complutense at Harvard". rcc.harvard.edu. Retrieved 29 October 2014.
- ^ "Jean Monnet Program".