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| INTERNATIONAL
CONGRESS
CLOSING EVENTS OF THE SERVETIAN YEAR*
ZARAGOZA/
VILLANUEVA DE SIJENA – OCTOBER 22 & 23,
2004 |
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| Organizing
entity: MICHAEL SERVETUS INSTITUTE
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entities: |
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Government
of Aragon
County of Los Monegros
City Council of Villanueva de Sijena |
Instituto
de Estudios Altoaragoneses
Ateneo de Zaragoza
Medical Bar Association of Huesca |
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*SIMULTANEOUS
TRANSLATION:
Spanish into English and English into Spanish will be provided
in Villanueva de Sijena (23 October) but not in Zaragoza
(22 October).
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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 22– MUSEUM OF ZARAGOZA (MUSEO PROVINCIAL
DE ZARAGOZA)
(PLAZA DE LOS SITIOS, 6, 50001, Zaragoza.) |
| 17:15 |
Opening
Speech by Mr. Marcelino Iglesias, President of the Government
of Aragon. In his absence, another representative of the
Government of Aragon will pronounce the welcoming speech.
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| 17:30 |
Presentation of the closing acts by Mr. Bizén D’o
Río Martínez, Director of the Michael Servetus
Institute. |
| 17:45 |
Lecture by Dr. Angel Alcalá, Commissioner of the
Government of Aragon for the events to commemorate the 450th
anniversary of the death of Michael Servetus, Emeritus Professor
at the Brooklyn College (City University of New York): Our
debt with Servetus: inspirations of his thought for the
XXIst century. |
| 18:30
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Lecture
by Dr. Lluís Duch, Ph.D. in Theology, Professor at
the University of Barcelona (Spain), Friar at the Monastery
of Montserrat: Reformation and Counterreformation: the
history of a struggle in the Servetian universe. |
| 19:15 |
Coffee break. |
| 19:45 |
Lecture
by Dr. Gustavo Palomares Lerma, Dr. in Political Science
and Administration, Chair “Jean Monet” in Cooperation
Policies of the European Union, Professor at the Long-Distance
Spanish University (Madrid): International relations
in the XXIst century : is it possible the coexistence between
peoples? |
| 20:30 |
Proclamation of the Manifest of Villanueva de Sijena.
The Manifest will be read by Dr. Angel Alcalá. |
| SATURDAY,
OCTOBER 23– BIRTH HOUSE OF MICHAEL SERVETUS - VILLANUEVA
DE SIJENA (HUESCA) |
| 10:00 |
Welcoming
Speech by Mr. Ildefonso Salillas Lacasa, Mayor of Villanueva
de Sijena and First Vicepresident of the Michael Servetus
Institute. Welcoming Speech by Mr. Manuel Conte, President
of the County of Los Monegros.
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| 10:15 |
Lecture by Dr. Fernando Solsona (Professor at the Medicine
School, University of Zaragoza, Head of the Department of
Radiology at the Michael Servetus Hospital (Zaragoza): Glory
and Projection of Michael Servetus. |
| 11:00 |
Lecture
by Dr. Marian Hillar, Director of the Center for Socinian
Studies, Texas Southern University (Houston-EE.UU.): The
Christianismi Restitutio: the religious program of Michael
Servetus. |
| 11:45
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Coffee break. |
| 12:15 |
Lecture
by the Rev. Dr. Donald W. McKinney, Emeritus Minister of
the First Unitarian Church of Brooklyn (New York-USA):
The religious legacy of Servetus: principles and current
trends of the Unitarian religion.
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| 13:00 |
2nd.
Proclamation of the Manifest of Villanueva de Sijena
by Dr. Ángel Alcalá. |
| 13:15 |
Appointment
of the new fellows of the Michael Servetus Institute. |
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LUCH
BREAK*
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| 16:30 |
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| 17:30 |
Round
Table: Servetus, a Renaissance man: global knowledge versus
specialization
Moderator:
Mr. Luis Betés, Ph.D. in Theology.
Dr. José Bada Panillo, Ph.D. Theology, philosopher,
former Director of Culture of the Government of Aragon.
Dr. Luis Miguel Tobajas Asensio, M.D., Member of the Royal
Medicine Academy of Zaragoza
Dr. Eduardo Montull, Secretary of the Jurisprudence Academy
of Aragon.
Dr. Ana Gómez Rabal, Ph.D. Classic Philology.
Mr. Jaume de Marcos, Researcher, President of the Universalist
Unitarian Society of Spain .
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| 18:45 |
Closing Speech. |
| 19:00 |
Homage
to Michael Servetus:
Ringing of the bells.
Lighting of the candles.
Fire offering.
Flower offering . |
| 19:45 |
Wine
reception. |
*RESTAURANTS:
Restaurant “La Bodega”,
Tel. 974 578 187, Villanueva de Sijena
Restaurant “Hotel Sariñena”, Tel. 974
570 711, Sariñena (15 min. by car from Villanueva)
Restaurant “Hostal El Portal”, Tel. 34 974 469
091, Alcolea del Cinca (15 min. by car from Villanueva)
Restaurant “Casa Santos”, Tel. 34 974 468 864,
Albalate de Cinca (20 min. by car from Villanueva). |
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