Albert Garcia Espuche

Historian and Doctor of Architecture, he has directed Cultural Olympiad Exhibitions for the Center of Contemporary Culture of Barcelona and the Barcelona Forum of Cultures 2004; he has also been Director of the Cultural Center El Born. He currently directs the collection "The City of El Born. Barcelona 1700" (12 volumes). He has received the National Culture Award, three times the City of Barcelona Award (also received by two other projects promoted by him); the Prat de la Riba Award and the Octavi Pellissa Award. Among others, he has published: "Space and Society in Preindustrial Barcelona", "The Golden Square", "A Decisive Century. Barcelona and Catalonia 1550-1640", "The Inventory", "Barcelona between Two Wars (1652-1714)", "The City of El Born", "Barcelona 1700" and "A Society under Siege. Barcelona 1713-1714".

Link to the conference: Coneixement històric i creació contemporània (Catalan)