Fernando de los Ríos, a voice of the exiled Spanish Republican at the University of Puerto Rico

Abstract

The host of Spanish Republican intellectuals after the Spanish Civil War was linked to the establishment of scientific networks that had been forged before the exile. These networks provided a platform to the Spanish intellectual exile in many American countries. Puerto Rico was one of them. Its university supported the arrival of Republican professors and scientists, some of whom had already been on the island teaching some courses since 1924. Besides, the University of Puerto Rico invited several exiled professors to temporarily stay as guests. Fernando de los Rios was one of them. He stayed as professor in 1928 and 1944. His personal experience, ideology and conception of History and the past were reflected in the classes Fernando de los Rios gave at the University of Puerto Rico in 1944.

Keywords

• fernando de los ríos
• cultural and scientific relationships
• jae
• cultural networks
• spanish republican exile
• university of porto rico
• 1920-1940