Rafael Cid-Rodríguez

• PhD
• National University of Distance Education

The article delves into Spain's imperative to establish an effective control over the newfound territories subsequent to the discovery of America. To this end, it extended the governmental and institutional framework of the Castilian Monarchy to the New World, shaping a model that endured for more than three centuries. Nonetheless, the administrati...

Esta obra se centra en el estudio de los Correos Marítimos de Indias, una iniciativa puesta en marcha por la Corona española durante el siglo XVIII para paliar las carencias existentes en el ámbito de las comunicaciones postales, sobre todo en una época donde debido a la distancia se gobernaba mediante el uso de la correspondencia. El correo servía...

This section of the account of the action research and thorough reform of the CASA-Sevilla study abroad programme describes how the courses in the fields of anthropology, history and art / art history were changed. It explains why a pedagogical reform was needed, the choices faculty members made and the difficulties they faced. Transitioning to an...

Resumen: La importancia adquirida por la lengua española como herramienta de comunicación internacional ha propiciado que muchas instituciones académicas estadounidenses incluyan a España como destino preferente en sus programas de estudios en el extranjero. El propósito de nuestro trabajo es dar a conocer el funcionamiento de uno de estos programa...

The importance the Spanish language has acquired as a tool for international communication has led many American academic institutions to include Spain as one of the preferred destinations for their study abroad programs. The aim of this work is to explain the functioning of one of these programs, the Consortium for Advanced Studies Abroad (CASA-Se...