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The Italian educator Sofia Corradi, better known as “Mamma Erasmus” and awarded the Carlos V European Award in 2016, has passed away at the age of 91 in Rome. Corradi studied at the Columbia Graduate School of Law, earning a Master in Comparative Law. She graduated with honours in Law from the University of Rome La Sapienza and conducted research on the right to education as a fundamental human right at the UN Human Rights Commission, the Hague Academy of International Law, and the London School of Economics.

Over 40 participants, mostly women, from different sectors across the region of La Vera (Cáceres, Extremadura) met on 2 and 3 October at the Monastery of San Jerónimo de Yuste and in Pasarón de la Vera for the activity “Not Letting None Behind: The Challenge of Rural Areas”, framed within the European project funded by the Citizens, Equality, Rights and Values Programme (CERV), “Her Voice: Her Power, Our Future! Women Leading the Way to Sustainability”, in which representatives from municipalities, institutions and universities from Slovenia, France, Italy, Romania, Poland, Latvia and Spain also took part.

The European and Ibero-American Academy of Yuste Foundation and the Spanish Economic and Social Council (CES) signed a framework cooperation agreement today in Madrid aimed at promoting joint activities in the academic, scientific, cultural and research fields.

Yuste Foundation, together with the Ministry of Defence, have organised the “3rd Sessions on Security and Defence in the Ibero-American Space”, which will be held in the afternoons of 30 September and 1 October in the assembly hall of the Defence Subdelegation in Cáceres.

Germana de Foix, queen consort of Aragón and viceroy of Valencia, will be the central figure in the musical repertoire performed by the ensemble Piacere Dei Traversi as part of the Emperor’s Concert series, taking place on Saturday, 27 September, at 1 pm, at the Monastery of San Jerónimo de Yuste.

The musical ensemble Carmina Terrarum will perform next Saturday, 20 September, at 1 p.m. at the Monastery of San Jerónimo de Yuste, as part of the Emperor’s Concert Series organised by the European and Ibero-American Academy of Yuste Foundation together with Patrimonio Nacional.

The Patio of the Royal Miners’ Hospital of San Rafael at the Minas de Almadén–Parque Minero will host a concert by the ensemble Camara Antiqva on 6 September at 8 p.m., which will perform the programme “Concierto de Extremadura al Nuevo Mundo”. This is a unique opportunity to enjoy the music of the time of emperor Charles V in a historic setting certified with the European Heritage Label.

The European and Ibero-American Academy of Yuste Foundation has opened the application period for ten European Research and Mobility Grants for European Studies, entitled the “Carlos V European Award – European Disability Forum”, each with an individual award of 2,500 euros.

Over three hundred students from Argentina, Belgium, Brazil, Colombia, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Germany, Italy, Mexico, Nicaragua, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, the United States and Uruguay, have taken part in the courses of the Campus Yuste training programme, which has been held throughout July at the Monastery of San Jerónimo de Yuste. The courses are organised by the European and Ibero-American Academy of Yuste Foundation as part of the University of Extremadura’s International Summer/Autumn Courses.