RESEARCH PROGRAMMES

The lost Empire. An unorthodox History of the United States

On 4 November 2008, the Director of the Foundation and Professor Felipe Fernández Armesto signed a research agreement for a research project entitled “The lost empire. An unorthodox history of the United States”.

The aim of the research, and of its publication at least in English and Spanish, is to highlight and disseminate Spain’s significant role in the History of America, in contrast with traditional studies which reflect almost exclusively the anglo-saxon identity, without incorporating the different players who participated in the making of American history. This research is intended to fill this gap and will attempt to contribute to historiography the influence exerted by the various origins, languages and cultures that were involved in building the history of America, and show that there is another history; in particular, a Spanish history.

The book will reflect this long shared history, in which Spanish actions signified the incorporation of almost the entire American continent into the cultural and scientific values and the political and economic ideas of Western civilisation.