Escuela Hispánica and the Embassy of Spain will hold “From Salamanca to Philadelphia: The Hispanic Legacy in the Birth of the United States” on Thursday, 12 November 2026, from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m., at the Cultural Center of the Embassy of Spain.
In the year of the 250th anniversary of the United States Declaration of Independence, the event will explore the contribution of the School of Salamanca and Second Scholasticism to the intellectual foundations of the American republic.
Part of Escuela Hispánica’s Project 1776, the meeting will consider natural law, the consent of the governed and limits on power, as well as the circulation of these ideas across the Atlantic.
The detailed programme and final list of participants will be announced shortly.
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