Belgranian National Institute
The Belgranian National Institute (in Spanish, ''Instituto Nacional Belgraniano'') is an institute of Argentina focused in the historiography of Manuel Belgrano. History The institute was established as the "Belgranian Institute" on June 22, 1944. The creation was intended to be made in 1920, at the centennial of the death of Belgrano, but it was delayed for many years. Since then, the institute worked at congress, conferences and many cultural and educative activities. It also created many branches, local and international. The institute was recognized by the national government in 1992 with decree 1435, which gave it its current name. Presidents # Enrique de Gandía (1944 - 1948) # Darío Saráchaga (1948 - 1949) # Virgilio Martínez De Sucre (1949 - 1954) # José Natale (1954 - 1954) # Raúl Martínez De Sucre (1954 - 1962) # Armando Vega Herrera (1962 - 1963) # Rosauro Pérez Aubone (1963 - 1964) # Augusto G. Rodríguez (1964 - 1968) # Emilio Bolón Varela (1968 - 1968) # Mari ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Manuel Belgrano
Manuel José Joaquín del Corazón de Jesús Belgrano y González (3 June 1770 – 20 June 1820), usually referred to as Manuel Belgrano (), was an Argentine public servant, economist, lawyer, politician, journalist, and military leader. He took part in the Argentine Wars of Independence and created the Flag of Argentina. He is regarded as one of the main Founder Fathers of the country. Belgrano was born in Buenos Aires, the fourth child of Italian businessman Domingo Belgrano y Peri and María Josefa González Casero. He came into contact with the ideas of the Age of Enlightenment while at university in Spain around the time of the French Revolution. Upon his return to the Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata, where he became a notable member of the criollo population of Buenos Aires, he tried to promote some of the new political and economic ideals, but found severe resistance from local peninsulars. This rejection led him to work towards a greater autonomy for his countr ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Enrique De Gandía
Enrique de Gandía (February 1, 1906, in Buenos Aires – July 18, 2000) was an Argentine historian, author of over a hundred books. He taught, as a professor of School of Fine Arts (1948), the University of Morón (1960) and the University of Belgrano (1967), being co-founder of the latter two. He also held the chair of Political Science at the Kennedy University (1991). In 1948 he was director of the Buenos Aires Municipal Museum (now the Historical Museum of Buenos Aires "Cornelio de Saavedra"). His career was recognized with the designation as a full member of the National Academies of History (1930), Moral and Political Sciences (1938 ), Geography (1985), and the National Academy of Sciences (1987). In 1933, he co-founded the National Institute of San Martin. In 1930, he co-founded the Paraguayan Institute of Historical Research, this institution and the Institute of History and Geography of Paraguay it would appoint an honorary member. He received numerous awards, includ ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Historical Societies Of Argentina
History (derived ) is the systematic study and the documentation of the human activity. The time period of event before the invention of writing systems is considered prehistory. "History" is an umbrella term comprising past events as well as the memory, discovery, collection, organization, presentation, and interpretation of these events. Historians seek knowledge of the past using historical sources such as written documents, oral accounts, art and material artifacts, and ecological markers. History is not complete and still has debatable mysteries. History is also an academic discipline which uses narrative to describe, examine, question, and analyze past events, and investigate their patterns of cause and effect. Historians often debate which narrative best explains an event, as well as the significance of different causes and effects. Historians also debate the nature of history as an end in itself, as well as its usefulness to give perspective on the problems of the ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Educational Institutions Established In 1944
Education is a purposeful activity directed at achieving certain aims, such as transmitting knowledge or fostering skills and character traits. These aims may include the development of understanding, rationality, kindness, and honesty. Various researchers emphasize the role of critical thinking in order to distinguish education from indoctrination. Some theorists require that education results in an improvement of the student while others prefer a value-neutral definition of the term. In a slightly different sense, education may also refer, not to the process, but to the product of this process: the mental states and dispositions possessed by educated people. Education originated as the transmission of cultural heritage from one generation to the next. Today, educational goals increasingly encompass new ideas such as the liberation of learners, skills needed for modern society, empathy, and complex vocational skills. Types of education are commonly divided into formal, ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |