The International Conference “Universities and Cultural Routes” will take place for the first time in Santiago de Compostela on 13 and 14 November 2024, with the following mission:
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- To identify higher education institutions committed to preserve and strengthen cultural routes in Europe, the Mediterranean and the Americas.
- To highlight and make visible the actions carried out to date by the different actors involved.
- To draw up an action plan and common strategy for the 2024-2026 biennium.
If you are part of a network of universities, a university or an organisation focused on studies on cultural routes or have a particular interest in the research of the great Cultural Route of the Council of Europe, you are encouraged to apply for participation.
Find out more information about the International Conference “Universities and Cultural Routes” and how to apply for participation below!
Prof. Dr. D. Rubén Lois González
Catedrático de la Universidade de Santiago de Compostela
El profesor Rubén Lois es doctor en Geografía con Premio Extraordinario por la Universidade de Santiago de Compostela (USC) y gran especialista en ordenación del territorio.
Catedrático de Análisis Geográfica Regional, es también coordinador en la Universidade de Santiago de Compostela del Grupo ANTE (GI-1871: Grupo de Investigación de Análisis Territorial), un órgano interdisciplinar de docentes e investigadores de la USC formado por geógrafos, economistas e historiadores, que tiene el reconocimiento de Grupo de Excelencia Investigadora por su dinamismo y colaboración con otras entidades, tanto universitarias, centros tecnológicos y centros de estudios no universitarios como entidades locales, empresas o asociaciones.
Desde los noventa, el profesor Rubén Lois es miembro del Comité Científico del Instituto Universitario de Estudios y Desarrollo de Galicia (Idega), en el que ejerce como coordinador del área de trabajo Estudios Territoriales y Ordenación del Territorio, miembro del Consejo Editor de la colección Documentos de Trabajo del Idega y coordinador del área de Geografía.
Desempeñó cargos de responsabilidad institucional como el de decano de la Facultad de geografía e Historia de la Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, y de responsabilidad política como el de director general de Turismo en la Xunta de Galicia, donde impulsó líneas de actuación sobre ordenamiento y diversificación de la oferta turística.
Ha participado en más de cuarenta proyectos de investigación sobre ordenación, distribución planificación y desarrollo territorial, modelos de gestión y soluciones institucionales y financieras, turismo sostenible, integración rural, y otras materias en torno a territorio, patrocinados por organismos públicos y privados, tales como la Agencia Española de Cooperación para el Desarrollo (AECID), el Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad en España, el Centre Maurits Coppieters del Parlamento Europeo, el Instituto Noruego para la Investigación de la Naturaleza – NINA, entre otros.
Autor de más de ochenta libros y capítulos de libros y de más de cuarenta artículos publicados en revistas científicas.
REGISTRATION
To participate in the International Conference “Universities and Cultural Routes” you need a prior invitation, which you can request by registering using this online form.
TRAVEL, ACCOMMODATION AND OTHER DATA OF INTEREST
BY AIR
Santiago-Rosalia de Castro International Airport
Also known as Lavacolla Airport, located 12 km from the city centre of Santiago de Compostela, it has a total of 30 destinations operated by 11 airlines.
- Find out which are the 11 airlines here.
- Find out which are the 30 destinations here.
- Travellers’ helpline: (+34) 913 211 000
Airport bus service
The city bus company TUSSA has a regular service from Monday to Sunday, called Line 6A:
- Find the route, frequency and fares for Line 6A here (website available only in Spanish).
- Find the Line 6A stop at the airport here.
- Travellers’ helpline: (+34) 981 58 18 15 / (+34) 901 12 00 54.
BY LAND
The new intermodal station in Santiago de Compostela provides bus, conventional and high-speed rail services connecting the capital of Galicia with Madrid, Barcelona and the main Galician and other cities in the country.
Train
Renfe Alvia is the most popular operator:
- Find here the main train routes and timetables in Santiago de Compostela.
- Book your train ticket here.
- Find several ways to contact Renfe passenger services here.
Bus
The company Alsa has frequent services to different parts of Galicia and Spain:
URBAN TRANSPORT
Urban bus
The closest city bus stop to the event venue is “bus stop no. 17 – SGAE”.
There are four bus lines from different parts of the city: “Line 4”, “Line C2”, “Line C4” and “Line P7”.
To detail your route, it is recommended to contact:
- TUSSA: +34 981 568 210, mobilidade@tussa.gal.
Rental car
Rental car requires booking several days in advance. Some of the companies available next to the intermodal station are:
- Entreprise Santiago: +34 981 59 90 07
- Europcar: +34 981 59 74 76
- AVIS: +34 981 595 493
Taxi and private transport
Taxi services in Compostela are currently scarce. There is a taxi rank next to the intermodal station.
In any case, it is advisable to call taxi operators:
- Radio Taxi: +34 981 56 92 92
- Tele Taxi: +34 981 94 33 33
Other alternatives to official taxis are:
GUIDE FOR ELABORATION AND SUBMISSION OF COMMUNICATIONS
Type and perspective
All kinds of contributions and disciplinary perspectives are welcome: theoretical, state of the art research reports, case studies, policy evaluations or other perspectives related to aspects of Cultural Routes.
Contributions from Master’s and PhD students (dissertations, articles, theses, etc.) are particularly welcome.
Authors are invited to submit papers that have been published, not previously published, accepted to be published or under consideration for publication.
Topic
Papers shall focus on Cultural Routes, including (but not limited to) the following themes:
- Cultural heritage (preservation, enhancement, interpretation, management, etc.).
- Tourism (cultural tourism, sustainable tourism, slow tourism, tourism indicators andmeasurement, emerging trends, etc.).
- Community participation (local communities’ engagement, grass-roots projects,ownership of heritage, etc.).
- Local development (sustainable development, heritage and tourism as engines fordevelopment, etc.)
- Emerging trends in the cultural, heritage and tourism sectors (use of virtual reality anddigital technologies, creativity and resilience, funding and finance for post-Covid recovery, etc.)
Preparation of proposals
- Language: English, compulsory. Selected papers must be presented at the Conference in person and English only.
- Authenticity of the work: Papers must be original and completed by Thursday 31 October 2024.
- Abstract length: 300 words maximum.
- Author biography lengh: 75 words maximum.
- Minimum content of the abstract:
- Title of the communication.
- Name and surname of the author.
- Afiliation (position, institution, country of the author).
- Email of the author.
- Addressed topic or problem.
- Used methods/approaches.
- Developed key arguments.
- Author’s biography.
- Type of research (e.g., peer-reviewed journal paper, conference paper, thesis work, publications, etc.).
- Publication date.
- Appearance and IT support of abstract:
- Format: MS Word.docx
- Font: Tahoma 10 points.
- Spacing: single-space.
- Paper size: DIN-A4.
- Alignment: justified.
- Template for elaboration of abstracts:
Submission of proposals
Papers must be submitted by 13 October 2024.
Only proposals submitted via online form provided by the organisation will be accepted:
Online form for presentation of proposals
Contact email for queries or doubts:
Guide for elaboration and submission of communications
Type and perspective
All kinds of contributions and disciplinary perspectives are welcome: theoretical, state of the art research reports, case studies, policy evaluations or other perspectives related to aspects of Cultural Routes.
Contributions from Master’s and PhD students (dissertations, articles, theses, etc.) are particularly welcome.
Authors are invited to submit papers that have been published, not previously published, accepted to be published or under consideration for publication.
Topic
Papers shall focus on Cultural Routes, including (but not limited to) the following themes:
- Cultural heritage (preservation, enhancement, interpretation, management, etc.).
- Tourism (cultural tourism, sustainable tourism, slow tourism, tourism indicators andmeasurement, emerging trends, etc.).
- Community participation (local communities’ engagement, grass-roots projects,ownership of heritage, etc.).
- Local development (sustainable development, heritage and tourism as engines fordevelopment, etc.)
- Emerging trends in the cultural, heritage and tourism sectors (use of virtual reality anddigital technologies, creativity and resilience, funding and finance for post-Covid recovery, etc.)
Guidelines for preparation of proposals
- Language: English, compulsory. Selected papers must be presented at the Conference in person and English only.
- Authenticity of the work: Papers must be original and completed by Thursday 31 October 2024.
- Abstract length: 300 words maximum.
- Author biography lengh: 75 words maximum.
- Minimum content of the abstract:
- Title of the communication.
- Name and surname of the author.
- Afiliation (position, institution, country of the author).
- Email of the author.
- Addressed topic or problem.
- Used methods/approaches.
- Developed key arguments.
- Author’s biography.
- Type of research (e.g., peer-reviewed journal paper, conference paper, thesis work, publications, etc.).
- Publication date.
- Appearance and IT support of abstract:
- Format: MS Word.docx
- Font: Tahoma 10 points.
- Spacing: single-space.
- Paper size: DIN-A4.
- Alignment: justified.
- Template for elaboration of abstracts:
Submission of proposals
Papers must be submitted by 13 October 2024.
Only proposals submitted via online form provided by the organisation will be accepted:
Online form for presentation of proposals
Contact email for queries or doubts:
- evaluation@culture-routes.lu
CULTURAL ACTIVITIES
Cultural heritage of Santiago
The cultural programme of the International Conference “Universities and Cultural Routes” includes a guided tour of the rich and extensive heritage of Santiago.
Participants will have the opportunity to get a close-up look at all the details and appreciate the immeasurable value of the heritage of the city, the centres of interest in history and its most emblematic buildings.
The Camino de Santiago
Participants will also have the opportunity to walk a short section of the Portuguese Camino de Santiago, whose origins date back to the reign of Alfonso VI of Castile and Leon (1065-1109) and his daughters Urraca and Teresa, reaching our days as the second best known Jacobean itinerary at international level.
Location map
The academic activity of the 1st International Conference ‘Universities and Cultural Routes’ will take place at the Centre for Advanced Research Studies of the University of Santiago de Compostela, which is also so-called Edificio CIEDUS (Parque de Vista Alegre, rúa das Salvadas, s/n, 15705 Santiago de Compostela).
Find the Centre for Advanced Studies and other places of interest on this location map:
Contact
Queries on academic
and administrative organisation
Compostela Group of Universities
Tel.: (+34) 881 8 12931 • (+34) 619 685 245
PRELIMINARY PROGRAMME
Wednesday, 13 November 2024 | Venue: Centre for Advanced Research Studies (Parque de Vista Alegre, rúa das Salvadas, s/n - Campus Norte). University of Santiago de Compostela. | |
9:15 h Official opening | Intervention of host authorities | • María José López Couso, vice-rector for Degrees and Internationalisation of the University of Santiago de Compostela. • Carla Martins, president of the Compostela Group of Universities. • Stefano Dominioni, executive secretary of the Enlarged Partial Agreement of the Council of Europe and director of the European Institute of Cultural Routes. • Eladio Fernández Galiano, special advisor to the cultural routes of the Council of Europe Programme. • Sergio Ortega Muñoz, head of European Project Service at the Deputy Direction-General of the Ministry of Culture in Spain. • Representative of the Xunta de Galicia. |
9:45 h Conference | “The cultural mission of universities” | • Ricardo Rivero Ortega, full professor of Administrative Law and former rector of the University of Salamanca. |
10:30 h Round table | “The academic and scientific contribution to the cultural routes. Good practices” | • Moderator: Sergio Ortega Muñoz, head of European Project Service at the Deputy Direction-General of the Ministry of Culture in Spain. • Ildefonso de la Campa, director of S.A. de Xestión do Xacobeo. • Rubén Lois, full professor of Geography at the University of Santiago de Compostela. • Carla Martins, president of the Compostela Group of Universities. |
11:30 h Coffee break |
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12:00 h Round table | “Proyects, mobility and academic activities on cultural routes" | • Moderator: Eladio Fernández Galiano, special advisor to the cultural routes of the Council of Europe Programme. • María Luisa Vázquez de Ágredos Pascual, director of the European Route of Historic Pharmacies and Medicinal Gardens, University of Valencia. • Natasa Urosevic, representative of Interdisciplinary Studies of Culture and Tourism, Juraj Dobrila University of Pula. • Dinç Saraç, professor at the Antalya Bilim University inTurkey. • Miguel Taín, director of the Institutional Chair on the Camino de Santiago and Pilgrimages of the University of Santiago de Compostela. |
13:00 h Contributions and communications | “Lines of research on cultural routes” | • Moderador: María José López Couso, vice-rector for Degrees and Internacionalisation of the University of Santiago de Compostela. • Maria Laura Gasparini and Alessia Mariotti, researchers at the University of Bologna. • Fernando de la Torre Cuevas, postdoctoral researcher at the University of Santiago de Compostela. • Peter Ivanič and Hilda Kramáreková, researchers at the Constantine the Philosopher University in Nitra. |
14:00 h Lunch |
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16:00 h Contributions and communications | “Lines of research on cultural routes” | • Moderator: Roberta Alberotanza, researcher at the Mediterranean University of Reggio Calabria. • Gabor Bodis, professor at the Budapest Metropolitan University. • Francesco Spada and Simona Messina, representatives of the International Association of Transhumance Trails and Rural Roads. • Wenshan Chen, researcher at the Deparment of Architecture and Urban Studies of the Polytechnic University of Milan. • Brigida Maria Putinato, master graduate of the Università degli Studi di Padova. • Lucrezia Lopez, Inês Gusman and Rubén Lois, researchers at the University of Santiago de Compostela. |
17:30 h Close of the sessions | Conclussions and Final Declaration | Presentation of conclussions: Stefano Dominioni, executive secretary of the Enlarged Partial Agreement of the Council of Europe and director of the European Institute of Cultural Routes. • Reading and signature of the Declaration of the constitutional session of the International Conference on Universities and Cultural Routes. • Presentation of the governing body and presidency for the next two years. |
19:00 h Cultural activity | Guided visit to the heritage of Santiago. Meeting point: Main gate of the Centre for Research Advanced Studies. |
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20.30 h Dinner | Restaurant: Cacao (rúa das Orfas, 15, P.C. 15701 Santiago de Compostela). | |
Thursday, 14 November 2024 | Venue: Centre for Advanced Research Studies (Parque de Vista Alegre, rúa das Salvadas, s/n - Campus Norte). University of Santiago de Compostela. | |
9:00 h Working groups (by invitation) | 2024-2026 strategies and actions Preparation of the agenda for the next two years and incorporation of interest universities and institutions. | Overwiew of past activities 2020-2024 carried out by the University Network for Cultural Routes Studies. • Stefano Dominioni, executive secretary of the Enlarged Partial Agreement of the Council of Europe and director of the European Institute of Cultural Routes. • Carolina Clark, project manager at the European Institute of Cultural Routes. • Crina Zugrav, technician at the European Institute of Cultural Routes. Topic 1: Establishment of sectorial working groups and biannual agenda. Funds (tourism, research, sustainability, etc.). Topic 2: Academic activities and biannual agenda. Funds (courses, traineeships, seminars, volunteering, etc.). |
11:00 h Coffee break |
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11:15 h Cultural activity | Walking an stretch of the Camino de Santiago. | |
14:00 h Lunch in Padrón |
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16:30 h Return to Santiago de Compostela |