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Autobiography Workshop with Beltrán Gambier and Gervasio Posadas
Life in a Few Words
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Centro Penitenciario de Segovia
The Minimal Autobiographies Workshop led by Beltrán Gambier at the Segovia Correctional Facility is a Hay Festival Segovia staple, renewed each year. Gambier was the founder and editor of the magazine Intramuros, which specializes in the genre. Now in its third decade, the publication boasts a roster of prestigious contributors, including Nobel Prize in Literature laureates such as Günter Grass, Herta Müller, and Mo Yan. Gambier is also a lawyer and the author of several legal texts, including one dedicated to prison administrative law. The workshop will feature Gervasio Posadas, a writer, educator, and cultural manager who has directed El Corte Inglés’ Ámbito Cultural since 2018. He is the author of several novels, including Hitler’s Mentalist and ¡The Failure of My Success.
A great opportunity for inmates to participate in a high-level literary activity, in which they will be asked to write an autobiographical excerpt.
Event in Spanish
Event for inmates at the correctional facility
Co-organized with the Segovia Correctional Facility
Screening of 'The Stringer', introduced by Gary Knight and Borja Santos Porras
The truth behind the image
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IE University. Refectorio
The Stringer, the acclaimed documentary directed by Bao Nguyen and produced by award-winning photojournalist Gary Knight, explores the hidden world behind some of the most influential images in modern war journalism. Through a fascinating investigation into the origins of a photograph that helped shape the world’s perception of one of the most defining events of the late 20th century, the Vietnam War, the film raises unsettling questions about authorship, truth, recognition and the ethics of journalism.
The screening will be introduced by Gary Knight and Borja Santos Porras, Vice-Dean of the IE School of Politics, Economics and Global Affairs, who will provide context for the film and its relevance in an era of controversial narratives, information warfare and rapidly evolving media ecosystems.
A thought-provoking film aimed not only at aspiring journalists, but also at students and professionals in international relations, politics, diplomacy and global governance.
Nelio Biedermann and Antonia Blau in conversation with Irene Hernández Velasco
A Turbulent Past
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IE University. Refectorio
At 22 years old, Nelio Biedermann is able to weave together his aristocratic family past and his middle-class present with astonishing sincerity to tell the truth and veil the most disturbing episodes. A time he has revisited, one in which majestic palaces, the beauty of works of art, and the death and destruction that accompanied the fall of the Austro-Hungarian Empire—leaving deep scars on his family—are intertwined. Biedermann, a Swiss national, has poured all these experiences into a book that has taken Germany by storm under the title Lázár. Critics have highlighted its mystical tone and a classical prose style unexpected in such a young author, to the point that some are already placing him in the tradition of Thomas Mann. In conversation with philologist and cultural expert Antonia Blau. Moderated by the journalist Irene Hernández Velasco.
Following the event, the author will sign copies of his book
Event in German, with simultaneous interpretation into Spanish and English
Price: €9.00 (EUR)
Co-organized with the Goethe-Institut Madrid and Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial
Laura Martínez de Guereñu in conversation with Niklas Maak
Lilly Reich, Mies and shared authorship
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IE University. Centro Creativo – Palacio de Mansilla
The pursuit of beauty in architecture and the creation of masterpieces have historically been associated with the solitary work of the great individual genius. However, new interpretations of authorship have brought to light the creative reality of teamwork and challenged some of the most deeply entrenched narratives of modern architecture.
Laura Martínez de Guereñu, architect, lecturer at IE University and author of Lilly Reich in Barcelona, will discuss, in conversation with Niklas Maak, architect, writer and art and architecture editor at the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, the context and process through which Lilly Reich and Ludwig Mies van der Rohe created the legendary Barcelona Pavilion in 1929, known as the Mies van der Rohe Pavilion since its reconstruction in 1986. The conversation will address the reasons why Lilly Reich’s creative contribution was sidelined for decades and will question whether it is legitimate to suggest that today the work could be called the Mies van der Rohe / Lilly Reich Pavilion.
The book Lilly Reich in Barcelona: The Materialization of a Neglected Authorship (Finalist for the 2026 FAD Thought and Criticism Award) analyses this historiographical oversight and shows how the rediscovery of Lilly Reich has transformed our understanding of architectural masterpieces, creative collaboration and the very nature of authorship.
At the end of the event, the authors will sign copies of his books
Event in English
Price: €9.00 (EUR)
In collaboration with the German Embassy and IE School of Architecture & Design
Peter Sloterdijk in conversation with Santiago Iñíguez de Onzoño
The Incendiary Humanity
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IE University. Aula Magna
Europe is undergoing a period of profound redefinition. Amid rapid technological change, geopolitical tensions, and the transformation of liberal democracies, fundamental questions are resurfacing about identity, education, culture, and the very meaning of the European project. What values can sustain Europe today? How is the technological revolution shaping the way we think, learn, and live together? What remains of the European humanist ideal in an era marked by uncertainty and fragmentation? Peter Sloterdijk—undoubtedly one of the great living philosophers whose controversial views fuel essential debates— will engage in a dialogue with Santiago Iñiguez de Onzoño, president of IE University, on the major intellectual and cultural challenges of our time.
The discussion will begin with The Continent Without Qualities, Sloterdijk’s latest essay, a lucid reflection on Europe’s loss of political and spiritual horizon and on the tensions between technology, culture, and democracy in the 21st century. In the second part, three students from IE University’s European Union Club will join the conversation in an exercise in intergenerational dialogue that will highlight the voices of Young people and their role in building a shared future.
At the end of the event, the authors will be signing copies of their books
Event in English with simultaneous interpretation into Spanish
Price: €9.00 (EUR)
Co-organised with the IE Foundation, the Banco Sabadell Foundation and the Telefónica Foundation, in collaboration with Ediciones Siruela
