Alter et ego. Atlantic otherness on the threshold of modernity: research seminar at Casa de Ossunaverified
The research seminar “Alter et ego. Alteridades atlánticas a las puertas de la modernidad” holds its first day on Thursday 12 November, from 17:00 to 20:00, at the Casa de Ossuna, home of the Instituto de Estudios Canarios in La Laguna. It is an academic session in Spanish on otherness in the pre-modern Atlantic, with free entry until the room is full.
On Thursday 12 November 2026, from 17:00 to 20:00, the Casa de Ossuna, home of the Instituto de Estudios Canarios at Calle Juan de Vera 4 in San Cristóbal de La Laguna, hosts the first day of the research seminar “Alter et ego. Alteridades atlánticas a las puertas de la modernidad” (Atlantic otherness on the threshold of modernity). It is organised by the Latino-Arábica research group (IEMYR, University of La Laguna), with the Instituto de Estudios Canarios and the Museo de Historia y Antropología de Tenerife among its partners.
Programme: 17:00, introduction by academic director Kevin Rodríguez Wittmann; 17:30, Juan Manuel Santana Pérez (University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria), “La otredad en el área atlántica en la Edad Moderna”; 18:00, Chet Van Duzer (University of Rochester), “Navegar la alteridad: la desotrización cartográfica de la frontera atlántica”; 18:30, Kevin Rodríguez Wittmann (IEMyR, ULL), “La alteridad en la mirada. Imágenes de la otredad en el área atlántica bajomedieval”; 19:00, debate. This is an academic seminar in Spanish, free entry until full; the second day is on Friday 13 at the Guajara campus.
