Barcelona promotes a scholarship on Cervantes and hosts the 3rd International Meeting of the Network of Cervantine Cities

Barcelona strengthens its link with Miguel de Cervantes with the creation of the Miguel de Cervantes Creation and Research grant, a new modality within the Barcelona Crea grants programme, promoted by Institut de Cultura de Barcelona (ICUB). This grant, endowed with 6,000 euros, aims to support researchers who analyse Cervantes’ influence on Catalan culture and the presence of Barcelona in his work. The call will be open from 27 February to 21 March 2025 and projects related to literature, history and Cervantes’ heritage can be submitted.

This initiative is part of Barcelona’s presidency of the Network of Cervantine Cities and responds to the city’s commitment to strengthen the dissemination of Cervantes’ work. In addition to the grant, the city will host the 3rd International Meeting of the Network of Cervantes Cities on 18 and 19 March, an event that will bring together representatives of various cities linked to the author of Don Quixote. The opening ceremony will take place on 18 March in the Saló de Cent of Barcelona City Hall, with the presence of the Mayor, Jaume Collboni, the President of the network, José Manuel Lucía Megías, the Director of the Cervantes Institute, Luis García Montero, and the philologist Carme Riera, who will give a lecture on Cervantes and Barcelona. On the following day, the meeting will continue with a working session at the MUHBA to establish new lines of collaboration between cities such as Alcalá de Henares, Lisbon, Madrid, Valladolid and Recife.

At the same time, Barcelona will be adding to its cultural heritage with the incorporation of the sculpture Don Quixot, by Juli González, from the MNAC collection. This work will be installed in the city’s Sculpture Park as a permanent tribute to the writer. With these actions, Barcelona is reaffirming its role in promoting the Cervantine legacy on an international scale.