Research projects and groups
Research Group: Universal Powers from Antiquity to the Early Modern Age.
Members USP CEU
Mr. Manuel Alejandro Rodríguez de la Peña (IP)
Mrs. Mª del Mar Gabaldón Martínez (IP)
Mr. Giovanni Collamati
Mr. Antonio Miguel Jiménez Serrano
Mr. Javier Crevillén Abril
External members of the group
Mr. Giovanni F. Contel (Instituto Italiano per gli Studi Storici, "Benedetto Croce")
Mrs. Caterina Cappuccio (Deutsches Historisches Institut, Rome)
Mr. Francesco D'Angelo (Sapienza - Università di Roma)
Mr. Gabriele Passabì (Società Internazionale per lo Studio del Medioevo Latino, Firenze)
Mrs. Maddalena Moglia (Università degli Studi di Milano)
Mrs. María Fernández Portaencasa (Universidad Carlos III, Madrid)
Description
https://www.uspceu.com/investigacion/grupos-investigacion/id/universaliter
The Recognized Research Group UNIVERSALITER: Universal Powers from Antiquity to the Early Modern Age brings together more than ten national and international researchers with the aim of studying the evolution of political universalism in a broad period from classical antiquity to the beginning of the Modern Age. This group relies on the previous research experience of its members, and on the scientific results of the project: EXTRA ECCLESIAM: the medieval Papacy and the frontiers of Christianity. MPFI22GC. Call for Grants for Projects of Strategic Identity Lines CEU 2022-2023.
Research Project: "Extra Ecclesiam": the medieval Papacy and the frontiers of Christianity.
Principal Investigators:
Mr. Giovanni Collamati (USP-CEU)
Mr. Manuel Alejandro Rodríguez de la Peña (USP-CEU)
Church history has always been one of the most prolific fields of research in medieval history. Within it, the history of the Roman Papacy constitutes an unicum that has attracted and continues to attract generations of historians from all over the world. The affirmation of the Petrine auctoritas over the Western Church had the effect of transforming the pontifical institution into a doctrinal guide and a juridical-ecclesiological reference for both the already Christianized populations and for those living outside the confines of what was being shaped as Christianitas. This project aims to address the study of the relations between the Apostolic See and the peoples who were on its borders, analyzing the moments of encounter and confrontation. This project is proposed for the research line of identity: "History of the Catholic Church and Biblical Tradition". Today, more than ever, it is necessary to study the history of the Church in a scientific and careful way, to give an accurate picture of its contribution to human civilization. Thanks to this project, USP-CEU is linked to other prestigious universities in Europe and the rest of the world, thus becoming a reference center for the study of the medieval Church.
"Vulnerabilitas: the person and the protection of the weak: a historical, anthropological, social, moral, bioethical and biolegal perspective on vulnerability"
Researchers:
Mr. Juan Ignacio Grande Aranda (PI).
Mrs. Beatriz Bullón de Mendoza Gómez de Valugera
Mrs. Loreto Payró Gregori
Mr. José María Garrido Bermúdez
Mr. Rafael del Río Villegas
Mr. Alfonso Martínez-Carbonell López
Mrs. Belén, Huertas Valverde
Mr. Emilio García Sánchez
Mrs. Ana Sánchez-Sierra Sánchez
Mr. David Santos Mejía
Mrs. Silvia Martín Lluesma
Mr. Fermín Jesús González Melado
Research Project "VULNERABILITAS": the person and the protection of the weak: a historical, anthropological, social, moral, bioethical and biolegal perspective of vulnerability.
Principal Investigators:
Mr. Manuel Alejandro Rodríguez de la Peña (IP)
Mr. Juan Ignacio Grande Aranda
Professors from the three CEU universities (USP-Madrid, UAO-Barcelona, UCH-C. Valenciana) participate.
This project focused on the study of weakness and vulnerability as inherent characteristics of the human person and his/her nature from birth to the end of life. At the same time, we have analysed these aspects of human identity as a social and anthropological phenomenon from the perspective of history, philosophy, morality, and bioethics. This project has produced significant results such as publications in academic journals and books, including "Compassion", written by Alejandro Rodríguez de la Peña, winner of the CEU Ángel Herrera Research Award.
Duration: 2021-2022.
This project focused on the study of weakness and vulnerability as inherent characteristics of the human person and his or her nature from birth to the end of life. At the same time, we have analyzed these aspects of human identity as a social and anthropological phenomenon from the perspective of history, philosophy, morality and bioethics. This project has produced significant results such as publications in academic journals and books, among them "Compassion", written by D- Alejandro Rodríguez de la Peña, CEU - Ángel Herrera Research Award (year 2022).
Bioethics and education research project: teaching and disseminating the culture of life.
Principal Investigators:
Mr. Emilio García Sánchez (UCH-CEU)
Mr. Juan Ignacio Grande Aranda (USP-CEU)
Professors from the three CEU universities (USP-Madrid, UAO-Barcelona, UCH-C. Valenciana) participate.
Duration: 2023-2024.
This project is framed within the need to transmit a culture of life and respect for the dignity of all people -especially the most vulnerable- specifically through teaching and school and university education. We start from a Spanish educational situation in which it is possible to recognize a training deficit in Bioethics issues.
Results: Monograph on ‘Bioethics and education’ in Cuadernos de Bioética nº115 September-October 2024, ISSN: 1132-1989
LECOBI Research Group: the language of color in the Bible
Researchers:
Mrs. Lourdes García Ureña (PI)
Mrs. Marta García Cañete (PI)
Mrs. Rosario Gutiérrez Carreras
The research group has as its object of study the fusion of two themes of particular cultural relevance: color, one of the main elements of the visual culture in which we live immersed, and the Bible, key foundation of European culture and that today, in some areas, is so unknown.
The research group has a strong interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary character, which requires the participation of philologists from different branches, historians and art specialists. Its objective is to analyze the language of color in biblical sources (Hebrew, Greek and Latin), as well as the symbolism that emanates from it in order to show its influence on the artistic (pictorial, sculptural, architectural) and literary manifestations that emerge later, starting with early Christian literature.
The research carried out is having a great reception both internationally and nationally. We have been invited to present our research at the annual meeting of the Association pour l'Étude de la Littérature Apocryphe Chrétienne (2018) and to carry out various academic activities such as: the organization of an annual workshop at the European Association of Biblical Studies (EABS), a seminar at the Faculty of Theology, Harvard University (2019); a course on the language of color at the Aristotle University (Thessaloniki, Greece); several conferences in prestigious centers such as the CSIC (2019; 2016: https://youtu.be/BDDDK3al2p0A;), the Pontifical Biblical Institute (Rome 2019; 2018), the Pontifical Catholic University of Ponce (Puerto Rico, 2019) and associations such as ORIENS - Near Eastern Studies Association (2017).
We have also participated in congresses in different areas of knowledge such as: New Perspectives on the Book of Revelation (Leuven, 2016), 3rd International Congress on Visual Culture (Barcelona, 2017), XV Symposium of the Spanish Association of Hebrew and Jewish Studies (Tudela, 2017), Colour and Human Comfort. International Colour Association (AIC) Conference 2018 (Lisbon), XI International Congress of the Spanish Association of Cognitive Linguistics (Córdoba, 2018), Eighty-second International Meeting of the Catholic Biblical Association of America (North Canton, Ohaio, 2019), etc.
Website: https://lecobigroup.wordpress.com/
RESOLUTION OF THE CALL FOR GRANTS FOR CEU IDENTITY PROJECTS.
As of February 23, 2025, 8,000 € was granted to each project to be distributed 4,000 € for each of the two years.
Research Project Anthropological foundation of the educational fact in personalist authors in connection with Christian humanism.
PI: Mr. Rafael Fayos Febrer (UCH CEU)
Identity Line: Christian philosophy and the contemporary philosophical debate.
Research Project The political: between the sacred and the profane.
PI: Mrs. Lucía Vallejo Rodríguez (USP CEU)
Identity Line: Christian Humanism and the Western cultural tradition.
Research Project The Apocalypse: a universe of color. From text to image (II). Black: color meaning, color represented
PI: Mrs. Lourdes García Ureña (USP CEU).
Identity Line: History of the Catholic Church and Biblical Tradition.
RESOLUTION OF THE CALL FOR GRANTS FOR CEU IDENTITY PROJECTS.
As of February 6, 2024, € 8,000 was granted to each project to be distributed 4,000 € for each of the two years.
Research Project Interdisciplinary recovery of the historical and cultural heritage of the Madrid of the Calderonian Golden Age and churches of the fuero.
PI: Mr. Pablo Sánchez Garrido (USP CEU)
Identity Line: Christian humanism and western cultural tradition.
Research Project CEU educational model for the University: foundations, history and current affairs (EDUCEU).
PI: Mr. Alfonso Martínez Carbonell-López (UCH CEU)
Identity Line: Humanistic vision of education. Values from school, family and society.
Research Project Conservatism and Catholicism during the Spanish Restoration (1876-1923): convergence and misunderstandings.
PI: Mr. Carlos Gregorio Hernández Hernández (USP CEU).
Identity Line: History of political and social Catholicism.
Research Project Personal history and organizational structures in the development of the Catholic Association of Propagandists of Valencia: members, trends and fields of action (1920-1978).
PI: Mr. Juan Carlos Valderrama Abenza (UCH CEU).
Identity Line: History of political and social Catholicism.
RESOLUTION OF THE CALL FOR CEU BRIDGE GRANTS ACADEMIC YEAR 2024/25
On October 22, 2024, 3,000 € was awarded to the following project:
Research Project Multipolarity, ethics and historical consciousness in an era of conflict.
PI: Mr. Aquilino Cayuela Cayuela (UAO CEU).
Faculty: Communication, Education and Humanities (UAO CEU).
Research Project Local and global partnerships for fostering community resilience in Primary Education: Increasing engagement with others through shared narratives.
PI's: Mrs. Franciele Corti and Mr. Marcin Kazmierczak (UAO CEU).
Members: IHAA professors (Miguel Ángel Barbero Barrios, UAO CEU; María Teresa Signes Signes, UAO CEU and Jaime Vilarroig Martín UCH CEU), among others.
Other research projects linked to our professors
The Cathedral of Valencia in the 16th century. Humanism and Church reform
PI: Mr. Emilio Callado Estela (UCH CEU)
Educational freedom and responsibility: foundations, critical approach and lines of action.
PI: Mrs. Patricia Santos Rodríguez (USP CEU)
Virtue, Psychology and Mental Health: The contribution of the Christian conception of virtues to psychology.
PI: Mr. Martín Federico Echavarría Anavitarte (UAO CEU)
Medical education: the acquisition of ethical and humanistic competences in medical students of CEU Medical Schools in the new digital scenario.
PI: Mr. Antonio Piñas Mesa and Esther Rincón Fernández (USP CEU)
The family, a place of welcome, dedication and learning about life in the individual and social spheres.
IP: Mrs. Carmen Fernández de la Cigoña (USP CEU)
From student mobilization to social reform: historical genesis, institutionalization process and organizational development of the ACdP in Valencia (1920-1975). Interdisciplinary studies
PI: Mr. Juan Carlos Valderrama Abenza (UCH CEU)