Verso il centenario della Ciudad Universitaria di Madrid. Per una riflessione sulla recente evoluzione della storia dell’istruzione superiore e degli spazi universitari urbani in Spagna

This paper aims to discuss the relationship between the recent development of the History of University and Higher Education in Spain and the urban configuration of Madrid. To be specific, using "Hacia el Centenario. La Ciudad Universitaria de Madrid a sus 90 años", a book edited by Carolina Rodríguez López and Jara Muñoz Hernández, this contribution intends to celebrate the centenary of the campus and to reconstruct the leading events that marked its history. The Ciudad Universitaria of Madrid symbolizing a unique academic experience, both as a university campus and as a place of daily lives, which is characterized by numerous services and research centers. Thanks to a multidisciplinary approach, the issues offered by the book are able to enhance the significant historical memory of this academic institution and to open up to new research perspectives.