The king has been invested Doctor Honoris Causa by the University of Alcalá (UAH) in a solemn act that has been held this Thursday 27 in the morning at the Allaninfo Alcalaíno. The strong link of the monarch with this public institution, its commitment to human rights, culture and research has made it worthy of the distinction. Doña Letizia has remained in a discreet background while following the act from the gallery.
With two hits of maza on the ground, according to tradition, the Macero has announced the beginning of the session. He has host this ceremony, the university rector, José Vicente Saz. We have seen in the cloister to the Head of State with the red and black coat of this act. Without the octagonal birrete of the doctors, the same one looked at the academic authorities. He has taken the word Eva Senra, vice -chancellor of students.
The most anticipated moment of the ceremony has come from the hand of those who have worked as a godfather of the king, the professor of legal sciences Miguel Rodríguez Blanco. The godfather of His Majesty has proceeded to read laudation in honor of the new Honoris Causa. “Immense honor to write and pronounce the laudatio,” Rodríguez Blanco began: “The most important assignment I have had and what I will have.” And he has cited words of the king: “For many times one comes to the beloved University of Alcalá one can only feel overwhelmed by everything that has happened here.” The sponsor to prominent “the exceptional merit” for his work, for culture and for society, with mentions of the Constitution of 78 and the pillars of “freedom, equality, justice and dignity of the person”; To Tomás and brave and, of course, Cervantes, “so present in this Paraninfo”.
Then, the university rector has invested a doctor of the Head of the State by delivering the title, the doctoral birrete and all the symbols of his appointment: “The book of science that is necessary – there is a highlight of season – that you grow and spread with respect and consideration to your teachers; the ring as an emblem of privilege; and the white gloves, symbol of the purity that your hands must keep symbol of your dignity. ” Then, Don Felipe has taken the floor, who has begun to highlight the relevance of the UAH in history, five times centenary and heritage of humanity, whose classrooms Antonio de Nebrija, Lope de Vega and Jovellanos taught.
“In this city he saw the light, in 1547, Don Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra; and that is why every year we went to this historic Paraninfo,” the sovereign continued. With the figure of Cervantes on the central axis of his speech, he has spoken of “literature and law, two shores of the same river, that of the language.” Two fields of knowledge that have gone hand in hand from Cicero to Kafka, Allan Poe, Tolstoi and Mario Vargas Llosa. Bachelor of Law from the Autonomous University of Madrid and Doctor Honoris Causa at the proposal of the Department of Legal Sciences of the UAH, Don Felipe has said that “Language is the architecture of our relationships“. And that” that architecture takes body, in the field of law, in legal norms and acts. “ “The language of law belongs to us all.” Because the right “is first and foremost communication, ordination of coexistence, solution of the practical and tangible problems of citizens.” As a symbology of this ceremony, the music of Gaudeamus and the Hymn at nightby Jean-Philippe Rameau.
Doctor after the distinction of Naples
The Department of Legal Sciences proposed its distinction, the first granted by a Spanish university after having been invested by the University ofglo Studi Federico II of Naples (Italy), last December. As they point out from the academic center, they have taken into account “their relationship with the UAH and its commitment to human rights, culture and research.” It is, therefore, the second doctorate after having received that of Naples, the University Dean and State University from around the world with 800 years of history.
