The president of the Supreme Court, Aznar, Abascal and Ferrer Dalmau will be the focus of CEU Summer Courses 

Relevant personalities from the fields of law, politics, journalism and art, among others, will be present this summer at the second edition of the CEU-María Cristina Summer Courses. The 16 courses, from June 30 to July 15, cover a wide variety of topics and include speakers such as José María Aznar, the president of the Supreme Court and the General Council of the Judiciary, María Isabel Perelló, judges Carlos Lesmes and Manuel Marchena; the president of Vox, Santiago Abascal; the coach Toni Nadal; the president of the Xunta, and the painter Augusto Ferrer-Dalmau, among others.

The Real Centro Universitario Escorial-María Cristina will host for the second year an academic and cultural program that will bring together leading figures in the areas of Humanities, Politics, Society and Science, in courses organized by the CEFAS-CEU center and the San Pablo CEU University Foundation. 

The opening course, on June 30, will focus on the first year of Leo XIV's pontificate, with the participation of Monsignor Luis Marin de San Martin, Augustinian, undersecretary of the Synod of Bishops and a personal friend of the Holy Father.

The program will also address issues such as the cultural heritage of Hispanic culture, with Mexican writer Gonzalo Celorio, and with Alaska and Mario Vaquerizo; access to housing for young people, immigration, the Second Republic, misinformation, the Bible or the relationship between Christianity and politics, among other topics. 

Common good and mental health

Also, the common good, with interventions by Monsignor Reig Pla, chef Pepe Rodríguez and Julio Borges, former president of the National Assembly of Venezuela; or mental health in contemporary society, with guests such as writer Lucía Etxebarría, coach Toni Nadal, and doctor Carlos Chiclana, among others.

The course on demographics, meanwhile, will bring together former minister Jaime Mayor Oreja with former president of the Community of Madrid Joaquín Leguina, plus American Enterprise Institute political economist Nicholas Eberstadt. Marcos de Quinto, the President of the Saharawi Republic Brahim Gali and politicians such as Iván Espinosa de los Monteros and Albert Rivera will meet to discuss the Spanish economy.

Other speakers will include the former Prime Minister of Spain, José María Aznar; the president of Vox, Santiago Abascal; the president of the Xunta de Galicia, Alfonso Rueda; the painter Augusto Ferrer-Dalmau; and the mayor of Madrid, José Luis Martínez-Almeida.

These Summer Courses will incorporate complementary cultural activities, such as film screenings and book presentations. In the first edition of the courses, in the summer of 2025, more than 300 speakers and 400 students participated. 

– Supernatural official website of the CEU - María Cristina Summer Courses is now available.