Conference series «ENCUENTROS con PETRARCA». Casa de Cultura. Tuesday 27 October, 6 pm.

Organised by the Colectivo Rousseau

There is no more urgent fight than saving the bookshelves (Derrida)

Dealing with the present without renouncing the humanist legacy (Birnbaum)

Seneca in the cellar by Pedro Plasencia. Writer and jurist

Pedro Plasencia was born in Cáceres in 1955. A jurist and gastronomic critic, regular contributor to Revista Sobremesa, he is the author of a dozen books, among which stand out the essays «Los vinos de España vistos por los viajeros europeos», «Episodios gastronómicos de la conquista de Indias», «La cerveza, manual de uso», and «A la mesa con Don Quijote y Sancho», as well as a historical novel: «El tiempo de los cerezos».

Upcoming conferences in the series:

- Tuesday 3 November: The Leader Law and its impact on the mountain environment by Alberto Fraguas. Coordinator of the ATTAC political ecology observatory

- Wednesday 11 November: Juana of Castile, conspiracy, madness and power in Renaissance Castile by Eduardo Juárez Valero. University professor and author of the book

- Tuesday 17 November: The cinema from within: «Behind the screen» by Alfonso López Yepes. Professor of Documentation.