The Department of International Relations at Comillas Universidad Pontifica together with the Observatorio Winston Churchill and with the cooperation of the British Embassy in Madrid and the BritishSpanishSociety is holding a day long conference on British Foreign Policy as a global player and its relations with Spain.

 

The conference day will include the re-opening for a three week period of a special exhibition Churchill & Spain curated by Jimmy Burns, chairman of the Spanish Society at Comillas University, and a special round table discussion with expert academics on Churchill and the shaping of UK Foreign Policy.

 

Participants will include  the British ambassador in Madrid Hugh Elliott;  Jose Manuel Rodriguez, Global Head for Government and Institutional Affairs Iberdrola; Harriet Matthews, Deputy Political Director at the Foreign Commonwealth & Development Office; Richard Leather, Managing Director  The Moller Institute , Churchill College , Cambridge; Sir Chris Bryant MP; Charles Powell, Director of Real Instituto Elcano; Jimmy Burns Chairman of the BritishSpanish  Society; Ricardo Martin de la Guardia History professor University of Valladolid; Stephen Doughty MP – Labour Party Shadow Minister (Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs and International Development); Emilio Saes-Frances, Director  for  International Relations Comillas;  Allen Packwood, Director  Churchill Archives, Cambridge; – Churchill College Cambridge, Warren Dockter, East Tennessee Historical Society/Aberystwyth  University.

 

Find out more and register to attend the event FREE in person HERE