So it was... IV Conference Weaving the past: From domestic work to caregiving work

Roberto Saez Martin  He holds a PhD in Anthropology, a Master's degree in Industrial Engineering and is a scientific communicator, expert in Human Evolution and in the Bioarchaeology of Care, as well as founder of the research group on the Bioarchaeology of Care in Spanish.

Author of the blog NutcrackerMan.com (best innovation, science and technology blog at the 20Blogs Awards in 2019, currently Premios Creadores) and the book Human evolution: Prehistory and the origin of compassion (2019, Almuzara publishing house), along with numerous contributions to books on prehistory, bioarchaeology, scientific articles and popular science magazines.

He has given dozens of lectures and training workshops in different public and private entities, and has collaborated with radio programs, podcasts, TV and online courses. He is co-founder of the scientific association Club de Ciencia Boadilla.

Rosalia Rodriguez Lopez She is a Professor of Roman Law at the University of Almería, a tutor at UNED and a teaching collaborator at the University for Seniors.

She has been coordinator of the Socrates-Erasmus Programme (University of Foggia and Messina). She has been head of the research group of the Andalusian Research Plan: “Ancient Cities, Tourism and Sustainability” since 2010, as well as a member of several research groups.

He has participated regularly in national and international congresses and conferences, and has written numerous book chapters and articles in prestigious journals on Law and the ancient world. Among his publications, it is worth highlighting: Legal Experiences and Female Identities, (Madrid 2011), MULIER. Some histories and institutions of Roman Law, (Madrid 2013) or Sailing in a sea without shores. The legacy of Rome and Byzantium in southeastern Hispania, (University of Almeria 2015).

Her research activity has focused on the areas of Roman Agriculture: social and legal aspects; Urban Planning, Proto-Byzantine Law and the study of Women from Antiquity to the Present Time.

In addition, throughout her extensive professional career, she has been an evaluator of scientific publications and has participated in several documentary films and curated various exhibitions on women's history.

Beatriz Garcia Gomez is Director of the Historical Archive of Protocols of Madrid since 2019.

Graduate in Geography and History with a specialty in medieval history and a Master's degree in archival science from the Complutense University of Madrid.

Between 1994 and 1997 she worked on different archive organisation projects both with different administrations and in the private sector. In 1998 she joined the Senior Facultative Corps of Archives of the Community of Madrid. From 1998-2019 she was Head of the Section for the coordination of central archives of Ministries and Head of the Archive Inspection Unit. She also has teaching experience from 1999 to the present in archival science both in the continuing education of the Community of Madrid and in the university field. Various presentations and publications in the field of the dissemination of funds from the Historical Archive of Protocols, as well as in that of employability in the field of archives. 

She has been a member of specialized collegiate bodies, such as a member of the Archives Council of the Community of Madrid and of the Judicial Archives Expurgation Board. She was President of the Association of Archivists of the Community of Madrid for 4 years.

Gonzalo Gomez Garcia He holds a PhD in History from the University of Alcalá. He has a Master's degree in Egyptology and a degree in Business Administration from the same university. His lines of research have addressed specialties such as the History of Science, Modern History, Ancient and Medieval History, as well as the History of Medicine, Pharmacy and Nursing.

Professor at the Francisco de Vitoria University since 2023, he has also worked on the Ancient History: Egypt course for the Universidad Anáhuac Online (Mexico) and as Honorary Professor of the History Department of the University of Alcalá, between 2021 and 2022. Previously, he also taught as a professor at UMA Comillas and at the AULADADE Center for Humanistic Studies.

He is the author of various publications, including: Healing bodies and preserving souls: Humanist Medicine in Spain and America in the 16th century (2022) The “Fathers of History” in Castile (1479-1688). A historiographical revolution. (Co-author with Alfredo Alvar Ezquerra, 2020) or Witchcraft in Alcalá. The Inquisition trials (16th-19th centuries) (2017), among others. In his work of historical dissemination, in addition to his participation in numerous conferences and seminars, he develops the radio program Complutum Revealed on Onda Cero and manages the Instagram account @eltemplodelahistoria.

Elena Sanchez de Madariaga She is a professor of History at the Rey Juan Carlos University. She has been a researcher at the University of Paris 8, Fordham University (New York), the University of Federico II (Naples), the University of Rosario (Bogotá) and the Higher School of Historical Studies in Paris.

Her lines of research are the social and cultural history of Madrid, brotherhoods, the history of women, exile and epistolary writing. She is the author of Brotherhoods and sociability in Madrid during the Ancien Régime, Fundamental concepts of history, editor of The teachers of the Republic and co-editor of Walking the borders. Memories of the Spanish Republican exile.

Her recent publications include “'The Wandering Catalan'. The Exiles of Néstor Almendros in the Correspondence of Pilar de Madariaga,” “Women and Letters. Sharing the Pain in the War, the Postwar Period, and Exile,” “Epistolary Writing and Social Networks. Pilar de Madariaga, Vassar College, and Exile,” “Educational Networks between Spain and the United States: Institutionalism and Republican Exile at Vassar College (1922-1968), and Writers and Religious Brotherhoods in Seventeenth-Century Madrid: The Congregation of the Slaves of the United States.” Blessed Sacrament of the Magdalene».

Ainhoa ​​Campos Inn She holds a PhD in History from the Complutense University of Madrid and currently works as a postdoctoral researcher at St. Antony's College, Oxford University.

Her research focuses on the social history of the Republic during the Civil War and the impact of the memory of this traumatic conflict on today's society.

He regularly collaborates with popular science magazines such as Historia National Geographic and La Aventura de la Historia.

Antonio David Galera Perez He holds a degree in Contemporary History (Complutense University of Madrid, 1982) and a degree in Physical Education (Polytechnic University of Madrid, 1984). He has a postgraduate degree in teacher training (University of Barcelona, ​​Spain, 1993) and a PhD in Education (Autonomous University of Barcelona, ​​Spain, 2018).

He has worked as a Physical Education and High School teacher, as a Municipal Sports Manager and as a Professor of Physical Education Didactics (Autonomous University of Barcelona, ​​1994-2021). His research highlights include those related to the Legionaries of Health and Primary Education in the High Franco era, among others.

Laura Galindo Lopez She is a trained psychologist, with nearly 20 years of experience working in the field of intellectual and developmental disabilities. She has worked as a project coordinator for mental health, the prison population, and gender and violence prevention projects.

For three years, she has been linked to APADIS, an association for the care of people with intellectual disabilities, with the project to transform the employment area and COFOIL. This transformation is focused on the integration of people with intellectual disabilities in their right to full citizenship through projects for the participation of people with disabilities in the community.

Maria Paz by Miguel Ibanez She holds a degree and a PhD in History from the University of Alicante. Her main field of research is Osteoarchaeology, where she has had a special interest in the development of studies related to women and children in an inclusive way.

Specialising in Palaeopathology, she has curated several exhibitions on the subject in Alicante and Navarre. She is part of the PastWomen collective, which promotes an integrative social vision, offering her perspective from the care perspective in relation to health and illness.

In addition to her academic training, she holds a Diploma in Nursing from the University of Navarra and a Diploma in Midwifery from the Complutense University of Madrid, a field in which she is actively involved. She holds a Degree in Social and Cultural Anthropology from the Miguel Hernández University of Elche.

She is currently an Associate Professor in the Department of Prehistory at the University of Alicante. She was recently awarded the Cross of Charles III the Nobleman of Navarre, granted by the Government of Navarre (2023).

Angela Munoz Fernandez She is a professor at the Faculty of Letters of the University of Castilla la Mancha, where she teaches Medieval History and Women's History.

She was a founding member of the Al-Mudayna group, a research group based in the Department of Medieval History at the UCM, one of the pioneering centres in Women's History in our country that promoted numerous seminars, courses and colloquia. She has also been president of the AEIHM (Spanish Association for Research in Women's History), from where she has continued to work with other professionals for the development and dissemination of Women's History.

Her research contribution to this recent and important discipline has been projected in two lines of research that take into account religion, politics and women in medieval and early modern societies, focusing on aspects such as female religiosity, female voices in writing and the forms of political action of women in these historical periods.

Author of more than 80 articles and book chapters and editions of collective works, among which the pioneering publication stands out Neo-Castilian Saints and Blesseds. Ambivalences of religion and corrective policies of power. (1994)

Angels Benavides Lopez He has been an Archives Technician at the Historical Archive of Protocols of Madrid since 2003.

Graduate in Geography and History, specialising in Art from the Complutense University of Madrid (1985) and Master's degree from the Escuela Taller de Archivos of the Ministry of Culture-Directorate of State Archives (1988-1990). She received a scholarship from the National Historical Archive to work on its collections and has coordinated different projects of the Escuela Taller de Archivos developed in the National Historical Archive and in the General Archive of the Palace. She has worked as an archivist in different projects of the National Historical Archive (1991-1997) and the General Archive of the Palace (1998 – 2005). Teaching experience in Palaeography and Diplomacy in various courses on National Heritage and the Community of Madrid.

Shell Escrig Ferrando She has an Extraordinary Degree Award in Art History and a PhD in History, Culture and Thought from the University of Alcalá (UAH). She has been a member of two teaching innovation projects and belongs to the Political History of Contemporary Spain group in the Department of History and Philosophy at the UAH. She is the author of several publications related to the history of women in the 19th century.

Eulalia Ramirez Nueda She has a degree in Philosophy and Educational Sciences (UCM) and is a researcher on the invisibility of women.

She has dedicated most of her professional life to Education, as a secondary school and university teacher, as a teacher trainer or education advisor to the European Commission, and as the author of various publications. In recent years she has devoted herself to research into the undervaluation and invisibility of women, as well as the "Matilda Effect", that is, how many scientific, artistic and cultural contributions have been usurped to attribute them to men, especially in Spain.

As a member of Gefrema (the Madrid Front Study Group), she has developed various editions that this association dedicates to International Women's Day. She has also promoted and organized several routes through Madrid under the name "The Invisibles": "Women who made History", "The Matildas" and "Pioneers, heroines and some witches...". She has also collaborated with Gefrema in the publication of a study on the vestiges of the GCE in Madrid, with the chapter "Strategies for the dissemination and protection of the historical and archaeological assets of the GCE: You do not love what you do not know". 

She has given various lectures on women, such as "María Lejárraga, a century of Spanish History and Literature and feminism through the life of a great woman", or "Women in the Civil Cemetery: Alice Gordon Gullick and Carmen de Burgos", among others.

Paloma Maria Garcia Zuniga She is a social worker, expert in protocol and events. Equal opportunities agent for women. Expert in management of funeral services. Cemeteries (heritage, rites, architecture, tourist guide, botany…)

She has 38 years of work experience in the funeral sector. She is President of the Cemeteries Association and President of the Civic Fraternity-Civil Cemetery Association. Delegate of the NGO Foundation for Cooperation-APY Democratic Solidarity. Collaborator of Diario 16.

Cristina Vadillo Garrido She graduated in 2005 in Dramatic Arts, specialising in scenography, from RESAD, and has complemented her training with postgraduate studies in education at UCLM and in art therapy and cultural management at various institutions.

Her professional career is multifaceted, but always linked to creation, culture and social transformation. She has designed and facilitated multiple community creative processes such as ¡EPA! VELLÓN, Manos de Mujeres, a project for the empowerment of women in Madarcos, Caminos para la Inclusión, an artistic project to promote inclusion in Torrelaguna or MEAfest: Expanded Exhibition of Performing Arts in the Lower Lozoya Valley, among others. 

He has also collaborated as part of the team in
community creation processes promoted by other groups or entities such as Super: La opereta del Barrio, in Villaverde (Madrid) and has carried out cultural mediation and management work, working on projects to enhance intangible cultural heritage or generating development and visibility opportunities for creators with functional diversity, among other initiatives.
As a community facilitator, she has designed different projects in the Sierra Norte of Madrid, such as: Yomimeconmigo or Conectad@s for the municipality of Pedrezuela or Creating the Future for the Atazar Reservoir Association.
As a creator, her designs of sets and costumes for different shows and various illustration, installation and performance projects stand out.

Maria Belen Hidalgo She is an APADIS employee and has worked in the COFOIL service and the organization's job placement area for more than 10 years.