Internacional Museum of the Student - Roberto Martinez del Rio

				Roberto Martinez del Rio Born in La Bańeza (León, Spain) the October 3, 1971. In 1991 he moved to Salamanca to go to the University, city where he currently resides. Roberto is the creator of the International Museum of the Student and the owner of the collection that bears his name. Autodidact researcher and former Coordinator of the ŤArea of Student Life and Tunať at the University of Salamanca. Such as author, has participated in collective works such as ŤHistory of the University of Salamancať and published several books. Among them include the first ŤHistorical dictionary of student and university termsť, presented at the eighth centenary of the 'Studium Generale' of Palencia., ŤStudents of Salamancať, which was released on the occasion of the European Capital of Culture in 2002 and ŤMemories of the Plaza Mayor. The student of Salamanca in the eighteenth centuryť, prepared for the two hundred and fiftieth anniversary of the main square of Salamanca. Roberto has been the curator of several temporary exhibitions, musical composer and the jury of numerous awards and competitions. He has also lectured at various universities and museums in Belgium, Colombia, Chile, Italy, Mexico, Poland, Portugal and Spain. Pending a headquarters to shelter the museum, continues to conduct research on international student life and increasing the collection with pieces from the five continents. He currently heads the Virtual Museum (www.museumofthestudent.com) without any financial assistance or institutional support.
				PUBLICATIONS
				Diccionario histórico de términos estudiantiles y universitarios (Historical dictionary of student and university terms). Diputación Provincial de Palencia, Palencia, 2012, 120 páginas. Work published to mark the eighth centenary of the 'Studium Generale' of Palencia. El arte de Tunar (The art of tunar). Chapter entitled ŤUn siglo de estudiantinas carnavalescasť. T. F. Media y diseńo, S. A., Urueńa (Valladolid), 2006, 157 pages. Book & catalog dedicated to the temporary exhibition held at the Fundación Joaquín Díaz from Urueńa (Valladolid, SPAIN). Sponsored by the Fundación Joaquin Diaz, Junta de Castilla y León and the Ministry of Culture of Spain. Memorias de la Plaza Mayor. El estudiante de Salamanca en el siglo XVIII (Memories of the Main Square. The student of Salamanca in the eighteenth century). Europa Artes Gráficas, Salamanca, 2005, 101 pages. Work published to mark the 250th anniversary of the Plaza Mayor of Salamanca. Sponsored by Fundación Salamanca Ciudad de Cultura, the City of Salamanca and the consortium Salamanca 2005 Main Square of Europe. Tradiciones en la antigua Universidad. Estudiantes, matraquistas y tunos (Traditions in the ancient university. Students, matraquistas and tunos). Chapter entitled ŤLa supervivencia del estudiante pobre en el antiguo Régimen: Correr la Tunať (The survival of the poor student in the old regime: Running the Tuna). Ediciones Universidad de Alicante, Alicante, 2004. Historia de la Universidad de Salamanca (History of the University of Salamanca), Volume II. Chapter entitled ŤEstudiantinas y Tunasť (Estudiantinas and Tunas). Ediciones Universidad de Salamanca, Salamanca, 2004. Work published to mark the designation of Salamanca as the European Cultural City 2002. Tunas y Estudiantinas de Carnaval. Relaciones culturales, sociales y políticas de los estudiantes de Salamanca (1852-1936) (Tunas and Estudiantinas in Carnival. Cultural, social and political relations of the students of Salamanca 1852-1936), own edition, Salamanca, 2002, 1500 pages. Estudiantes de Salamanca (Students of Salamanca). Chapter entitled ŤEstudiantes, Estudiantinas y Tunasť (Students, Estudiantinas and Tunas). Salamanca, Ediciones Universidad de Salamanca, Salamanca, 2001. Work published to mark the designation of Salamanca as the European Cultural Capital in 2002. Miscelánea Alfonso IX 2000 (Miscellaneous Alfonso IX 2000). Chapter entitled ŤHistorias y relatos de estudiantes universitariosť (Stories and narratives of university students). Gráficas Varona, Salamanca, 2001. Publication of the Alfonso IX, Center of Universitary History . Author of the project Vida estudiantil y Tuna. Fondo documental y expositivo (Student Life and tuna. Documentary and exhibition). Author of the project for the creation of the International Museum of the Student. LECTURES La vida estudiantil internacional en la historia de la fotografía (The international student life in the history of photography), lecture given on September, 2012 in the Royal Circle of Friendship (Cordoba, SPAIN). Ocho siglos de tradiciones estudiantiles en Iberoamérica (Eight centuries of student traditions in Latin America), lecture given on September 29, 2011 at the Cartagena University (Colombia) during the course of the ŤI congreso Internacional: la Tuna en América Hispanať. The History of the Students of Salamanca, lecture given on October 1, 2010 at the Jagiellonian University of Krakow (Poland) during the course of the symposium ŤCzapka conferencesť. Le tradizioni studentesche internazionali (International student traditions), lecture given on July 1, 2010 at the University of Torino (Italy) during the course of the ŤInternational University Students Meeeting (EUSM) - Toward a European Union of Knowledgeť an event included in the celebrations of ŤTorino 2010 - European Youth Capitalť. The Spanish Students in ancien times, lecture given on April 28, 2010 at the Jagiellonian University of Krakow (Poland) during the course of the symposium ŤIuvenes dum sumusť. Panorama des Traditions Estudiantines du Monde, lecture given on March 27, 2010 at the University of Liege (Belgium) during the course of the symposium Ť150 ans de la penne á Liegeť. Leyendas y tradiciones de los estudiantes de la Tuna (Legends and traditions of students of the Tuna), lecture given on November 7, 2009 at the Auditorium of Fonseca of the University of Salamanca (SPAIN). Museo del estudiante: la musealización de la vida estudiantil internacional (Museum of the Student: the musealization of the international student life), lecture given on October 29, 2008 at the Autonomous University of Queretaro (Mexico) during the course of the ŤIII Festival Universitario. El otońo en la culturať. Introducción a la historia de la Tuna (Introduction to the History of the Tuna), lecture given on October 24, 2008 at the Autonomous University of San Luis Potosi (Mexico). Origen, evolución y expansión internacional de las tradiciones estudiantinas (Origin, development and international expansion of the student traditions), lecture given on October 22, 2008 in Meso-American University of Puebla (Mexico). Origen, evolución y expansión internacional de las tradiciones estudiantinas (Origin, development and international expansion of the student traditions), lecture given on October 20, 2008 in the National Polytechnic Institute of Mexico, D. F. (Mexico). Costumbres universitarias: los estudiantes mendicantes y la vida tunantesca (University customs: mendicant students and tunantesca life), lecture given on September 6, 2008 at the Interactive Music Museum (MIMMA) of Málaga (SPAIN). Introducción a la historia de la Tuna (Introduction to the History of the Tuna), Los estudiantes en el antiguo régimen (The students in the Old Regime) and Las Estudiantinas de carnaval (Estudiantinas in Carnival), lectures given at the University of Leon (SPAIN) on October 18, 2007 during the course of the series dedicated to the ŤHistoria de la Tunať. Génesis de las estudiantinas portuguesas (Genesis of the Portuguese Estudiantinas), lecture given at the University of Viseu (Portugal) on October 14, 2006 during the course of the ŤIV encuentro Nacional de Tunosť. Participation in the round table Tunas Ibericas - Linhas tangentes ou secantes. La Tuna: Origen e influencias (La Tuna: Origin and influences), lecture given at the University of La Serena (Chile) on January 29, 2005 during the course of the ŤSeminario del buen Tunarť. La supervivencia del estudiante pobre durante el período vacacional: correr la Tuna (The survival of poor student during the holiday period: correr la Tuna), lecture given at Orihuela on February 12, 2003 in the sixth cycle ŤOrihuela, una ciudad universitaria en la edad modernať, organized by the chair Archbishop Loazes of the University of Alicante (SPAIN). TEMPORARY EXHIBITIONS Gaudeamus. Eight centuries of student life. Exhibition held between October 23 and December 2, 2012 at the Cultural Center of Palencia (Spain). Organized by the Provincial Council of Palencia for the eighth centenary of the Studium Generale Palencia at primum. About books and students. Exhibition held between October 9 and December 31, 2012 at the Palacio de la Isla de Burgos (Spain). Organized by the Castilian and Leonese Institute of Language, in collaboration with the Provincial Council and the city of Palencia Palencia on the occasion of the eighth centenary of the Studium Generale. The look of the study (1850-2012). Exhibition installed in the Royal Circle of Friendship (Cordoba, SPAIN) between 6 and 20 September 2012. Organized by the Association of Anthropology Cordobesa. Students throughout history. Exhibition installed in the Cartagena University (Cartagena de Indias, COLOMBIA) from 28 September to October 2, 2011. Students and tunos over the engravings. Exhibition installed in the Palace of D. Gutierre of Leon from 28 September to October 19, 2007. Sponsored by the Townhall of Leon. The art of Tunar. Exhibition innstaled in the Mercedes Rueda's exhibition room of the Fundación Joaquín Díaz between August 1, 2006 and August 1, 2007 in Urueńa (Valladolid). Sponsored by the Ministry of Culture. Tuna and Humanism in the culture of Spain. Contribution of pieces for the exhibition held between 23 and October 25, 1997, in the Historical Building of the University of Salamanca. ARTICLES Troupes and students from Valencia (1887-1928), Journal of the Comparsa de Estudiantes de Elda, Elda (Alicante), 2011. A romance about poor students in the eighteenth century in Valencia, Journal of the Comparsa de Estudiantes de Elda, Elda (Alicante), 2011. Student troupes and Estudiantinas in Carnival in the nineteenth century, Journal of the Comparsa de Estudiantes de Elda, Elda (Alicante), 2010. Salamanca, Bokpyr CBET magazine, No. 2, February 2006, Moscow, pp. 114-129. Collaboration in the development of reporting. Students and Novelty Cafe, Papeles del Novelty No 9, Globalia Graphic Arts, Salamanca, December 2003, pp. 35-43. Area of Tuna, Asus magazine, nş 71, June 2000, Salamanca, pp. 11. RELATED ACTIVITIES Coordinator of the Area of Student Life and Tuna at the University of Salamanca, attached to the Alfonso IX Center for the History of Universities between October 1999 and December 2000. Composer of the musical pieces Tuno Galeno and La solera de mi menda, recorded on the CD of the Tuna Universitaria de Medicina de Salamanca El Trovador (1996). Appearance in the films Black Serenade (2000) and Octavia (2001). Member of the Tuna Universitaria de Medicina de la Universidad de Salamanca and the former Tuna del Colegio Mayor Hispanoamericano Hernán Cortés de Salamanca.
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