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Program:

1. FRIDAY, 24TH OCTOBER (afternoon). ZARAGOZA

• Presentation by Professor Ángel Alcalá, Aragón Regional Government Delegate for the Michael Servetus' Commemoration, Professor emeritus of Brooklyn College (City University of New York); and by Professor Jaume de Marcos, President of the Spanish Unitarian Association (Asociación Unitaria Española)

• Conference given by Dr. Marian Hillar, Director of the Center for Philosophy and Socinian Studies, Houston, Texas, USA: "The Road to Recognition of Freedom of Conscience as a Fundamental Human Right and Change of Social Paradigm: From Servet to Thomas Jefferson." (El camino del reconocimiento de la libertad de conciencia como derecho natural y cambio de paradigma social: de Servet a Tomas Jefferson)

• Conference given by Dr. Henry Babel, Dean of Pastors of St. Peter's Cathedral (Geneva, Switzerland) Calvin's Successor: "Miguel Servet's Time: Science, Theology and Ethics in the 21st Century" (Actualidad de Miguel Servet. Ciencia, teología y ética en el siglo XXI)

• Performance by the Melchor Robledo Choir: songs of various Christian faiths (Catholic, Unitarian and Calvinist)

Organiza: Aragón Regional Government
Location: Paraninfo Universitario
Time: 19h.

2. SUNDAY, 26TH OCTOBER (afternoon). VILLANUEVA DE SIJENA

• Visit to Servet's birthplace and childhood home

• Academic Session of the Michael Servetus Institute:

  • Conference given by Professor Ciriaco Morón Arroyo (Emerson Hinchilff Title Professor) Cornell University Liberal Arts and Hispanic Literature Department Head (Ithaca, New York): "Servet: Thinker. The Core of his Radical Thought. Contacts and Contrasts with Erasmus, Juan de Valdés and Other Reformers of his Day." (Servet, pensador. El núcleo de su pensamiento radical. Sus contactos y contrastes con el de Erasmo, Juan de Valdés y otros reformadores de la época

  • Conference given by Diego Gracia Guillén, Professor of History of Medicine, Universidad Complutense de Madrid: "Medicine and spirituality in Servetus' thinking system. His place in history" (Medicina y espiritualidad en el pensamiento de Miguel Servet. Su lugar en la historia)

  • Tribute to Professor Ángel Alcalá, Professor emeritus of Brooklyn College (City University of New York)

  • Reception for new members and insignia ceremony

  • Closing of Event

Location: Michael Servetus Institute
Time: 6 p.m.

• Tribute to Michael Servetus

  • Tolling of funeral bells

  • Fire offering for Michael Servetus

  • Performance by the Ars Nova Choir

  • Flower offering

  • Candle lighting ceremony

  • Performance by the Ars Nova Choir

Location: Villanueva de Sijena Square, in front of the statue of Michael Servetus
Time: 8 p.m.

• Wine Toast in honour of Michael ServetusTime: 9 p.m.
  Organized by: Michael Servetus Institute / City Council of Villanueva de Sijena

3. MONDAY, 27TH OCTOBER (afternoon). ZARAGOZA

• Presentation of Volume I (Life, works and death. The struggle for freedom of consciousness, Documents), of the Complete Works of Michael Servetus edited in six volumes by the Larumbe colection. Presentation by Prof. Ángel Alcalá, Professor emeritus Brooklyn College (City University of New York). The book "El leño verde" (The Green Wood), a dramatized biography of Servetus will also be presented in this act.

Organized by: Universidad de Zaragoza
Place: Paraninfo Universitario
Time: 7 p.m.

4. TUESDAY, 28TH OCTOBER (afternoon). HUESCA

• Conference given by Prof. Ángel Alcalá, Professor emeritus Brooklyn College (City University of New York): "Our Servetus 450 years after. Lessons from his personality and the perennial nature of his works" (Nuestro Servet 450 años después. Lecciones de su personalidad y perennidad de su obra)
  Organized by: Instituto de Estudios Altoaragoneses
  Place: Diputación Provincial de Huesca
  Time: 8 p. m.

5. OTHER ACTIVITIES

• "The Bin of Servetus" : school activity aimed at explaining Servetus' life and works in Secondary Schools. The objective of this activity is to spread amongst students the vision of Servetus as a leading figure in the struggle towards freedom of consciousness

• Creation of a web page: www.serveto-servet.org