The prominent historian was recognized by the Universidad Nacional de Rosario on his eighty-eighth birthday.
José Carlos Chiaramonte has extensive experience in the field of social sciences. He completed his university studies in Rosario, where he graduated as a professor of Philosophy in 1956. He developed teaching and research tasks in Argentina and Mexico
His work offered new perspectives on the independence processes of Ibero-America and its differences with that of Saxon America, especially on the ordering of society, laws, power disputes and the marks of that period in the development of the events of the XNUMXth century. and up to the present.
Professor Chiaramonte was awarded the title of Doctor Honoris Causa of the Universidad Nacional de Rosario, the highest distinction awarded by Argentine universities to outstanding figures.
The rector of the UNR, Franco Bartolacci, referred to Chiaramonte as a former member of our academic community: “The link between Chiaramonte and those of us who are part of the Universidad Nacional de Rosario They have many manifestations, not only as a former student, but as a source of studies and readings, and in the permanent relationship that he maintained with work groups, researchers, students and graduates of the UNR. He is someone who is part of our history and our community. This tribute is the recognition of our common history,” highlighted the Rector, and pointed out that recognizing the historian's trajectory of excellence not only speaks of the honoree but of the University as an institution.
In addition, Bartolacci thanked Chiaramonte "for his commitment and his excellence" and defined him "as a mirror in which each one of the university students wants to look at ourselves in the present and in the future."
The dean of the Faculty of Political Science and International Relations, Gustavo Marini, was the godfather in recognizing the historian, and defined him as "a great generator of ideas that allowed us to rethink the independence processes in the region."
The laudatio on Chiaramonti was given by the Dean of Humanities, Alejandro Vila, whom he defined as "one of the most important contemporary historians and a benchmark in the historiographical field of Argentina and Latin America." Vila highlighted the strong link that Chiaramonte had with public education, and how his political ideas were related to his intellectual production, regardless of the "academic fashions" prevailing at any given time.
The brand new Doctor Honoris Causa gave a lecture on "The concept of the Constitution and fundamental laws in the time of the Ibero-American Independences."
Chiaramonte defined the objective of this work in the demonstration that "understanding the political history of the 1983th century helps to understand the disasters of the so-called Argentine democracies in the XNUMXth century" and why he considers the definition of return of democracy inaccurate, to speak of. of the historical period that began in XNUMX, which he considers as the democratic beginning of Argentina and not a return. In the presentation, Chiaramonte analyzed the creation of the constitution, its connection with the laws, norms and uses of the colonial period; the figure of the caudillos as computers of public life; and the figure of the "periods of exception" which he establishes as central to understanding the irregularity of national political life in the XNUMXth century.
Journalist: Ileana Carrizo / Photographer: Camila Casero