Josefina Gómez Mendoza (born 1 June 1942) is a Spanish geographer, writer, and professor emerita. From 2001 to 2005, she was Rector of the
National University of Distance Education (UNED). She is a member of the
Royal Academy of History
The Real Academia de la Historia (RAH, 'Royal Academy of History') is a Spanish institution in Madrid that studies history " ancient and modern, political, civil, ecclesiastical, military, scientific, of letters and arts, that is to say, the ...
, Medal No. 7 (elected 8 February 2002, took office 27 April 2003),
and the
Royal Academy of Engineering
The Royal Academy of Engineering (RAEng) is the United Kingdom's national academy of engineering.
The Academy was founded in June 1976 as the Fellowship of Engineering with support from Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, who became the first senior ...
, Medal No. 58 (took office 21 March 2006).
Career
Josefina Gómez Mendoza holds a
licentiate in Philosophy and Literature from History Department at the
Complutense University of Madrid (1974), as well as a Doctorate in Philosophy and Literature from the same university's History and Geography Department.
In 1978, she was assistant professor of geography by examination, and in 1979 she was an associate professor. In 1981 she won the access competition for the Geography Chair of Spain.
From 1985 to 2012, she was Professor of Regional Geographical Analysis at the
Autonomous University of Madrid.
In June 2005, she was named
Doctor Honoris Causa of the
Charles III University of Madrid
University Charles III of Madrid ( es, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid) (UC3M) is a public university in the Community of Madrid, Spain. Established in 1989, UC3M is an institution with a distinctly international profile. It offers a broad rang ...
and invested on 3 February 2006.
In September 2012, she was appointed Chair Emerita at the Autonomous University of Madrid. That October she was also named Professor Emerita of the Autonomous University, and that November she was named Doctor Honoris Causa by the
École normale supérieure de Lyon.
Gómez Mendoza was an elective State Councilor from 2003 to 2008 and from 2008 to 2013. She has been a Member of the National Council of National Parks since 2008.
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She was President of the Association of Spanish Geographers from 1993 to 1997.
In addition to publishing several books, she has written for some media outlets, including the newspaper '']El PaÃs
''El PaÃs'' (; ) is a Spanish-language daily newspaper in Spain. ''El PaÃs'' is based in the capital city of Madrid and it is owned by the Spanish media conglomerate PRISA.
It is the second most circulated daily newspaper in Spain . ''El Pa ...
''.
Books
* 1977, ''Agricultura y expansión urbana: la campiña del bajo Henares en la aglomeración de Madrid'',
* 1982, ''El pensamiento geográfico: estudio interpretativo y antologÃa de textos''
* 1982, ''Viajeros y paisajes''
* 1992, ''Ciencia y polÃtica de los montes españoles (1848–1936)''
* 1999, ''Los paisajes de Madrid (Naturaleza y Medio Rural)'',
Awards and honors
* 1998: Gold Medal of the Autonomous University of Madrid[
* 2002: Grand Cross of the Civil Order of Alfonso X, the Wise][
* Diego de Saavedra Fajardo Award for Geography, Economics, Sociology, and Literature][
* Ordre des Palmes Académiques][
]
References
External links
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1942 births
20th-century Spanish historians
20th-century Spanish women writers
21st-century Spanish women writers
Academic staff of the Autonomous University of Madrid
Living people
Members of the Real Academia de la Historia
Recipients of the Civil Order of Alfonso X, the Wise
Rectors of universities in Spain
Spanish academic administrators
Spanish geographers
Spanish women academics
Women geographers
Writers from Madrid
Women heads of universities and colleges
Spanish women historians
Complutense University of Madrid alumni