Three of the world's most prestigious universities, all three located in the New York area, will host the presentation of the collection that brings together Catalonia's intellectual legacy. New York University, Princeton University and Yale University will be the stage where the director of the Institut Ramon Llull, Pere Almeda, together with historians Paul Freedman and Josep M.Muñoz, will present "Catalan Classics of Political Thought".

The collection brings together the thought and ideas that have defined Catalonia throughout the centuries, consolidating its intellectual memory and projecting it towards the future and towards the world.

The first volume is Notícia de Catalunya | We, the Catalans (1954), by Jaume Vicens Vives, which explains the historical trajectory of Catalonia and its impact on political culture.

The presentations at the three New York universities will be as follows:

• Monday, 27/10, 12:30 h: New York University, in collaboration with the Center for European and Mediterranean Studies. Participating: Pere Almeda, Josep M. Muñoz, Paul Freedman and Mary Ann Newman.

Espacio de Culturas @KJCC, Room 324, 53 Washington Square S, Floor 3

• Tuesday, 28/10, 16 h: Princeton University, in collaboration with European Cultural Studies. Participating: Pere Almeda, Josep M. Muñoz and Paul Freedman

Louis A. Simpson International Building, Room 144

• Thursday, 30/10, 16 h: Yale University, in collaboration with the Department of History and the Department of Spanish and Portuguese. Participating: Pere Almeda, Josep M. Muñoz, Paul Freedman and Aurélie Vialette

William L. Harkness Hall (WLH), 309

This initiative offers readers, both local and international, insight into the political ideas that have shaped Catalonia's identity, institutional structure and collective values.

Each volume of the collection, which will have Catalan and English versions, will include an introductory study and a contextual study by national and international specialists, who will situate the selected works within Western political thought. In the case of Notícia de Catalunya | We, the Catalans these are historians Paul Freedman and Josep M. Muñoz. The selection of texts will span from the Late Middle Ages to 1975, and will be progressively expanded according to priorities established by a coordinating commission and a scientific committee.