A few days ago the Student Association of Parliamentary Simulations of the Rey Juan Carlos University (ASESP) organized SISREP, the “Simulation of the Second Spanish Republic”. The activity, which took place in Fuenlabrada Campus, had the help of the Professor Mercedes Alda (FCPJ) and Mercedes del Hoyo, Vice-rector of Community, Campus, Culture and Sports and professor at FCCOM, to coordinate the sessions.

In the event they have participated more than 100 people, between them students and students of the different Degrees and Double Degrees of the Faculty of Arts and Humanities, who have taken on the role of deputies of the political parties of the time. Some of them have been Juan Begines (second year of the Double Degree in History and Political Science) who has represented the Communist Party of Spain, María Lucía Alarcón, of the same year and Degree, in the role of Esquerra Republicana de Catalunya, Andrés García, second year student of the Degree in History, representing the PSOE, louis valero (third year of the Double Degree in Philosophy and Economics) o Thiago Augusto Canedo, from the Fashion Design Degree in the Republican Left Union party. Furthermore, the Second year student of the History Degree, Sergio Pindado, has attended as Academic Director assistant. Likewise, as part of the simulation, they have also organized radio and television programs, such as emulation "Day by day", where the student participated as a reporter Aroa Arroyo (second year of the Double Degree in History and Journalism). 

Participation in this type of simulations, Open to all URJC students, represents an interesting initiative for complement the studies of the student body in different facets, allowing them to expand their historical knowledge and develop the debate ability. In this sense, the participants They have analyzed issues such as the situation of the army, the problem of illiteracy, the protection of heritage and art in a possible conflict or the necessary improvements for the Spanish countryside of the time. through commissions such as: War, Public Instruction and Fine Arts, Agriculture, Government and Finance.

The initiative also constitutes a meeting forum between the studies of the different degrees of the URJC, which expands the university life outside the classrooms in a learning context. Laura Arroyo, former student of the Protocol Degree and General Director of Simulation, recommends this activity to everyone since, in addition to learning about different aspects of political life in 1936, it is a beautiful and enriching experience, where you meet many colleagues and friendships are forged that last into the future.

From the Faculty of Arts and Humanities we want to congratulate the organizers and participants.

Photographs:1-Juan Begines (by Manuel Priego); 2-María Lucía Alarcón and Luis Valero (by Manuel Priego); 3-Aroa Arroyo interviewing a participant (by Lucía Cano); 4-Andrés García with other students (by Luisa Chausa)