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Cándida Martínez López

b. 1951

Spanish politician

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Born 1951. Cándida Martínez López is a Spanish politician, historian, university teacher and writer.

Cándida Martínez López (born 6 December 1951) is a Spanish historian, university professor, expert in women's history and studies, and politician. From 2000 to 2008 she was Councilor of Education of the Regional Government of Andalusia, and from 2008 to 2011 a deputy of the 9th Legislature of Spain. She is co-director of .

Biography With a doctorate in Geography and History from the University of Granada, Cándida Martínez López is a professor of Ancient History at that school's Faculty of Philosophy and Letters, and a visiting professor at several foreign institutions, such as the Sapienza University of Rome and the National Autonomous University of Mexico.

She was the first woman Dean of the University of Granada's Faculty of Philosophy and Letters, serving from 1990 to 1996. She has also given courses in several doctoral programs. Since 2015, Martínez López has coordinated the University of Granada's program Women's Doctoral Studies, Discourses, and Practices of Gender.

She was also co-founder of the Spanish Women's History Association (AEIHM) and , of which she is co-director with Mary Nash.

Political career A member of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) since 1996,

In 2008 she headed the PSOE list for the Province of Granada in the general elections, being elected to the Congress of Deputies, where she was the socialist parliamentary group's spokesperson for Education. She was part of the PSOE's federal executive, responsible for Education and Culture from 2008 to 2012.

Selected publications Martínez López, C. (ed.), La Mujer en el Mundo Mediterráneo antiguo. Granada: University of Granada, 1990 Ballarín Domingo, P.; Martínez López, C. Del Patio a la Plaza. Las Mujeres en las sociedades mediterráneas. Granada: University of Granada, 1995 Martínez López, C. (ed.), Feminismo, ciencia y transformación social. Granada: University of Granada, 1995 Martínez López, C.; Muñoz Muñoz, F. A. Poblamiento ibérico y romano en el sureste peninsular la comarca de los Vélez (Almería). Granada: University of Granada, 1999 Martínez López, C. "La historia de las Mujeres en España en los años noventa". In: Ortiz Gómez, T., Martínez López, C. et al., Universidad y feminismo en España II. Situación de los Estudios de las Mujeres en las universidades españolas en los años 90. Granada: University of Granada. Col. Feminae, 1999 Martínez López, C.; Pascua, M. J. de la; Pastor, R.; Tavera, S. (dir.), Las Mujeres en la Historia de España. Diccionario biográfico. Barcelona: Ed. Planeta, 2000 Mirón Pérez, M. D.; Martínez López, C.; Díez, E.; Sánchez, M.; Martín, A. Las Mujeres y la paz: génesis y evolución de conceptualizaciones, símbolos y prácticas. Madrid: Instituto de la Mujer, 2004 Martínez López, C. "La memoria de las mujeres en la arquitectura pública: matronazgo cívico en el Hispania romana". In: Diez Jorge, E. (ed.): Arquitectura y mujeres en la Historia. Madrid: Síntesis, 2015. pp. 59–88 Martínez López, C. "Mujeres y diosas mediadoras de paz". In: Díez Jorge, M. E.; Sánchez Romero, M. (coord.) Género y Paz. Barcelona: Icaria, 2010. pp. 57–82 Martínez López, C. "Las Mujeres y la Universidad. Ambivalencia de su integración". In: Rodriguez Martínez, C. (Comp.), Género y Currículo. Aportaciones del género al estudio y práctica del currículo. Madrid: Akal, 2006. pp. 216–225 Martínez López, C.; Sánchez, S. (eds.), Escuela, espacio de paz. Reflexiones desde Andalucía. Granada: University of Granada, 2013 Martínez López, C.; Nash, M. "20 años de Historia de las Mujeres en España". , 20(1): 5-40 (2013) Martínez López, C. y Serrano, F. (eds.). Matronazgo y arquitectura. De la antigüedad a la Edad Moderna. Granada: University of Granada, Colección feminae, 2016 Martínez López, C. y Ubric, P. (eds.), Cartografías de género en las ciudades antiguas. Granada: University of Granada, Colección feminae, 2017

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Education
University of Granada
Positions held
Member of the Parliament of Andalusia, Member of the Congress of Deputies
Employers
University of Granada
Also known as
Candida Martinez Lopez

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Spanish politician

When was Cándida Martínez López born?

Cándida Martínez López was born on 6 December 1951 in Vélez-Blanco.

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Cándida Martínez López is a politician, historian, university teacher and writer.

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Cándida Martínez López is Spanish.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Cándida Martínez López

· Wikidata: Q5795846

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