The Protagonists of Education: University Students in the Canary Islands, 1913-1927

ABSTRACT The objective of this article is to analyze the significant features of the students of the University Section of the Canary Islands (1913-1927) through the documents of the academic institution. In the context of the time, the establishment of higher education in the Canary Islands (Spain) was complicated. The aspirations of the island elites to have university studies, after various efforts with the intermediation of politicians, journalists, and professors of the high school institute, were achieved in 1913, although they were dependent on the University of Seville. We use the methodology of historical analysis resorting to primary and secondary sources. This research contributes to revealing the singularities of the students in the implantation of university studies in the Canary Islands and enriches the microhistory, while at the same time providing a little-exploited line of research that can be extrapolated to other geographical settings.

摘要 本文旨在借助该学术机构的馆藏文献，对1913年至1927年间加那利群岛大学学部（University Section of the Canary Islands）的学生群体核心特征展开分析。彼时，西班牙加那利群岛的高等教育创办工作曾面临重重阻碍。当地岛屿精英群体对高等教育的求学诉求，经政界人士、新闻工作者与高中院校教授多方斡旋后，终于在1913年得以实现，但该高等教育机构仍隶属于塞维利亚大学（University of Seville）。本研究采用历史分析（historical analysis）方法论，依托原始史料（primary sources）与二手文献（secondary sources）开展研究。本研究有助于揭示加那利群岛高等教育初创阶段学生群体的独特性，丰富微观史（microhistory）研究内涵，同时提供了一条尚未得到充分挖掘的研究路径，可推广至其他地理区域的相关研究中。