Entre José Castillejo y José M.ª Albareda: Julio Palacios, el «último presidente» de la Junta para Ampliación de Estudios, 1939-1940

Abstract

As the end of Spanish Civil War was assumed as definitive, the new Francoist authorities commissioned Julio Palacios, Professor at Madrid’s Central University, what José M.ª Albareda would describe in May 1939 as the «governing mission of Spanish Science». In other words, the «supreme directorship», which resembles José Castillejo’s dedication before the war, of all those institutes belonging until then to the Board for Advanced Studies (JAE) and the National Foundation for Scientific Research (FNICER). His efforts towards the reconstruction of the educational institutions after the conflict, undertaken from his position as Vice-president of the Institute of Spain, and until Franco inaugurated the CSIC on 28th October 1940, suggest that Palacios could be considered the «last President» of the JAE.