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Enriqueta Vila Vilar
Born	14 May 1935  Seville
Awards	Medal of Andalusia (2003) Gold Medal of the Province of Seville (2007)

Enriqueta Vila Vilar (born 1935) is a Spanish historian and researcher specialised on the History of the Americas.

Biography

Born in 1935 in Seville, she earned a PhD in History of the Americas from the University of Seville in 1972. She worked as research lecturer at the Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC). She served as Seville municipal councillor in representation of the Andalucist Party (PA) and was charged with the municipal government area of Culture from 1991 to 1995. In 1995, she became the first female numerary member of the Real Academia Sevillana de Buenas Letras, serving as director of the learned society from 2011 to 2014.

In January 2012, she was elected to cover the vacant seat as numerary member of Royal Academy of History left by the decease of Juan Vernet; she assumed on 16 December 2012, reading a speech titled Hispanismo e hispanización: el Atlántico como nuevo Mare Nostrum.

References

1. ^ "Enriqueta Vila desgrana la conquista de América en su ingreso en la Academia". ABC. 17 December 2012.
2. ^ "La historiadora Enriqueta Vila, Medalla de Oro de la Ciudad". Nervión al Día. 26 May 2014.
3. "Enriqueta Vila, premiada por la Universidad Internacional de Andalucía". ABC. 11 February 2021.

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