The CEEH is a private institution, independent of the public authorities, dedicated to fostering international Hispanism and academic excellence.

Its chief purpose is to promote knowledge of Spain’s role in Europe, reaffirming its cultural and spiritual legacy in the history of Western civilisation. This approach not only aims to highlight the mark left by Spain beyond the Iberian Peninsula but also extends to the cross-fertilisation of influences and the heritage shared with other European nations since classical antiquity, revealing common traditions and two-way cultural relations.

Since its creation in 2005, the CEEH has devoted particular attention to the Spanish Golden Age, focusing on the international dimension of the Habsburg dynasty and the ideas, forms, agents and episodes that best reflect the importance of this period in the history of Spain. Our interest in confluences and exchanges with other countries leads us, by extension, to study the reception of things Hispanic in different periods and places, as well as the dissemination of Spanish art and its collecting around the world.

The CEEH has its own imprint, which has published more than 150 titles in several languages. The quality and rigour of these publications have earned it various awards from the Spanish Ministry of Culture and foreign academic societies, and they have been the subject of hundreds of reviews in the general press and specialist journals.

Besides publishing, the CEEH’s activities include other initiatives in which it engages independently or in collaboration with like-minded organisations: it produces art historical documentaries; promotes the recovery and dissemination of early Spanish music through concerts and recordings; organises exhibitions in museums in Spain and abroad; and supports research related to its field of interest through conferences and seminars.

In parallel with these lines of action, the CEEH promotes its founding aims with a series of scholarships at universities and museums in Europe and America. Its objectives also include publicising the work of great foreign Hispanists, to whom it pays tribute through commemorative publications and research programmes.