The University of La Laguna will host the research seminar "Sociopolitical Conflict and Popular Revolts in the Modern Age" on October 1st and 2nd, 2026, under the academic direction of María E. Monzón Perdomo and Judit Gutiérrez de Armas. The sessions will be held in person in the Rumeu de Armas Room of the Geography and History Building.

The program will address various expressions of social and political conflict in Spanish Sicily, London during the reign of James II, and the Canary Islands. Participants will include Marina Torres Arce (University of Cantabria), Cristina Bravo Lozano (Autonomous University of Madrid), Juan Ramón Núñez Pestano, Adolfo Arbelo García, and Oriol Luis González (University of La Laguna), who will speak on riots and seditious plots, popular resistance, municipal land ownership, peasant revolts, and disputes over local political power. The event will also include a roundtable discussion dedicated to the sources and methodologies for studying social and political conflict in the Early Modern period.

The opening will take place on October 1st at 4:00 PM; the day on October 2nd will include morning sessions, starting at 10:30 AM, and afternoon sessions, starting at 4:00 PM. Registration will be in person, and a certificate of attendance will be issued to registered participants who attend all sessions.