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Andrea Rodríguez Vélez – Life is a dream (excerpt)

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Andrea Rodríguez Vélez – Asia Regional Director. IE University. Reading: Life is a dream (La vida es sueño Jornada II, Escena XIX) (excerpt) by Pedro Calderón de la Barca (1635). Segismundo: True enough. And so, put down the beast in us, its avidity and mad ambition, since we may just happen to dream again, […]

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Macarena Martín Sacristán – Rhyme VII: From the dark corner of the parlar

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Macarena Martín Sacristán – Manager – IT Support – Infrastructure and Operations. IE University. Reading: Rhyme VII: From the dark corner of the parlar (Rima VII: Del salón en el ángulo oscuro) by Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer (1871). In the parlor’s dark corner, perhaps forgotten by its owner silent and covered with dust the harp […]

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Jucundiano Mba Ndong – Nostalgia is a beautiful liar

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Jucundiano Mba Ndong – IT Support technician. IE University. Reading: Nostalgia is a beautiful liar by creator and spoken-word artist Philosophaire (also known as the TikTok/Instagram creator @philosophaire_ (2025). Nostalgia is a beautiful liar. It shows you highlight reels, while hiding all the reasons things ended. You scroll through old photos, replay conversations, and […]

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Carlos Garriga Gamarra – Don Quixote of La Mancha (excerpt)

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Carlos Garriga Gamarra – Chief Information Officer. IE University. Reading: Don Quixote of La Mancha (Don Quijote de la Mancha) Excerpt by Miguel de Cervantes (1615). La libertad, Sancho, es uno de los más preciosos dones que a los hombres dieron los cielos; con ella no pueden igualarse los tesoros que encierra la tierra […]

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Carolina Zorrilla Hernández – The lady of the Camellias (excerpt)

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Carolina Zorrilla Hernández – Head Student Services • Student Services Management. IE University. Reading: The lady of the Camellias (La Dame aux Camélias) (excerpt) by Alexandre Dumas fils (1848). Passage 1 It is not a matter of simply placing two signposts at the starting point, one reading "Path of Good" and the other warning "Path of Evil," […]

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Jiayang Wan – Bamboo Amidst Rocks

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Jiayang Wan – Director – IE Greater China Region (Chinese Mainland, Hong Kong SAR, Macao SAR, Taiwan Region). IE University. Reading: Bamboo Amidst Rocks (竹石) by Zheng Xie, commonly known as Zheng Banqiao (1693 – 1766). Biting down on the green mountain, never letting go. Its roots were originally established inside the broken rocks. […]

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Javier López – Auroa (excerpt)

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Javier López – Associate Director, Vice-Rectorate for Academic Affairs. IE University Reading: Auroa (El Legado de Auroa) (excerpt) by Macarena Martín Sacristán (2026). Chapter 1: The Point of No Return I have never believed in miracles, but when reality bends beneath your feet and a wormhole opens like a wound in time, it becomes […]

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Pablo Marco – The war of The End of the World (excerpt)

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Pablo Marco – Associate Vice Dean, IE School of Politics, Economics & Global Affairs. Reading: The war of The End of the World (La guerra del fin del mundo) (excerpt) by Mario Vargas Llosa (1981). The man was tall and so thin he seemed to be always in profile. He was dark-skinned and rawboned, […]

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Carlos González – Theory of shadows

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Carlos González – Director – Infrastructure and Operations. IE University. Reading: Theory of shadows (Teoría de las sombras) by Andrés Mirón (2005). It is not true that shadows raise barricades for us to stumble against. Shadows welcome us into their glorious bosom. And they possess the rare gift of granting a sun to those […]

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Guillermo de Haro – The small book of stoicism (excerpt)

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Guillermo de Haro – Vice Dean of External Relations – IE School of Science & Technology. Reading: The small book of stoicism (El pequeño libro de la filosofía estoica) by Guillermo de Haro y Javier Recuenco (2022). What do a Roman emperor, a slave turned philosopher, and someone facing a world in perpetual crisis […]

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