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Academic Background

Research · Publications · Historical studies · Digital archives

Preserving knowledge through research, publication and historical documentation. Academic Background brings together scholarly work, professional background and documentary resources as part of World Wanderer.

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This collection is not a CV: it is a curated archive. Each work, paper, credential and document enters the catalogue as a piece of intellectual heritage, described with the same criteria used across the rest of the World Wanderer collections.

  • Knowledge is heritage.
  • Research is preservation.
  • Every publication becomes history.
  • Every credential documents a stage.
  • Every document contributes to cultural memory.

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Research Areas

Lines of study that guide this academic archive and the documents it gathers.

  • European Heritage

    Study of Europe's tangible and intangible heritage and its documentary transmission.

  • Heraldry

    Analysis of the language of blazon, its rules of composition and its role in identity.

  • Genealogy

    Reconstruction of lineages from parish, civil and notarial sources.

  • Historical Preservation

    Methods of document conservation and digitisation of archival holdings.

  • Architecture

    Reading the historic building as evidence of its period, technique and power.

  • Cultural Tourism

    Responsible management of heritage routes and their public interpretation.

  • Aviation History

    Routes, fleets and operations as a record of modern mobility.

  • Photography

    The still image as a primary source and as a cataloguing tool.

  • Digital Humanities

    Cataloguing, metadata and open access applied to historical collections.

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Publications

Each work is presented as an archival record, with its description, publisher, keywords and a standard citation.

Rec. 001

Ediciones Universitarias · Buenos Aires · 1996

Mercosur: Estrategias, Oportunidades de Negocios y Armonización de Políticas[Mercosur: Strategies, Business Opportunities and Policy Harmonisation]

Segunda edición · en un contexto de pensamiento globalizador[Second edition · in a context of globalising thought]

A frame of reference on strategies, business opportunities and the harmonisation of economic policy instruments for Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay. The work examines the institutional reforms needed to bring the economies of the subregion into step with the changes under way in the world's most dynamic societies: product diversification, process transformation, productivity, education and environmental protection.

  • Regional integration
  • Mercosur
  • Economic policy
  • Globalisation

Suggested citation

Citation in Spanish

Pena, R. A.; Binaghi, J. A. — Mercosur: Estrategias, Oportunidades de Negocios y Armonización de Políticas, 2ª ed., Buenos Aires.

A copy may be consulted on request.

Rec. 002

Ediciones Universitarias · Buenos Aires · 1999

El Hombre y Su Tiempo[Man and His Time]

An essay that considers, from the threshold of the twenty-first century, the moments of transition towards more developed stages of human thought. Each stage of consciousness shapes the social and political life of its contemporaries; the work proposes moving beyond intellectual stagnation through an integrating, global view of the environment and of people.

  • Philosophy
  • Thought
  • Social change
  • History of ideas

Suggested citation

Citation in Spanish

Pena, R. A. — El Hombre y Su Tiempo, Buenos Aires.

A copy may be consulted on request.

Rec. 003

Ediciones Universitarias · Buenos Aires · 1998

Mercosur: Mirando al Pacífico[Mercosur: Looking to the Pacific]

A forward-looking study of the regional bloc's projection towards the Pacific basin and of the commercial, logistical and institutional conditions such an opening requires.

  • Foreign trade
  • Asia-Pacific
  • Regional blocs

Suggested citation

Citation in Spanish

Pena, R. A. — Mercosur: Mirando al Pacífico, Buenos Aires.

A copy may be consulted on request.

Rec. 004

University teaching · Buenos Aires · 2001

Psicosociología Aplicada a Perfiles Gerenciales[Psychosociology Applied to Managerial Profiles]

Research on how the managerial profile is shaped, from the standpoint of social psychology: leadership, organisational behaviour and decision-making under uncertainty.

  • Social psychology
  • Leadership
  • Organisations

Suggested citation

Citation in Spanish

Pena, R. A. — Psicosociología Aplicada a Perfiles Gerenciales, Buenos Aires.

A copy may be consulted on request.

Rec. 005

University teaching · Buenos Aires · 2004

Herramientas de Gestión en el Devenir del Pensamiento Administrativo[Management Tools in the Evolution of Administrative Thought]

A historical and critical survey of the schools of administrative thought and of the management tools each has bequeathed to contemporary practice.

  • Administration
  • History of management
  • Management

Suggested citation

Citation in Spanish

Pena, R. A. — Herramientas de Gestión en el Devenir del Pensamiento Administrativo, Buenos Aires.

A copy may be consulted on request.

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Conference Papers and Lectures

Papers presented at academic forums, kept as a record of the scholarly debate of their time.

  1. 1997

    Armonización de políticas en bloques regionales[Policy harmonisation in regional blocs]

    Jornadas de Integración Económica · U.B.A.

    Paper on regulatory convergence and non-tariff barriers.

  2. 2002

    El perfil gerencial en contextos de cambio[The managerial profile in times of change]

    Congreso de Ciencias Económicas · U.A.D.E.

    Paper on managerial conduct and processes of transformation.

  3. 2005

    Pensamiento administrativo: continuidad y ruptura[Administrative thought: continuity and rupture]

    Seminario de Posgrado · Universidad de Belgrano

    Opening keynote lecture of the academic cycle.

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Historical Research

Ongoing research projects grounded in primary sources and documentary criticism.

ongoing

The Pena lineage: sources and parentage

Compilation of records, notarial deeds and armorials for a documented reconstruction of the house.

ongoing

Comparative European heraldry

Study of tinctures, charges and heraldic ornaments in the Iberian, British and Germanic traditions.

ongoing

Historical cartography of routes

Comparison of modern itineraries with historical maps and navigation records.

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Credentials and Teaching

Catalogued records of a doctorate and university teaching posts.

Buenos Aires

Doctorado en Ciencias Económicas[doctorate in Economic Sciences]

Universidad de Buenos Aires (UBA)

Doctoral training focused on organisation theory and comparative administrative thought.

Areas of competence

  • · Research methodology
  • · Organisation theory
  • · Academic writing

Professor (profesor titular)

Cátedra de Administración[Administration — university teaching]

Universidad de Buenos Aires (UBA)

Professor of Administration at Universidad de Buenos Aires.

Professor (profesor titular)

Cátedra de Comercio Internacional[International Trade — university teaching]

Universidad de Belgrano (U.B.)

University teaching in regional integration, foreign trade and economic policy.

Areas of competence

  • · Higher-education teaching
  • · Curriculum design
  • · Thesis supervision

Professor (profesor titular)

Cátedra de Administración[Administration — university teaching]

Universidad Argentina de la Empresa (U.A.D.E.)

A programme devoted to management tools and the evolution of administrative thought.

Areas of competence

  • · Management
  • · Academic assessment
  • · Case studies

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Courses and Continuing Education

Ongoing studies that keep the archive's methods up to date.

Heraldry and the auxiliary sciences of history

Ongoing study of blazon, sigillography and diplomatics.

Documentary genealogy

Methods of source criticism applied to the reconstruction of lineages.

Document conservation

Good practice in storage, digitisation and archival description.

Digital humanities

Metadata, catalogues and the publication of holdings in digital environments.

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Digital Resources

Recommended external sources for the study of heraldic, genealogical and documentary heritage.

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Recommended Bibliography

Reference works that underpin the method of this archive.

  • Fox-Davies, A. C.

    A Complete Guide to Heraldry

    Reference work on the British heraldic system.

  • Pastoureau, M.

    Traité d'héraldique

    Fundamental treatise on the language of European blazon.

  • Menéndez Pidal de Navascués, F.

    Heráldica medieval española

    Study of the origin and evolution of Iberian armorial bearings.

  • Riesco Terrero, Á.

    Introducción a la paleografía y la diplomática

    An essential tool for reading sources.

  • Burke, P.

    Formas de historia cultural

    Methodological framework for contemporary cultural history.

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Collection Archive

Searchable catalogue of the academic archive: books, conference papers, documents, maps and research.

12 records in the catalogue

  • Book1999

    El Hombre y Su Tiempo[Man and His Time]

    Essay on the stages of human thought.

  • Book1996

    Mercosur (2ª edición)[Mercosur (2nd edition)]

    Strategies and harmonisation of regional policies.

  • Book1998

    Mercosur: Mirando al Pacífico[Mercosur: Looking to the Pacific]

    The bloc's projection towards the Pacific basin.

  • Book2001

    Psicosociología Aplicada a Perfiles Gerenciales[Psychosociology Applied to Managerial Profiles]

    The managerial profile from the standpoint of social psychology.

  • Book2004

    Herramientas de Gestión[Management Tools]

    Schools of administrative thought.

  • Conference paper1997

    Armonización de políticas en bloques regionales[Policy harmonisation in regional blocs]

    Jornadas de Integración Económica, U.B.A.

  • Conference paper2002

    El perfil gerencial en contextos de cambio[The managerial profile in times of change]

    Congreso de Ciencias Económicas, U.A.D.E.

  • Conference paper2005

    Pensamiento administrativo: continuidad y ruptura[Administrative thought: continuity and rupture]

    Postgraduate seminar, Universidad de Belgrano.

  • Documentn.d.

    Árbol genealógico de la Casa Pena[Family tree of the House of Pena]

    Genealogical piece held in the Casa Pena collection.

  • Documentn.d.

    Blasonamiento de las armas de la Casa Pena[Blazon of the arms of the House of Pena]

    Formal description of the ceremonial coat of arms.

  • Mapn.d.

    Cartografía de rutas históricas[Cartography of historical routes]

    Series of documented itineraries from the archive.

  • Researchongoing

    Heráldica europea comparada[Comparative European heraldry]

    Comparative study of heraldic traditions.

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Academic Timeline

How the archive developed over time, milestone by milestone.

  1. 1996

    U.B.A.

    Publication of Mercosur (2nd ed.)

    A reference work on the harmonisation of regional policies.

  2. 1998

    University teaching

    Mercosur: Mirando al Pacífico

    Extension of the research line towards the Pacific basin.

  3. 1999

    Ediciones Universitarias

    El Hombre y Su Tiempo

    A turn towards the history of ideas and the philosophy of change.

  4. 2001

    U.A.D.E.

    Psicosociología aplicada[Applied psychosociology]

    Research on managerial profiles and organisational behaviour.

  5. 2004

    U.B.

    Herramientas de Gestión

    Historical synthesis of administrative thought.

  6. 2026

    World Wanderer

    Academic Background archive created

    The academic collection was established as a permanent part of World Wanderer.

“The knowledge we preserve today is tomorrow's heritage.”

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