"Created in 1965, Mélanges de la Casa de Velázquez, the journal of the École des hautes études hispaniques et ibériques (EHEHI), covers a broad range of geographical areas (Spain, Portugal, Latin America and the Maghrib) and fields (history, archaeology, literature, geography, sociology, anthropology, linguistics, etc.) from Antiquity to the present day. An international bilingual journal, the Mélanges particularly encourage scientific exchanges between French and Spanish researchers. Between 1990 and 1996 the journal was published annually in three parts, each dealing with separate periods (Antiquity and the Middle Ages, the Modern Age and the Contemporary Age). In 2003 the division into periods was abandoned and a cross-disciplinary approach was encouraged, with two regular annual issues. This twofold decompartmentalisation —of periods and specialities— is in line with the general trend in research and is reflected in the thematic dossier and in the miscellany section. Each volume concludes with a section titled “the latest research” with historiographic reports, reviews of works, scientific news, an archaeological chronicle and summaries of recent theses by former members of the school."