Nos acercamos a las relaciones sostenidas desde la Universidad de
Madrid con centros científicos alemanes de 1939 a 1951 para observar la
naturaleza, fórmulas y etapas que caracterizaron esas relaciones. Esta
acción exterior española conllevaba un claro discurso político y propagandístico.
Así, las relaciones académicas con Alemania se enmarcaban
inicialmente en el discurso de cercanía al Eje promovido por el régimen
y se concretaban en el intercambio de becarios, lectores, conferenciantes,
publicaciones, adquisición de material científico, invitación a profesores
como Carl Schmitt o la concesión del doctorado honoris causa por la Universidad
de Madrid al hispanista Karl Vossler. Sin embargo, vistas desde
1945, se entendían acomodadas a la actitud neutral que el franquismo
subrayaba y se centraban en la difusión del hispanismo y del espiritualismo
cristiano. El flujo de contactos con Alemania disminuyó y se ajustó al
impulso de nuevas instituciones encargadas de la visita de estudiantes
extranjeros a Madrid, como el colegio Santiago Apóstol.

Abstract: I study the relationships between the University of Madrid and
German scientific centres from 1939 to 1951. My aim is to detect the
nature, characteristics and phases of this kind of relationships. These relationships and foreign affairs from the University were included in the
global plan of political relationships and were involved in a political and
propaganda discourse. So, the academic relationships with Germany
were, at the beginning, contained in the Franco’s discourse very near to
the Axis’s countries. These relationships were based on: exchange of lecturers,
donation of reviews, request of cultural information, grants,
organisation of courses, assistantships, the knowledge of German language
among the Spanish students, invitations of German lectures (the
most important was Carl Schmitt), the exchange of scientific products
and the awarding of upper award as the honoris causa doctorate. The first
honoris causa doctorate of the University of Madrid during Franco’s dictatorship
went to the German Hispanist, Karl Vossler. However, from
1945 these relationships were close to the neutral attitude that the regime
wanted to spread. They understand, as a main idea, the diffusion of the
hispanism and the catholic spirit. The flow of relationships with Germany
was reduced, was given a new direction and adapted to new institutions
as the hall of residence Santiago Apóstol which took care to the
foreign students in Madrid.