New directions in Modern Spanish History: A European PGR/ECR Workshop Aims There has been a long tradition of overseas historians dedicating themselves to the study of Spain, with the UK playing a pivotal role. Notably, relationships between British, Spanish and other European historians of Spain were forged in a time of free European mobility and a climate which encouraged – both intellectually and materially – dynamic research into the country’s past. Brexit, however, has placed this under threat. Mobility for archival investigation has been reduced to three months without a complex visa application, UK students have been cut out of the Erasmus scheme, and UK and EU historians seeking employment within one another’s higher education sectors face unprecedented legal obstacles. Special efforts from the very latest generation of scholars are therefore required to rebuild and fortify connections between the UK and the EU. To this end, New Directions in Modern Spanish History: A European PGR/ECR Workshop will bring together post-graduate and early-career researchers from across the UK and the EU to share their research in the field of modern Spanish history and establish vital future networks. It will take place over two days at the School of History, Classics and Archaeology at the University of Edinburgh and will be conducted, in the main, in Spanish. Organisers Professor Peter Anderson is a historian of modern Spain who has published widely on the Spanish Civil War and the Francoist dictatorship. He is the co-director of the Centre for the History of Ibero-America at the University of Leeds, and co-editor of European History Quarterly. Henry Brown is a third-year doctoral student at the University of Kent funded by the Consortium for the Humanities and the Arts South-east England (CHASE), specialising in antifascist military cultures in the Spanish Civil War. He has published in Contemporary European History, is one of the co-founders of the Modern Spanish History Doctoral Seminars and co-hosted a conference on identities in modern Spain with Adrian Pole in 2022. He is currently a British Research Council Fellow at the Kluge Center (Library of Congress). Sophie Turbutt is a second-year doctoral student at the University of Leeds, funded by WRoCAH (AHRC). Specialising in the history of Spanish anarchism and gender, she has published in Contemporary European History, organised an international symposium on the history of Iberian anarchism, and completed a Visiting Doctoral Scholar placement at the Complutense University of Madrid. Adrian Pole is a third-year doctoral student at the University of Edinburgh funded by the Principal’s Career Development Scholarship and specialising in transnational encounters between the foreign fighters of the International Brigades and the people, culture and politics of civil-war Spain. He is one of the founders of the The Modern Spanish History Doctoral Seminars and co-hosted a conference on identities in modern Spain with Henry Brown in 2022. He has been published in Contemporary European History and The International Journal of Iberian Studies. Final details will be announced shortly. Schedule 17 July Dr Stefanie Massink (Universiteit Utrecht), La política internacional de la democratización: Una nueva perspectiva de la Transición española a través de los archivos neerlandeses. Giulia Chielli (Universidad de Granada/Université Toulouse Jean Jaurès), La correspondencia de la Falange Exterior después de la Segunda Guerra Mundial. Jannis Girgsdies (Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin), Novios de la mala suerte: Motivaciones y experiencias de los extranjeros de la Legión Extranjera Española, 1920-1936. Adrian Pole (University of Edinburgh), ¿Una escuela para la nación antifascista? Recuperando el papel olvidado de los soldados españoles en las Brigadas Internacionales, 1936-1939. Camille Dillmann (Université Nantes), Memoria fotográfica durante la guerra civil : Investigaciones sobre la provincia de Sevilla. Practical Workshop I: Doctoral research skills in UK and EU universities with Professor Peter Anderson (University of Leeds) and Professor Mercedes Yusta Rodrigo (Université Paris). 18 July Henry Brown (University of Kent), Espacio, ceremonia y ritual en la construcción de la cultura militar del Ejército Republicano durante la guerra civil (1936-1939). Carla Bezanilla (Université Paris), Aproximaciones para una historia interseccional de la ciudadanía española durante el primer tercio del siglo XX. Alejandro Salamanca Rodríguez (European University Institute), La familia Cabezos: Una microhistoria de la emigración española a la Argelia colonial francesa (1875-1921). Sophie Turbutt (University of Leeds), La moral sexual anarquista: Reivindicaciones a la autoridad y la regeneración social (1923-1939). Practical Workshop II: Careers in modern Spanish history at UK and EU universities with Professor Peter Anderson (University of Leeds) and Professor Mercedes Yusta Rodrigo (Université Paris). Jul 17 2023 00.00 - Jul 18 2023 23.59 New directions in Modern Spanish History: A European PGR/ECR Workshop This workshop will bring together postgraduate and early-career researchers from across the UK and the EU to share their research in the field of modern Spanish history and establish vital future networks. Room G.10, William Robertson Wing, Old Medical School, University of Edinburgh, Teviot Place, Edinburgh EH8 9AG Find the venue
New directions in Modern Spanish History: A European PGR/ECR Workshop Aims There has been a long tradition of overseas historians dedicating themselves to the study of Spain, with the UK playing a pivotal role. Notably, relationships between British, Spanish and other European historians of Spain were forged in a time of free European mobility and a climate which encouraged – both intellectually and materially – dynamic research into the country’s past. Brexit, however, has placed this under threat. Mobility for archival investigation has been reduced to three months without a complex visa application, UK students have been cut out of the Erasmus scheme, and UK and EU historians seeking employment within one another’s higher education sectors face unprecedented legal obstacles. Special efforts from the very latest generation of scholars are therefore required to rebuild and fortify connections between the UK and the EU. To this end, New Directions in Modern Spanish History: A European PGR/ECR Workshop will bring together post-graduate and early-career researchers from across the UK and the EU to share their research in the field of modern Spanish history and establish vital future networks. It will take place over two days at the School of History, Classics and Archaeology at the University of Edinburgh and will be conducted, in the main, in Spanish. Organisers Professor Peter Anderson is a historian of modern Spain who has published widely on the Spanish Civil War and the Francoist dictatorship. He is the co-director of the Centre for the History of Ibero-America at the University of Leeds, and co-editor of European History Quarterly. Henry Brown is a third-year doctoral student at the University of Kent funded by the Consortium for the Humanities and the Arts South-east England (CHASE), specialising in antifascist military cultures in the Spanish Civil War. He has published in Contemporary European History, is one of the co-founders of the Modern Spanish History Doctoral Seminars and co-hosted a conference on identities in modern Spain with Adrian Pole in 2022. He is currently a British Research Council Fellow at the Kluge Center (Library of Congress). Sophie Turbutt is a second-year doctoral student at the University of Leeds, funded by WRoCAH (AHRC). Specialising in the history of Spanish anarchism and gender, she has published in Contemporary European History, organised an international symposium on the history of Iberian anarchism, and completed a Visiting Doctoral Scholar placement at the Complutense University of Madrid. Adrian Pole is a third-year doctoral student at the University of Edinburgh funded by the Principal’s Career Development Scholarship and specialising in transnational encounters between the foreign fighters of the International Brigades and the people, culture and politics of civil-war Spain. He is one of the founders of the The Modern Spanish History Doctoral Seminars and co-hosted a conference on identities in modern Spain with Henry Brown in 2022. He has been published in Contemporary European History and The International Journal of Iberian Studies. Final details will be announced shortly. Schedule 17 July Dr Stefanie Massink (Universiteit Utrecht), La política internacional de la democratización: Una nueva perspectiva de la Transición española a través de los archivos neerlandeses. Giulia Chielli (Universidad de Granada/Université Toulouse Jean Jaurès), La correspondencia de la Falange Exterior después de la Segunda Guerra Mundial. Jannis Girgsdies (Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin), Novios de la mala suerte: Motivaciones y experiencias de los extranjeros de la Legión Extranjera Española, 1920-1936. Adrian Pole (University of Edinburgh), ¿Una escuela para la nación antifascista? Recuperando el papel olvidado de los soldados españoles en las Brigadas Internacionales, 1936-1939. Camille Dillmann (Université Nantes), Memoria fotográfica durante la guerra civil : Investigaciones sobre la provincia de Sevilla. Practical Workshop I: Doctoral research skills in UK and EU universities with Professor Peter Anderson (University of Leeds) and Professor Mercedes Yusta Rodrigo (Université Paris). 18 July Henry Brown (University of Kent), Espacio, ceremonia y ritual en la construcción de la cultura militar del Ejército Republicano durante la guerra civil (1936-1939). Carla Bezanilla (Université Paris), Aproximaciones para una historia interseccional de la ciudadanía española durante el primer tercio del siglo XX. Alejandro Salamanca Rodríguez (European University Institute), La familia Cabezos: Una microhistoria de la emigración española a la Argelia colonial francesa (1875-1921). Sophie Turbutt (University of Leeds), La moral sexual anarquista: Reivindicaciones a la autoridad y la regeneración social (1923-1939). Practical Workshop II: Careers in modern Spanish history at UK and EU universities with Professor Peter Anderson (University of Leeds) and Professor Mercedes Yusta Rodrigo (Université Paris). Jul 17 2023 00.00 - Jul 18 2023 23.59 New directions in Modern Spanish History: A European PGR/ECR Workshop This workshop will bring together postgraduate and early-career researchers from across the UK and the EU to share their research in the field of modern Spanish history and establish vital future networks. Room G.10, William Robertson Wing, Old Medical School, University of Edinburgh, Teviot Place, Edinburgh EH8 9AG Find the venue
Jul 17 2023 00.00 - Jul 18 2023 23.59 New directions in Modern Spanish History: A European PGR/ECR Workshop This workshop will bring together postgraduate and early-career researchers from across the UK and the EU to share their research in the field of modern Spanish history and establish vital future networks.
