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The Spanish Civil War (1936-1939) was a conflict between the Republicans, who supported a democratic government, and the Nationalists, led by General Francisco Franco, who sought to establish a fascist regime. The war resulted in significant political, social, and cultural upheaval in Spain and had lasting effects on Spanish society and international relations.
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The Spanish Civil War (1936-1939) was a conflict between the Republicans, who supported a democratic government, and the Nationalists, led by General Francisco Franco, who sought to establish a fascist regime. The war resulted in significant political, social, and cultural upheaval in Spain and had lasting effects on Spanish society and international relations.

Key research themes

1. How did internal political dynamics and militarization influence the outbreak and escalation of violence during the Spanish Civil War?

This theme investigates the structural and institutional causes leading to the Spanish Civil War, focusing on the role of Spain's military, authoritarian state apparatus, and political polarization prior to and during the conflict. It examines how military influence and exclusionary policies contributed to radicalization, the failure of the Second Republic, and the resulting spirals of violence and repression. Understanding these preconditions is crucial to comprehending the depth of Spain's political and social rupture during the 1930s.

Key finding: Ballbé and López Garrido’s structural analysis identifies the Spanish military’s embeddedness within the civil state as a critical impediment to democratization, providing the institutional basis for the military coup and... Read more
Key finding: By comparing Spain's civil war with Rome’s late republican civil conflicts, this study highlights the role of deep ideological polarization fueled by civil war itself; the violence of 1936-1939 generated a lasting spiral of... Read more
Key finding: Analysing civilian gun possession policies from 1917 to 1923, this article uncovers the state’s 'selective rearmament' strategy, whereby firearms were legally and illegally distributed to preferred population segments to... Read more

2. How did international and transnational actors shape political mobilization and solidarity around the Spanish Civil War?

Research under this theme addresses the role of international volunteers, left-wing press, and cultural figures in recruiting support for the Republican cause, as well as the integration of anti-fascist struggles with global anticolonial and racial justice movements. This highlights the Spanish Civil War as a nexus for transnational solidarity and ideological exchange beyond Spain’s borders, influencing both regional and global political imaginaries.

Key finding: This study reveals how socialist and communist newspapers across Britain, the Netherlands, and German exile communities crafted distinct ‘sketches of Spain’ tailored to their political cultures, effectively shaping readers'... Read more
Key finding: This detailed analysis of the largest Latvian unit in the International Brigades uncovers the predominance of communist ideology among volunteers and their perception of participation as advancing party aims, while also... Read more
Key finding: Through the writings of Langston Hughes and Nicolás Guillén, the article demonstrates how Spanish antifascism was refracted through anticolonial and racial justice lenses from the Global South; these intellectuals constructed... Read more

3. What does archaeological and environmental research reveal about the spatial and symbolic landscapes of the Spanish Civil War?

This research theme covers archaeological investigations into military fortifications and the environmental history of war-torn urban spaces. It explores how physical infrastructures like the 'Iron Belt' fortifications and reforestation in Madrid's University City serve as contested heritage sites that embody political memory, military strategy, and efforts at postwar commemoration and political re-signification.

Key finding: Archaeological interventions on the Bilbao Defensive 'Iron Belt' reveal its military ineffectiveness—limited ammunition and poorly constructed defenses—which contrasts starkly with the propagandistic narratives of... Read more
Key finding: The article analyses how postwar reforestation in Madrid’s University City was used by the Francoist regime to transform a devastated battlefield into a symbolic landscape of memorialization and political legitimacy; the... Read more

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The Spanish Civil War was a period of ideological crystallisation for Salazarism, as the Estado Novo instrumentalised the conflict to refine its ideology and public image. Print media was a crucial medium via which Salazarism was... more
El artículo busca complementar la literatura cualitativa sobre las guerras civiles colombianas con una comparación cuantitativa de las mismas. A partir de una definición operacional, la guerra civil, se identifican diez guerras civiles y... more
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On Jewish Exile from Germany to the Soviet Union during national socialist dictatorship. Short text for the Berlin Exhibition project "Wir waren Nachbarn", Berlin Schöneberg.
Study, in the light of the regulation of the Historical Memory, on the religious pursuit during the civil war, in the concrete case of the region of the High Alcarria.
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Queda rigurosamente prohibida, sin la autorización por escrito de los titulares del copyright, la reproducción total o parcial de esta obra por cualquier medio o procedimiento mecánico, telemático o electrónico -incluyendo las fotocopias... more
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