Schedule
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Keynote speaker: Dr Richard Baxell (London School of Economics and Political Science; Chair of the International Brigades Memorial Trust)
The Grant Room, Michael Sadler Building 3.11, University of Leeds
Opening (10.45–11 a.m.)
Panel 1 (11 a.m.–12.15 p.m.) Chair: Eilis Boyle (University of Leeds)
Joel Baker (University of Sheffield), ‘The highway to modernity? Infrastructure development, petitioning and populism in Primo de Rivera's Spain’
Ainhoa Campos (Universidad Complutense de Madrid), ‘The Importance of Being Well Fed: Supply Problems and Civilian Morale in Madrid during Spanish Civil War (1936-1939)’
Stephanie Wright (University of Sheffield), ‘Adapting military masculinities to peace: the case of Franco’s “Mutilated Gentlemen” in Spain, 1936-1975’
Lunch (12.15–1.15 p.m.)
Panel 2 (1.15–2.45 p.m.) Chair: Carlos Navarro González (Universidad Complutense de Madrid)
Scott Ramsay (University of Leeds), ‘The Origins of British Non-Intervention in the Spanish Civil War: Foreign Office Perceptions of Political Polarisation in Spain, 1931-1936’
Stephen Rainbird (University of Cambridge), ‘British capital in the Spanish Civil War’
Nick Sharman (University of Nottingham), ‘Britain’s Informal Empire: Anglo-Spanish Relations, 1936-1946’
Henry Holborn (University of Newcastle) ‘The Spanish Civil War and the North East of England, oral testimonies – history and memory’
Break (2.45–3.15 p.m.)
Panel 3 (3.15–4.30 p.m.) Chair: Danny Evans (University of Leeds)
Nathaniel Andrews (University of Leeds), ‘Anarchism on the ground: Alcoy as a case study in libertarian culture, 1890-1930’
Jessica Thorne (Royal Holloway, University of London), ‘Pipelines of Resistance: A cartography of anti-Francoist struggle, 1961-1975’
Santiago Fernández (University of Sheffield), ‘The singer/songwriter as public intellectual: the case of Joan Manuel Serrat and Eurovision’
Break (4.30–5.00 p.m.)
Keynote speaker (5.00 p.m.) Dr Richard Baxell, ‘Wars and Peace: The Long History of the International Brigades’
The symposium will be followed by a wine reception at the venue, and a post-conference dinner at The Cosy Club.
Keynote speaker: Dr Richard Baxell (London School of Economics and Political Science; Chair of the International Brigades Memorial Trust)
The Grant Room, Michael Sadler Building 3.11, University of Leeds
Opening (10.45–11 a.m.)
Panel 1 (11 a.m.–12.15 p.m.) Chair: Eilis Boyle (University of Leeds)
Joel Baker (University of Sheffield), ‘The highway to modernity? Infrastructure development, petitioning and populism in Primo de Rivera's Spain’
Ainhoa Campos (Universidad Complutense de Madrid), ‘The Importance of Being Well Fed: Supply Problems and Civilian Morale in Madrid during Spanish Civil War (1936-1939)’
Stephanie Wright (University of Sheffield), ‘Adapting military masculinities to peace: the case of Franco’s “Mutilated Gentlemen” in Spain, 1936-1975’
Lunch (12.15–1.15 p.m.)
Panel 2 (1.15–2.45 p.m.) Chair: Carlos Navarro González (Universidad Complutense de Madrid)
Scott Ramsay (University of Leeds), ‘The Origins of British Non-Intervention in the Spanish Civil War: Foreign Office Perceptions of Political Polarisation in Spain, 1931-1936’
Stephen Rainbird (University of Cambridge), ‘British capital in the Spanish Civil War’
Nick Sharman (University of Nottingham), ‘Britain’s Informal Empire: Anglo-Spanish Relations, 1936-1946’
Henry Holborn (University of Newcastle) ‘The Spanish Civil War and the North East of England, oral testimonies – history and memory’
Break (2.45–3.15 p.m.)
Panel 3 (3.15–4.30 p.m.) Chair: Danny Evans (University of Leeds)
Nathaniel Andrews (University of Leeds), ‘Anarchism on the ground: Alcoy as a case study in libertarian culture, 1890-1930’
Jessica Thorne (Royal Holloway, University of London), ‘Pipelines of Resistance: A cartography of anti-Francoist struggle, 1961-1975’
Santiago Fernández (University of Sheffield), ‘The singer/songwriter as public intellectual: the case of Joan Manuel Serrat and Eurovision’
Break (4.30–5.00 p.m.)
Keynote speaker (5.00 p.m.) Dr Richard Baxell, ‘Wars and Peace: The Long History of the International Brigades’
The symposium will be followed by a wine reception at the venue, and a post-conference dinner at The Cosy Club.
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