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> From: Abraham Lincoln Brigade Archives <[email protected]> > Date: April 19, 2010 11:14:25 AM PDT > > > Sent by: Abraham Lincoln Brigade Archives > Reply to the sender > > For Immediate Release > April 19, 2010 > Jeanne Houck, Executive Director > [email protected], 212 674 5398 > Notes for a 'life': Bill Aalto, International Brigader and Writer > Lecture and presentation by Helen Graham > > Monday, April 19th- Tonight! > > Helen Graham Lecture and Presentation > > The King Juan Carlos I of Spain Center would like to welcome our Spring 2010 > Chair in Spanish Culture and Civilization, Helen Graham. > Monday, April 19, 7:00 p.m. > > Lecture: Fighting the war, breaking the mould: notes for a 'life' of Bill > Aalto, international brigader and writer > (1915-1958) > > Helen Graham has worked at the Universities of Southampton and London (Royal > Holloway) where she teaches modern European history. Her research interests > include the 'European civil wars' of 1917-1947; the Spanish civil war, seen > in that broader context; the social and cultural history of 1930s and 40s > Spain, including the social construction of state power in 1940s Spain and > women under Francoism; and comparative gender history. She has published > widely on the Spanish left in the 1930s, and most recently a book on the > Spanish Republic at war (1936-1939), which offers a new perspective on the > relationship between the state, revolution and political power in Republican > Spain. She is currently researching penal regimes in 1940s Spain, which will > explore how state power was made and consolidated 'bottom-up'. Another > (biographical) project focuses on sexuality, radical subjectivity and the > transition from old to new lefts. > > Her most recent book, The Spanish Civil War: A Very Short Introduction > (Oxford, 2005), is a wide-ranging ethical reflection on the war and its > aftermath. Her other books are The Spanish Republic at War 1936-1939 > (Cambridge, 2002; Spanish Cultural Studies: An Introduction (Oxford, 1995, > co-edited); Socialism and War: The Spanish Socialist Party in Power and > Crisis 1936-1838 (Cambridge, 1991); The French and Spanish Popular Fronts: > Comparative Perspectives (Cambridge, 1989, co-authored). > > She will be a Visiting Professor in NYU’s Department of History where she > will teach the graduate seminar Culture Wars: The Spanish Civil War in > International Perspective. > > Graham will provide the second of her two public lectures on: > > Reception to follow. > *** > Abraham Lincoln Brigade Archives (ALBA) > > Abraham Lincoln Brigade Archives (ALBA) > 799 Broadway, Suite 341 > New York, NY 10003 > 212-674-5398, [email protected] > *** > > This e-mail was sent from Abraham Lincoln Brigade Archives > Immediate removal with PatronMail® > SecureUnsubscribe. > > To forward this e-mail to a friend or colleague, use this link. > To change your e-mail address or update preferences, use this link. >
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