Public Humanities and the Spanish Civil War: Connected and Contested Histories

This interdisciplinary collection of essays examines contemporary public history’s engagement with the Spanish Civil War. The chapters discuss the history and mission of the main institutional archives of the war, contemporary and forensic archaeology of the conflict, burial sites, the affordances of digital culture in the sphere of war memory, the teaching of the conflict in Spanish school curricula, and the place of war memory within human rights initiatives. Adopting a strongly comparative focus, the authors argue for greater public visibility and more nuanced discussion of the Civil War’s legacy, positing a virtual museum as one means to foster dialogue.

Alison Ribeiro de Menezes is Professor of Hispanic Studies at the University of Warwick, UK.

Antonio Cazorla-Sánchez is Professor of History at Trent University, Canada.

Adrian Shubert is University Professor of History at York University, Canada.