Course Overview
Required Books
Graham, Helen. The Spanish Civil War: A Very Short Introduction. Oxford ; Oxford University Press, 2005.Richards, Michael. After the Civil War: Making Memory and Re-Making Spain since 1936. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2013.
Required Accounts
A free Zotero account so that you can join our group library Spanish Civil War and Franco Dictatorship, organize your research, and cite your sources.A free Scalar account so that you can contribute to this collaborative project.
Required Activities
Final course grades will be calculated as follows:35% - Digital collection contributions and reflection papers (7)
15% - Exhibit proposal
10% - Peer review workshop
40% - Thematic exhibit
Schedule and Due Dates
T Jan 15 - IntroductionR Jan 17 - The Spanish Civil War
T Jan 22 - Seminar Discussion
Reading: Helen Graham, The Spanish Civil War.
Assignment: Digital collection contribution and reflection paper #1
R Jan 24 - Gendered Experiences of the War
T Jan 29 - Seminar Discussion
Reading: James Matthews, “‘Our Red Soldiers’: The Nationalist Army’s Management of Its Left-Wing Conscripts in the Spanish Civil War 1936-9,” [Zotero]; Michael Richards, “Morality and Biology in the Spanish Civil War: Psychiatrists, Revolution and Women Prisoners in Málaga,” [Zotero].
Assignment: Digital collection contribution and reflection paper #2
R Jan 31 - International Significance of the War
T Feb 5 - Seminar Discussion
Reading: Irujo Xabier, “Gernika as an Icon of Terror Bombing,” [Zotero]; Josie McLellan, “‘I Wanted to Be a Little Lenin’: Ideology and the German International Brigade Volunteers,” [Zotero].
Assignment: Digital collection contribution and reflection paper #3
R Feb 7 - Refugees and Exile
T Feb 12 - Seminar Discussion
Reading: Sebastian Faber, “Mexico and the Spanish Civil War,” [Zotero]; Tara Zahra, “The Quintessential Victims of War,” in The Lost Children: Reconstructing Europe’s Families After World War II [Zotero].
Assignment: Digital collection contribution and reflection paper #4
R Feb 14- The Consolidation of the Franco Dictatorship
T Feb 19 - Seminar Discussion
Reading: Michael Richards After the Civil War, Part II Chapters 3-5.
Assignment: Digital collection contribution and reflection paper #5
R Feb 21 - Everyday Life in Francoist Spain
T Feb 26 - Seminar Discussion
Reading: Montserrat Miller, “And Time Goes on: Market Vendor Life and Work under Franco,” in Feeding Barcelona, 1714-1975: Public Market Halls, Social Networks, and Consumer Culture [Zotero].
Assignment: Digital collection contribution and reflection paper #6
R Feb 28 - Social and Political Transformations
T Mar 5 - Seminar Discussion
Reading: Michael Richards After the Civil War, Part II Chapters 6-9.
Assignment: Digital collection contribution and reflection paper #7
R Mar 7 - Democracy and the Presence of the Past
T Mar 12 - Skype Discussion of Virtual Cartographies with Wendy Perla-Kurtz
Reading: Michael Richards After the Civil War, Part III; Wendy Perla-Kurtz, Virtual Cartographies.
R Mar 14 - Skype Discussion of the Virtual Museum of the SCW with Adrian Shubert
Assignment: Exhibit proposal
Spring Break
T Mar 26 - Thematic Exhibit
In-class activity: Research and work on exhibit
R Mar 28 - Thematic Exhibit
In-class activity: Research and work on exhibit
T Apr 2 - Thematic Exhibit
In-class activity: Research and work on exhibit
R Apr 4 - Thematic Exhibit
In-class activity: Research and work on exhibit
Assignment: Post your exhibit draft for the peer review workshop by Sunday April 7 at 5:00pm.
T Apr 9 - Peer Review Workshop
Assignment: Peer review workshop prompt
R Apr 11- Peer Review Workshop
Assignment: Peer review workshop prompt
T Apr 16 - Progress Meetings
In-class activity: Schedule individual meetings with Dr. Davis and finish exhibit
R Apr 18 - Progress Meetings
In-class activity: Schedule individual meetings with Dr. Davis and finish exhibit
T Apr 23 - Presentations
Assignment: Exhibits due
R Apr 25 - Presentations
Assignment: Exhibits due