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
15% - Peer review workshop
5% - Presentations and final critique
30% - Thematic exhibit
Course Format
This course is divided into two modules. The first module is discussion and presentation based. Each week will begin with a primary source presentation based on the previous week's materials. In preparation you will write a 2-3 page reflection paper that critically examines how the primary source(s) you added to the digital collection relate to the previous week's seminar discussion and assigned readings. Because response papers are designed to prepare you for in-class presentations, I will only accept papers in class on the day that they are due (except in cases of excused absences and genuine emergencies). The second module is project based. Building on the content knowledge and skills that you developed during the first module, you will use the course's project resources to research, design, and create a thematic exhibit that pairs original scholarship with interactive primary source material.Schedule and Due Dates
Module I
T Jan 15 - IntroductionR Jan 17 - The Spanish Civil War
T Jan 22 - The Spanish Civil War (Seminar/Presentations)
Reading: Helen Graham, The Spanish Civil War.
Assignment: Digital collection contribution and reflection paper #1
R Jan 24 - Gendered Experiences of the War (Seminar)
Reading: James Matthews, “‘Our Red Soldiers’: The Nationalist Army’s Management of Its Left-Wing Conscripts in the Spanish Civil War 1936-9,” [Zotero]; Aurora Morcillo, “Gender,” in The History of Modern Spain: Chronologies, Themes, Individuals [Zotero].
T Jan 29 - Gendered Experiences of the War (Presentations)
Assignment: Digital collection contribution and reflection paper #2
R Jan 31 - International Significance of the War (Seminar)
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].
T Feb 5 - International Significance of the War (Presentations)
Assignment: Digital collection contribution and reflection paper #3
R Feb 7 - Refugees and Exile (Seminar)
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].
T Feb 12 - Refugees and Exile (Presentations)
Assignment: Digital collection contribution and reflection paper #4
R Feb 14- The Consolidation of the Franco Dictatorship (Seminar)
Reading: Michael Richards After the Civil War, Part II Chapters 3-6.
T Feb 19 -The Consolidation of the Franco Dictatorship (Presentations)
Assignment: Digital collection contribution and reflection paper #5
R Feb 21 -Everyday Life in Francoist Spain (Seminar)
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].
T Feb 26 -Everyday Life in Francoist Spain (Presentations)
Assignment: Digital collection contribution and reflection paper #6
R Feb 28 - Social and Political Transformations (Seminar)
Reading: Michael Richards After the Civil War, Part II Chapters 7-9.
T Mar 5 - Social and Political Transformations (Presentations)
Assignment: Digital collection contribution and reflection paper #7
R Mar 7 - Democracy and the Presence of the Past (Seminar)
Reading: Michael Richards After the Civil War, Part III; Wendy Perla-Kurtz, Virtual Cartographies.
T Mar 12 - Skype Discussion of Virtual Cartographies with Wendy Perla-Kurtz
R Mar 14 - Skype Discussion of the Virtual Museum of the SCW with Adrian Shubert
Assignment: Exhibit proposal
Spring Break
Module II
T Mar 26 - Thematic ExhibitIn-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 and Final Critique
Assignment: Presentations and final critique
R Apr 25 - Presentations and Final Critique
Assignment: Presentations and final critique
M May 6- Final Exhibit Due