Seminar and Events Programme for Summer Term 2011-2012
(see also Catalan Observatory, www.lse.ac.uk/catalanobservatory|)
Saturday 28 April 2012
University of Manchester, Guernica 75: Memories of the International Brigades and the Spanish Civil War
Speakers: Helen Graham (Royal Holloway), Paul Preston (LSE) and Richard Baxell (International Brigades)
Time: 10 h.
Place: People's History Museum, Left Bank, Spinningfields, Manchester, M3 3ER
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Wednesday 2 May 2012
Catalan Observatory
The Crisis and the Local Government: From Austerity to Internationalisation
Time: 10.30 - 13.30 h.
Place: LSE, Portugal Street, Cowdray House, 1st Floor, Cañada Blanch Room, COW1.11
See website of the Observatory| for more details
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Wednesday 9 May 2012
University of Nottingham, New Perspectives on the Spanish Second Republic
Public Lecture: The Spanish Holocaust. Inquisition and Extermination in the Twientieth-Century Spain by Paul Preston
Time: 17.30 h.
Place: University of Nottingham, Clive Grainger A48
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Friday 11 May 2012
Sin Fin Cinema: Going Back To Reality. Portraying Pablo Picasso on the canvas in motion.
Documentary: The Spanish Earth
Dir.: Joris Ivens. Cast: Manuel Azaña, José Díaz y Dolores Ibárruri. USA, 1937, 52 min.
Preceded by the short film: Guernica
Dir.: Alexis Peña, Adrían Sevillano, Miguel Ángel Fernández y Pablo Piñeiro. Spain, 2009, 1h 47min.
Panel discussion: Paul Preston and Peter Anderson.
Time: 18.30 h.
Place: Instituto Cervantes, 102 Eaton Square, London, SW1W 9AN
Free and open to the public.
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Tuesday 15 May 2012
Catalan Observatory
Olympics and the City: Barcelona 1992 - London 2012
Time: 14.30 - 17.30 h.
Place: LSE, New Academic Building, Alumni Room, NAB.LG.09, Lincoln Inn's Fields, London, WC2A 3LJ
See website of the Observatory| for more details.
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Thursday 31 May 2012
José Manuel Romero (Abogado constitucionalista)
Crisis, instituciones y autonomías
Time: 18 h.
Place: LSE, Portugal Street, Cowdray House, 1st Floor, Cañada Blanch Room, COW1.11.
For more details see POSTER|. Maps and directions here|.
Dada la limitación de espacio, se ruega confirme su asistencia escribiendo a cbcentre@lse.ac.uk| e indicando su nombre completo y afiliación.
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Monday 4 June 2012
Hay Festival Wales
Paul Preston, launch of the 'Spanish Holocaust'.
Time: 17.30 h.
Place: Details on the Hay Festival location please click here|. The lecture by Prof. Paul Preston will take place in the Llwyfan Cymru - Wales Stage.
For more information about tickets and bookings please visit the main website of the event|.
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Thursday 7 June 2012
II Conference on Historical Memory: ¿Memorias Históricas?
Please see the PROGRAMME| and the POSTER| for more information.
Place: LSE, Portugal Street, Cowdray House, 1st Floor, Cañada Blanch Room, COW1.11. Maps and directions here|.
La entrada es gratuita pero el espacio de la sala es limitado. Rogamos solicite plaza escribiendo a cbcentre@lse.ac.uk| indicando su nombre completo y afiliación. Se aceptarán las peticiones recibidas hasta que el aforo esté completo.
Past Events
Access the programme overview for the required term:
-Academic Year 2011/2012 (Overview Lent Term|).
-Academic Year 2011/2012 (Overview Michaelmas Term|). -Academic Year 2010/2011 (Overview Summer Term|). -Academic Year 2010/2011 (Overview Lent Term|, PDF). -Academic Year 2009/10 (Overview Summer Term|, PDF). -Academic Year 2009/10 (Overview Michaelmas and Lent|, PDF).
The commemorative event of Vicente Cañada Blanch took place the 3rd and 4th of March 2011. The detailed information and the programme of activities can be downloaded here|. Please visit the website about the event|.
If you experience any problem accessing the documents please send an email at cbcentre@lse.ac.uk|.