Balfour, Sebastian
Professor Emeritus Sebastian Balfour
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Experience keywords:
fascism; the use of chemical weapons in colonial wars; nationalism; Fidel Castro and Cuba; colonial war in Morocco; identity, nationalism, regionalism, and the state in Spain; history of 20th century Spain; transition and consolidation of democracy in Spain; Contemporary Spanish politics
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Research interests and expertise cover 20th century Spanish history; contemporary Spanish politics, in particular the architecture of the Spanish state and regional government. The question of identity and nation is also an important focus, as well as the colonial war in Morocco between 1909 and 1927 and the use of chemical weapons in colonial wars in the interwar years of the 20th century. Another area of expertise is the political career of Fidel Castro, the Cuban Revolution and contemporary Cuban politics, including relations between Cuba and the United States.
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Countries and regions to which research relates:
Catalonia; the Basque Country; Morocco; Cuba; Spain
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Languages: Italian [Spoken: Intermediate, Written: Intermediate]; French [Spoken: Fluent, Written: Fluent]; Catalan [Spoken: Intermediate, Written: Intermediate]; Spanish [Spoken: Fluent, Written: Fluent]
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Media experience:
Has written for mainstream press; Radio; TV
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The following references are sourced from LSE Research Online|. References that are linked lead to the full text.
Balfour, Sebastian (2012) El Ejército Colonial y la Guerra Civil. In: Morente, Francisco, (ed.) España en la crisis europea de entreguerras. Catarata, Madrid, pp. 326-333. ISBN 9788483196571 Balfour, Sebastian (2012) Guerras químicas coloniales entre 1919-1939 y el caso español. In: Gómez Ochoa, Fidel and Macías Fernández, Daniel, (eds.) El combatiente a lo largo de la historia: imaginario, percepción, representación. Ediciones Universidad de Cantabria, Santander, pp. 125-134. ISBN 9788481026429 Balfour, Sebastian and Martín García, Oscar J. (2011) Movimientos sociales y transición a la democracia: el caso español. In: Quirosa-Cheyrouze y Muñoz, Rafael, (ed.) La sociedad española en la Transición: los movimientos sociales en el proceso democratizador. Biblioteca Nueva, Madrid, pp. 43-62. Balfour, Sebastian (2011) Las izquierdas ante la cuestión nacional en la nueva democracia. In: Moreno Luzón, Javier, (ed.) Izquierdas y nacionalismos en la España contemporánea. Editorial Pablo Iglesias, Madrid, pp. 285-303. ISBN 978-84-95886-60-6 Balfour, Sebastian (2011) Franquisme i modernització: la Seat, emblema d’una contradicció. L’Avenç SL Balfour, Sebastian (2011) La Semana Trágica: contexto geopolítico internacional. In: Martín Corrales, Eloy, (ed.) Semana Trágica: entre las barricadas de Barcelona y el Barranco del Lobo. Edicions Bellaterra, Barcelona, pp. 33-43. ISBN 9788472905283 Balfour, Sebastian (2010) The making of an interventionist army, 1898-1923. In: Romero Salvadó, Francisco J. and Smith, Angel, (eds.) The agony of Spanish liberalism: from revolution to dictatorship 1913-23. Palgrave Macmillan, Basingstoke, pp. 255-274. ISBN 9780230554245 Balfour, Sebastian (2008) The governance of Spain: between rock and hard place. openDemocracy Balfour, Sebastian (2008) Entre la espada y la pared. Ediciones El País Balfour, Sebastian (2008) Colonial war and civil war: the Spanish Army of Africa. In: Baumeister, Martin and Schüler-Springorum, Stefanie, (eds.) "If you tolerate this . . . ": the Spanish Civil War in the age of total war. Campus Verlag, Frankfurt. ISBN 9783593386942 Balfour, Sebastian (2008) The concept of historical revisionism: Spain since the 1930s. International journal of iberian studies, 21 (3). pp. 179-186. ISSN 1364-971X Balfour, Sebastian (2008) Nació i identitat a Espanya: algunes reflexions. Segle XX: revista Catalana d'història, 2 pp. 11-23. ISSN 1889-1152 Balfour, Sebastian (2008) Castro. Pearson Longman, Harlow, UK. ISBN 9781405873185 Balfour, Sebastian and Quiroga, Alejandro (2007) The reinvention of Spain: nation and identity since democracy. Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK. ISBN 9780199206674 Balfour, Sebastian and Quiroga, Alejandro (2007) ¿Es España una nación? Claves de razón práctica, 173 pp. 30-37. ISSN 1130-3689 Balfour, Sebastian and Quiroga, Alejandro (2007) España reinventada. Nación e identidad desde la transición. Península, Barcelona, Spain. ISBN 9788483077788 Balfour, Sebastian (2007) El Partido Popular a la búsqueda de un nuevo papel político. In: Bernecker, Walter L. and Maihold, Günther, (eds.) España: del consenso a la polarización. Iberoamericana / Vervuert, Madrid / Frankfurt am Main, pp. 379-391. Balfour, Sebastian (2007) Continuidades y discontinuidades en los discursos nacionalistas conservadores desde la transición. In: Moreno Luzón, Javier, (ed.) Construir España: nacionalismo español y procesos de nacionalización,. Centro de Estudios Políticos y Constitucionales, Madrid, pp. 300-316. ISBN 9788425913952 Balfour, Sebastian (2007) España, Marruecos y las grandes potencias, 1898-1914. In: Gómez-Ferrer, Guadalupe and Sánchez, Raquel, (eds.) Modernizar España: proyectos de reforma y apertura internacional (1898-1914). Biblioteca Nueva, Madrid, pp. 143-151. Balfour, Sebastian (2005) The reinvention of Spanish conservatism: the Popular Party since 1989. In: Balfour, Sebastian, (ed.) The politics of contemporary Spain. Routledge, New York, USA, pp. 146-168. ISBN 0415356784 Balfour, Sebastian, (ed.) (2004) The politics of contemporary Spain. Routledge. ISBN 9780415356770 Balfour, Sebastian and Preston, Paul, (eds.) (2004) España y las grandes potencias en el siglo XX. Critica, Barcelona, Spain. ISBN 9788484322863 Balfour, Sebastian (2002) Deadly embrace. Morocco and the road to the Spanish Civil War. Oxford University Press, Oxford. ISBN 9780199252961 Balfour, Sebastian (2001) Secret wars in forgotten Africa. Journal of romance studies, 1 (3). pp. 121-131. ISSN 1473-3536 Balfour, Sebastian and La Porte, Pablo (2000) Spanish military cultures and the Moroccan wars, 1909-36. European history quarterly, 30 (3). pp. 307-332. ISSN 0265-6914 Balfour, Sebastian (2000) The Desarrollo years, 1955-1975. In: Alvarez-Junco, Jose and Shubert, Adrian, (eds.) A History of Spain since 1808. Hodder Arnold, pp. 277-288. ISBN 9780340662298 Balfour, Sebastian (2000) Spain from 1931 to the present. In: Carr, Raymond, (ed.) A history of Spain. Oxford University Press, Oxford, pp. 243-282. ISBN 9780192802361 Balfour, Sebastian (1999) The impact of the war within Spain: continuity or crisis? In: Smith, Angel and Davila-Cox, Emma, (eds.) The crisis of 1898: colonial redistribution and nationalist mobilization. Macmillan Press Ltd, Basingstoke, UK, pp. 180-194. ISBN 9780312216504 Balfour, Sebastian and Preston, Paul, (eds.) (1999) Spain and the great powers in the twentieth century. Routledge, New York, USA. ISBN 0415180775 Balfour, Sebastian and Preston, Paul (1999) Spain and the great powers in the aftermath of the disaster of 1898. In: Balfour, Sebastian and Preston, Paul, (eds.) Spain and the great powers in the twentieth century. Routledge, London, pp. 13-31. ISBN 9780415180788
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