Balfour, Sebastian
Professor Emeritus Sebastian Balfour
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Experience keywords:
Contemporary Spanish politics; transition and consolidation of democracy in Spain; colonial war in Morocco; Fidel Castro and Cuba; history of 20th century Spain; fascism; the use of chemical weapons in colonial wars; nationalism; identity, nationalism, regionalism, and the state in Spain
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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:
Spain; Morocco; Catalonia; Cuba; the Basque Country
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Languages: Italian [Spoken: Intermediate, Written: Intermediate]; Catalan [Spoken: Intermediate, Written: Intermediate]; Spanish [Spoken: Fluent, Written: Fluent]; French [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 (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) España reinventada. Nación e identidad desde la transición. Península, Barcelona, Spain. ISBN 9788483077788 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 (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 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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