Helen Graham (DPhil, Oxford)
Professor of Modern Spanish History
M.A. Programme Director
email: h.graham@rhul.ac.uk
office: McCrea 314
phone: 01784 443318
Research Interests
The Spanish civil war; inter-war Europe (1918-39); comparative civil wars; the social construction of state power in 1940s Spain; women under Francoism; comparative gender history
Helen Graham's research interests focus on the social and cultural history of 1930s and 40s Spain. She has published widely on the Spanish left in the 1930s, and most recently a book on the Spanish Republic at war (1936-1939) which offers a new perspective on the relationship between the state, revolution and political power in Republican Spain. She is currently researching penal regimes in 1940s Spain which will explore how state power was made and consolidated `bottom-up'. Another (biographical) project focuses on sexuality, radical subjectivity and the transition from old to new lefts.
Listen to a podcast of Prof. Graham's inaugural lecture, 'Border Crossings: Thinking about the International Brigaders before and after Spain'
Tel/Fax : +44 (0)1784 443314 /433032