From the Spanish Civil War to World War II

From the Spanish Civil War to World War II. Trajectories of transnational antifascist volunteers

School of History, University of Leeds, Michael Sadler Building, room 3.11

 

Program:

 

9:30 – 12:00: Panel I

·       Nir Arielli and Enrico Acciai (University of Leeds) – Introduction

·       Richard Baxell (London School of Economics) – “Changing the fronts and the weapons; former British and Irish International Brigaders in the Second World War”

·       Fraser Raeburn (University of Edinburgh) – “An enemy within? The boundaries of International Brigade veterans’ participation in the British war effort”

·       Jorge Marco (University of Bath) – “I want your ideas: US International Brigaders in the OSS during WWII”

Chair: Nir Arielli (University of Leeds)

 

12:00 – 13:00 Lunch break

 

13:00 – 14:00: Panel II

·       Enrico Acciai (University of Leeds) – “Albanian antifascist fighters: from the Spanish Civil War to the European resistance movements”

·       Erica Grossi and Andrea Torre (Insmli – Aicvas) – “Oggi in Spagna, domani in Italia. Italian antifascists between the Spanish Civil War and the European Resistance. A digital database”

Chair: Carl-Henrik Bjerstrom (University of Leeds)

 

14:00 – 14:15 Coffee break

 

14:15 – 16:00: Panel III

·       Morten Heiberg (University of Copenhagen) – “Nordic visions of the Spanish Civil War: Why Scandinavians sacrificed their lives for the sake of the Second Spanish Republic”

·       Samuel Kruzinga (University of Amsterdam) – “The First Resisters? Dutch trajectories from the Spanish Civil War to Occupation and Resistance, 1936-1945”

·       Jens Spath (Universitat des Saarlandes) – “The Spanish experience and resistance: German antifascists 1939-1945”

Chair: Peter Anderson (University of Leeds)