Postwar Periods. Spain 1939 – Germany 1945: A Comparative Approach. Introduction
Year: 2025
Type: article
Abstract: The following special issue unites the contributions made by history, German literature, and romance literature researchers from Spain, Germany, and Israel during the inaugural conference of the project Postwar Periods. Spain 1939–Germany 1945: A Comparative Approach, which took place between February 21 and 23, 2024, at Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf. We would like to thank Laia Arañó Vega and Olívia Gassol Bellet, editors of Dictatorships & Democracies. Journal of History and Culture (published by the Universitat Oberta de Catalunya and the Fundació Carles Pi i Sunyer), as well as Francesc Vilanova i Vila-Abadal for making it possible to publish the results of our inaugural conference in the form of the following dossier. The project, which is funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG), intends to explore a novel interdisciplinary and transnational approach to the Spanish and German postwar periods, aiming to integrate non-European and Jewish perspectives. The project’s aim is to sound out open questions within four thematic fields.
Source: Dictatorships & Democracies
Authors: Ursula Hennigfeld, Jenny Augustin
Institution: Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf
Language: English
Topic: Spanish History and Politics
Subfield: History
Field: Arts and Humanities
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W4408649457