Repression of women and their struggles during the Spanish Civil War and under Francoism

Exhibition and seminar

The pictures’ exhibition “The Invisible Prison” is presented in Toulouse in the framework of the seminar “Specific repression of women, and their struggles during the Spanish Civil War and under Francoism“. Organized by the association IRIS – Memories d’Espagne with the support of the EUROM, the seminar addresses the reppression against women through the experience of exile and deportation.

Movies about repression againts women during Francoism will be presented during the seminar in Toulouse

The exhibition highlights the history of the former women’s prison of Les Corts and will be introduced by the historian Fernando Hernández Holgado (University Complutense of Madrid), expert in the history of women’s prisons in Spain during Francoism. He will deliver a talk about these institutions during the first period of the dictatorship (1939-1945). After, Nuria Ricart (Professor of Fine Arts at the Univeristy of Barcelona) will discuss the participatory process of recovery of the memory of the women’s prison of Les Corts in Barcelona. The director of EUROM, Jordi Guixé, will close the presentation addressing the specific situation of exiled and deported imprisoned women during Francoism.

On the next day, Dominique Fernandez (IRIS Association) will confer about other forms of repression over women, giving way to a discussion on women during Francoism., and Dolors Marín (University of the Balearic Island) will highlight women-led struggles during Francoism.

Movies about repression againts women during Francoism will be presented during the seminar in Toulouse

The seminar will also include a cine forum featuring The Sleeping Voice (La voz dormida),  and the short movie A golpe de tacón.

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When

Nov 15-19, 2016

Where

Nov 15
Cinema Utopia Tournefeuille
Impasse du Château, 31170 Tournefeuille, França

Nov 18-19
Espace diversités  laïcité
Centre LGBT – Mission égalité diversités
38, rue d’Aubuisson
31000 Toulouse

 

Other Institutions Involved

Toulouse Métropole

Other partners

Association IRIS pour la mémoire historique du camp républicain espagnol

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