EUROM is proud to be one of the collaborating institutions of the 10th edition of the International Congress on History and Cinema, which will take place at the Faculty of Geography and History of the Universitat de Barcelona (C/ Montalegre, 6) from 16 to 18 December 2026.
Proposals for papers may be submitted until 20 July 2026 by email at c[email protected] or through the registration form on the congress website. Submissions should include the presenter’s name and contact details, institutional affiliation, paper title, a brief abstract of 500–700 characters, and the thematic area to which the proposal belongs. Accepted languages are Catalan, Spanish, English, French and Italian.
Notification of acceptance will be communicated by 1 November 2026. For full details, visit the congress website.
Following the tradition initiated years ago by Josep Maria Caparrós, this tenth edition takes as its central theme the Spanish Civil War: 90 Years of Audiovisual Memory. The congress aims to be a space for debate and analysis around the cinematographic and audiovisual representations generated by the Spanish Civil War — from propaganda cinema, newsreels and other film productions created during the conflict, to more recent retrospective perspectives.
The congress also seeks to reflect on the fundamental role that cinema has played in reinterpreting the causes and consequences of the Civil War, its memorial legacy, and its uses in the fields of education, cultural policy, and historical dissemination projects. It brings together specialists, institutions, associations, and researchers from a range of disciplines.
Thematic areas
- Cinematographic representations of the Spanish Civil War
- Cinema, censorship and propaganda: the film industry and its protagonists during the Civil War
- Historical memory and cinema
- The Second Spanish Republic and the Civil War in the international arena
- Exile and cinema
- Audiovisual sources and their uses for the historical study of armed conflicts
- Education and memory: the use of cinema and audiovisual productions as historical sources and pedagogical tools
Direction
Magí Crusells Valeta (Universitat de Barcelona), Daniel Roig Sanz (Universitat de Barcelona), Ricard Rosich Argelich (Universitat de Barcelona), Carles Santacana Torres (Universitat de Barcelona)
Academic Secretariat
Paola Lo Cascio (Universitat de Barcelona), Daniel Roig Sanz (Universitat de Barcelona), Ricard Rosich Argelich (Universitat de Barcelona)
Scientific Committee
Alejandro Acosta López (Universidad Carlos III de Madrid), Daniel Arasa (Cinemanet), Ana Asión Suñer (Universidad de Zaragoza), Eli Bartra (Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana-Xochimilco), Pau Casanellas (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona), Giovanni C. Cattini (Universitat de Barcelona), Rafael De España (Universitat de Barcelona), Santiago De Pablo Contreras (Universidad del País Vasco/Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea), Jo Evans (University College London), Concha Fuentes Moreno (Universitat de Barcelona), Jordi Guixé (Observatori Europeu de Memòries – EUROM), Andras Lénart (University of Szeged), Olga Lobo Carballo (Université Paul Valéry – Montpellier), Virginia López de Maturana (Universidad del País Vasco/Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea), Andreu Mayayo (Universitat de Barcelona), Mercè Morales Montoya (Societat Catalana d’Estudis Històrics – IEC), John Mraz (Universidad Autónoma de Puebla), María del Carmen Puche Ruiz (Universidad de Sevilla), Marta Piñol Lloret (Universitat de Barcelona), Maria Lluïsa Pujol (Fundación Aula de Cine. Fundación Josep M. Queraltó), Rafael Angel Rodríguez López (Universidad de Córdoba), Rafael Rodríguez Tranche (Universidad Complutense de Madrid), José Manuel Rúa (Universitat de Barcelona), Vicente Sanchez-Biosca (Universitat de València), Fernando Sanz Ferreruela (Universidad de Zaragoza), Daniel Seguer (Universitat de Barcelona), Lourdes Prades Artigas (Universitat de Barcelona), Erika Tiburcio Moreno (Universidad Complutense de Madrid), Matteo Tomasoni (Universidad de Salamanca), Juan Vaccaro (Universitat de Barcelona), Gabriela Viadero Carral (Universidad Complutense de Madrid)
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- Reference of the Project: 101236354
- Type of activity: Mutual Learning
- Title: Networking
- Date: December 16, 2026
- Physical event
- University of Barcelona