European Memory in the Making: Refugees and Global Expulsions

European Memory in the Making: Refugees and Global Expulsions

The future of the European society after the current refugee crisis is the key topic of this seminar, organized throughout the MEFRO project.  European memory in the making: Refugees and Global Expulsions will try to identify the most critical areas of social...
Camp d’internement de Saint-Cyprien

Camp d’internement de Saint-Cyprien

[Picture: In the camp. 1940 painting by Felix Nussbaum, based on his imprisonment in the Saint-Cyprien camp.] On January 26th, 1939, Barcelona was finally defeated by the Franco’s army, this practically meant the final defeat of the Republican army in the Spanish...
Civil Wars in the Contemporary Era

Civil Wars in the Contemporary Era

  In line with the contemporary narrative about the causes and consequences of current and past conflicts, this year’s Walter Benjamin Lecture Session, Memory and Exile of the University of Girona will held the seminar “Civil Wars in the Contemporary...
Museu Marítim de Barcelona

Museu Marítim de Barcelona

The consortium of the Royal Shipyards and Maritime Museum was created in 1993. It is a public local character formed by the City Council, which owns the building, the Barcelona Provincial Council who is the owner of the museum, and the Port Authority of Barcelona. It...
Fundació Cipriano García – CCOO de Catalunya

Fundació Cipriano García – CCOO de Catalunya

Cipriano García Foundation – CCOO in Catalonia is a private, non-profit organization created in 1992 by the National Working Committee of Catalonia, and its purposes: To promote, design and deliver training content and social union aimed at workers, their...