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The Spanish Civil War

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Official portrait of Generalissimo Francisco Franco, 1936.

This year sees the 80th anniversary of the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War. The war was a major event in 20th-century Europe and attracted passionate interest across the world. This course introduces you to debates over the war's origins, its effects and the causes of Franco's victory as well as the passions roused in this conflict which divides Spain to this day.

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Course programme

Friday 1 April 2016

Please plan to arrive between 16:30 and 18:30. You can meet other course members in the bar which opens at 18:15. Tea and coffee making facilities are available in the study bedrooms.

19:00 Dinner
20:30 Introduction: Spain in the 1930s
22:00 Terrace bar open for informal discussion

Saturday 2 April 2016

07:30 Breakfast
09:00 Spain in 1936: Violence, Military Coup & Revolution
10:30 Coffee
11:00 The Spanish Civil War as a military conflict
12:30 Free
13:00 Lunch
14:00 Free
16:00 Tea
16:30 Revolution and Counter-Revolution in Republican Spain
18:30 Dinner
20:00 International Responses to the Spanish Civil War
21:30 Terrace bar open for informal discussion

Sunday 3 April 2016

07:30 Breakfast
09:00 The Rise of Franco & the Politics of Nationalist Spain
10:30 Coffee
11:00 Discussion: Causes of Nationalist Victory and Republican Defeat.
12:30 Free
12:45 Lunch

The course will disperse after lunch.

Enquiries

General enquiries

Admissions Team
Institute of Continuing Education
University of Cambridge
Madingley Hall, Madingley
Cambridge
CB23 8AQ
UK
ice.admissions@ice.cam.ac.uk
+44 (0)1223 746262

Admissions enquiries

Admissions Team
Institute of Continuing Education
University of Cambridge
Madingley Hall, Madingley
Cambridge
CB23 8AQ
UK
ice.admissions@ice.cam.ac.uk
+44 (0)1223 746262

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Course dates

01 Apr 2016 to 03 Apr 2016

Course duration

1 weekend(s)

Course fee

£260

Academic Directors, Course Directors and Tutors are subject to change, when necessary.

Venue

Institute of Continuing Education
University of Cambridge
Cambridge
CB23 8AQ
UK

Qualifications / Credits

Non-accredited

Course code

1516NRX091

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