International Conference: Identity, State and Society in Modern Spain
10-11 September

"Identity is not only a story, a narrative which we tell ourselved about ourselves, it is stories which change with historical circumstances." -  Stuart Hall, ‘Negotiating Caribbean Identities’, New Left Review, Volume 209, Jan-Feb 1995.

After two successful years of online talks, the Modern Spanish History Doctoral Seminars team will be holding a conference at the University of Kent with the aim of continuing to foster connections and exchanges between doctoral researchers of modern Spain across the world. The conference will be a mix of online and in person papers. The event — which is supported by the School of History, Classics and Archaeology at the University of Edinburgh, the School of History at the University of Kent, and the CHASE Doctoral Training Partnership — will examine the interactions between identity, state and society in Spain since 1800. By considering the construction, contestation and interrelation of various identities throughout the nineteenth and twentieth century, it aims to offer a comprehensive vision of the Spanish state’s modern history. We have a limited number of places for in person attendees and preference will be given to CHASE funded PGRs.