Lecture: The Spanish Famine: victory and death in Franco’s postwar Spain

This lecture situates the Spanish famine of the 1940s within the broader history of contemporary European famines, arguing that it should be understood not as an anomaly but as part of a continental landscape shaped by war, authoritarianism, and postwar reconstruction. While sharing features with other European experiences of scarcity, the Spanish case was distinguished by the victorious imposition of a new political order that transformed hunger into a tool of repression.

Time and location: March, 17,  5:15 PM – 7:00 PM, Drift 13, room 0.03

This lecture is jointly organised with the project Politics of Environmental Action and supported by Pathways to Sustainability and initiated by Roberta Biasillo.

Registration is open until 16 March 2026, 10:00 a.m., with Roel Frakking: r.frakking@uu.nl