Academic Education

2017: PhD in History with distinction, University of Vienna / Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, title of the dissertation: ""Democratization 'from below': Civil Society in the Barcelona Metropolitan Region in the Struggle for Democratic Rights in the Last Decade of the Franco Regime" 2005: Degree in Journalism and Communication Studies and History, University of Vienna / Universidad de Granada / Universitat de Barcelona 1998: Matura (high school diploma) at BORG 1 in Hegelgasse 12 in Vienna.

Professional career in science and teaching

2017 - ongoing: lecturer of the Chair of History of Western Europe 18th-20th century in the field of modern and contemporary history, media practice and Iberian and Latin American country studies in div. courses of social sciences and Romance studies at the University of Kassel. 2000 - ongoing: course director on economics, personal development and political education for the Volkswirtschaftliche Gesellschaft für Wien und Niederösterreich (VWG) 2014 - 2016: university lecturer at the Department of Economic and Social History of the University of Vienna in the international master's program Global Studies of the Universities of Vienna and Leipzig, the London School of Economics and Political Science and the University of Wroclaw 2015: lecturer for special assignment at the Department of History of Western Europe 18.-20. century at the University of Kassel 2013 - 2014: researcher at CEFID (Centre d'Estudis sobre les Èpoques Franquista i Democràtica) at the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona 2010 - 2012: research assistant at the Initiativkolleg Europäische Historische Diktatur- und Transformationsforschung at the University of Vienna 2008 - 2010: moderator of economic expert seminars for teachers at the Austrian National Bank (OeNB) 2005 - 2006: librarian at the Departmental Library of Romance Languages and Literature at the University of Vienna

Professional activities in other fields

2015 - 2017: Attaché for Scientific, Economic and Cultural Cooperation of the Representation of the Government of Catalonia in Austria, the Czech Republic, the Slovak Republic, Hungary, Slovenia, Croatia, Romania, Poland and Lichtenstein

2010 - 2014: Video journalist and TV consultant for various TV stations in Austria and Germany

2007: Editor of "Zeit im Bild" (most relevant public TV news in Austria at ORF) 2006: Editor of "Wien heute" (regional news, ORF Vienna) 2004: Internship as video journalist at "Notices de la Tarda" (Barcelona tv) 2004: Administrative intern at the Liaison Office of the Province of Carinthia in front of the EU institutions in Brussels

  • Media History
  • Dictatorships and democratizations
  • Social movements and protest
  • History of political participation
  • Urban and labor history
  • History of social conflicts
  • Oral history
  • Politics of memory

Monographs

  • Franco's Spain in Comparison with Fidel Castro's Cuba: Possibilities and Obstacles for Democratization in Cuba; VDM Verlag, Saarbrücken 2010.

Contributions to anthologies and journals

  • "La Transición Democrática en España desde abajo: El ejemplo del Movimiento Estudiantil en Barcelona." In: Ardesi de Taratuvíez, Beatriz et al [eds]; XIII Jornadas Interescuelas: Departamento de Historia; Editorial Científica Universitaria de la Universidad Nacional de Catamarca, Catarmarca (Argentina) 2013.
  • "Franco-ellenes társadalmi mozgalmak Barcelonában: Hogyan váltak a rezsim szociális és politikai áldozatai az új demokratikus civil társadalom megalapítóivá a diktatórikus rendszer uralma idején." in: Eszmélet 2013, n.99; Hungarian quarterly magazine for social critique and culture, Budapest 2013.
  • "Social and Political Victims Become the Founders of a New Democratic Civil Society under Dictatorial Rule." in: Revista Convergência Crítica: Núcleo de Estudos e Pesquisas em Teoria Social, n° 3 (2013), Dossiê Diretos Humanos; Journal of the Universidade Federal Fluminense, Niterói (Rio de Janeiro).
  • "Anti-Francoist Social Movements in Barcelona." In: Loff and Molinero [eds]; Espanya i Portugal as anys setanta; Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Servei de Publicacions; Bellaterrra 2012.
  • "Piracy: The Somali Access to the Global Economy." In: Obenaus, Pfister, Tremml [eds]; Horrors of Merchants and Rulers: Pirate Communities in History; Mandelbaum, Vienna 2012.
  • "Los movimientos antifranquistas de Barcelona al final de la dictadura: Propuesta para un esquema analítico de movimientos sociales contemporáneos." in: Ibarra, Alejandra [ed.]; "No es país para jóvenes": Actas del III Encuentro de Jóvenes Investigadores de la AHC; Servicio Editorial de la UPV/EHU, Bilbao 2012.
  • "Coming to Terms with the Franco Dictatorship as a Tool for Voter Mobilization." In: Erker, Salzmann, Dreidemy et al [eds]; Update! Perspectives on Contemporary History: Zeitgeschichtetage 2010; Studienverlag, Innsbruck 2012.
  • Book review: "Making Democratic Citizens in Spain: Civil Society and the Popular Origins of the Transition, 1960-78" by Pamela Beth Radcliff; in Journal: Contemporary History 3/12 "Struggle Stories"; Studienverlag, Vienna 2012.

Editorial

  • Co-editor of the book series: expansion- interaction- acculturation. The series is published semi-annually by Mandelbaum Verlag - Since 2009.

Published conference proceedings

  • "La Dictatura Franquista: La Institucionalització d'un Règim" at Universitat de Barcelona - April 21-23, 2010. Published on: dictaturforschung.univie.ac.at.

Scientific translations

  • From the Mexican: Alicia Azuela de la Cueva: "Mexican Muralism and Photography as Witnesses to the Mexican Revolution" in Journal: Historische Sozialkunde 2/2010 "¡Revolución! - Reception History of the Mexican Revolution 1910-2010"; VGS, Vienna 2012.
  • Translated from Castilian: Carles Pont, "Journalism in Crisis Situations: Theoretical Foundations and the State of Research in Spain" in Medios de Comunicación: Tendencias y modelos en la investigación en España y Alemania / Tendencies and Models of Media Research in Germany and Spain; Universidad Complutense: Servicio de Publicaciones, Madrid 2004.

 

Guest lectures in seminars, colloquia and lecture series.

  • Keynote lecture and roundtable on the current situation in Catalonia, in the framework of the Forum Catalonia, Volkshochschule Wien Ottakring - December 4, 2017.
  • Public lecture: "Democracy from below: Barcelona's Civil Society in the Struggle against the Late Franco Regime," in the lecture series of the Association for the Promotion of Studies in Intercultural History, University of Vienna - November 15, 2017.
  • Public presentation of research results: "It existed and it was big: the pro-democratic civil society in late Francoism using the example of Barcelona," in the research colloquium of the Department of Social Sciences, University of Kassel - January 11, 2016.
  • Guest lecture "Piracy: the Somali Access to the World Economy," in the lecture series "Piracy from Antiquity to the Present - a Global Phenomenon," Institute of Economic and Social History, University of Vienna - January 15, 2014.
  • Public Guest Lecture: "Propuestas metodológicas para la investigación de los movimientos sociales," Seminari permanent del Grup de Recerca sobre l'Època Franquista (GREF-CEFID), Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona - November 13, 2012.
  • Guest Lecture: "Spain and the ETA," in the lecture series "Fundamentalism and Terrorism - a Cross-Section of History," Institute for International Development, University of Vienna - June 22, 2011.

Conference presentations without publication

  • Col-loqui Internacional Walter Benjamin 2016: Civil wars in contemporary era, Universitat de Girona, Memorial Democratic and Museu Memorial, Girona and Portbou - September 30- October 2, 2016.
  • 25 Catalanist Day: "Contested Identities: Center and Periphery in Discourse," University of Bamberg - September 21-24, 2016.
  • Colóquio Internacional "O Colapso das Ditaduras: Sul da Europa, América Latina, Leste Europeu e África do Sul," Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro - October 24-26, 2012.
  • 8th Workshop Historical Research on Spain, Kochel am See (Germany) - September 14-16, 2012.
  • "East and West - European Dictatorships in the Twentieth Century and their Aftermath," Institute of Political Science, University of Vienna - June 9, 2012.
  • 43rd Annual Meeting: Association for Spanish and Portuguese Historical Studies, Tufts University, Medford MA (USA) - March 22-25, 2012.
  • "Public Sphere, Ideology, Transformation of Power," Doctoral College "European Historical Dictatorship and Transformation Research," University of Vienna - November 24-25, 2011.

Non-university lectures.

  • Speech on the possibilities and dangers of the recent anti-government protests in Egypt, Spain, the USA, Brazil and Turkey from the perspective of protest/transformation research; rally "Art for Resistance/ Direniş Için Sanat" Sigmund-Freud-Park Vienna - June 16, 2013.

Focal points in teaching

  • Diktaturen und Demokratisierungen
  • Soziale Bewegungen und Protest
  • Geschichte der Demokratietheorie
  • Iberische und lateinamerikanische Geschichte des 19. und 20. Jahrhunderts
  • Geschichte in beruflichen Praxisfeldern, von Medien, über Museen bis zur Lehrmittelproduktion

University teaching

  • Seminar: „Soziale Bewegungen in Lateinamerika und der Iberischen Halbinsel seit 1900“ für die Bachelorstudiengänge Geschichte, Spanisch und Wirtschaftsromanistik und entsprechende Lehramtsstudien der Uni Kassel - SS 2017.
  • Seminar: „Diktaturen in Lateinamerika und der Iberischen Halbinsel seit 1900“ für die Bachelorstudiengänge Geschichte, Spanisch und Wirtschaftsromanistik und entsprechende Lehramtsstudien der Uni Kassel - WS 2016/17.
  • Vorlesung und Blockseminar „Zwei mittelgroße europäische Medienräume: Die österreichische und die katalanische Mediengeschichte im Vergleich.“ im Zuge des 19. Österreichisch-Katalanischen Sommerkollegs, Wirtschaftsuniversität Wien und Universitat de Vic, Payerbach (Österreich) - 3. – 15. Juli 2016.
  • Projektkurses (4 SWS bzw. 10 ECTS): “Revolutions in the modern era” für den Masterstudiengang Globalgeschichte der Universität Wien und den Master's course in 'Global Studies – A European Perspective' der Universitäten Leipzig, Roskilde, Wien, Wroclaw und der London School of Economics and Political Science - SS 2016.
  • Seminar: „Der Spanische Bürgerkrieg und die Diktatur Francisco Francos“ für die Bachelorstudiengänge Geschichte, Spanisch und Wirtschaftsromanistik sowie für entsprechende Lehramtsstudien der Uni Kassel - SS 2016.
  • Seminar: „Die Geschichte der politischen Partizipation im angelsächsischen, französischen, spanischen und deutschen Sprachraum“ für die Masterstudiengänge Geschichte, Spanisch, Französisch, Anglistik und Wirtschaftsromanistik sowie für entsprechende Lehramtsstudien der Uni Kassel - WS 2015/16.
  • Seminar: “Justicia transicional en el mundo ibérico y latinoamericano” für die Bachelorstudiengänge Geschichte, Spanisch und Wirtschaftsromanistik sowie für entsprechende Lehramtsstudien der Uni Kassel - WS 2015/16.
  • Lektürekurs: „Geschichte der Demokratietheorie“ für Masterstudiengänge der Geschichte und für entsprechendes Lehramtsstudien der Uni Kassel - WS 2015/16.
  • Seminar: „Spanische Geschichtspolitik seit dem Bürgerkrieg“ für die Masterstudiengänge Geschichte, Spanisch und Wirtschaftsromanistik sowie für entsprechende Lehramtsstudien der Uni Kassel - WS 2015/16.
  • Vorlesung: „Historia contemporánea de España: Der spanische Staat und sein Bürger seit 1808“ für die Bachelorstudiengänge Geschichte, Spanisch und Wirtschaftsromanistik sowie für entsprechende Lehramtsstudien der Uni Kassel - SS 2015.
  • Seminar: „Geschichte der erfolgreichen und erfolglosen Revolution Westeuropas und dessen Kolonien“ für die Bachelorstudiengänge Geschichte, Spanisch und Wirtschaftsromanistik sowie für entsprechende Lehramtsstudien der Uni Kassel - SS 2015.
  • Seminar: „Der deutsche Einfluss auf die spanische Politik und Gesellschaft seit dem Bürgerkrieg“ für die Bachelorstudiengänge Geschichte, Spanisch und Wirtschaftsromanistik sowie für entsprechende Lehramtsstudien der Uni Kassel - SS 2015.
  • Seminar zu globalgeschichtlichen Arbeitstechniken: “A global history of political participation since 1800” für den Masterstudiengang Globalgeschichte der Universität Wien und den Master's course in 'Global Studies – A European Perspective' der Universitäten Leipzig, Roskilde, Wien, Wroclaw und der London School of Economics and Political Science - SS 2015.
  • Ko-Organisation des Planspiels: "Model United Nations: Studierende üben sich in Diplomatie: Thema: Land-Grabbing“ für das Institut für Internationale Entwicklung, Universität Wien; im Vienna International Center der UNO - Jänner 2012.
  • Ko-Organisation des Planspiels: "Model United Nations: Studierende üben sich in Diplomatie: Thema: Wasserversorgung“ für das Institut für Internationale Entwicklung, Universität Wien - Jänner 2011.

Organization of conferences and workshops

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  • Main coordinator of the international conference "Public Sphere, Ideology, Transformation of Power", University of Vienna - November 24-25, 2011.

  • Main coordinator of the PR work of the conference series "European Historical Dictatorship and Transformation Research" - November 2011.
  • Co-organizer of the workshop "Memory culture and history politics in post-dictatorial societies", University of Vienna - 27 - 28 June 2011.

Interviews and statements in mass media

  • TV interviews on the 2016 Austrian presidential election with El Punt Avui TV, 8tv and Agència Catalana de Notícies - 2016.
  • Commentary in SonnTAZ "Dispute of the Week" on "Is the time of dictators over?" - March 11, 2011.
  • Interview on Barcelona's social movements of the 1970s in the Ö1 program "Dimensions - the world of science" - December 5, 2011.

Discussion moderator

  • Book presentation "Outstanding Catalan Contributions", Departmental Library of Romance Studies, University of Vienna - September 19, 2016, and at the 25th Catalanist Day, University of Bamberg - September 22, 2016.
  • Final discussion of the conference "Public Sphere, Ideology, Transformation of Power", University of Vienna - November 24-25, 2011.

2017 - ongoing: Member of the Board of the Association for the Promotion of Studies on Intercultural History in Vienna and its member since 2009.

2012 - ongoing: member of the research focus Global History of the Faculty of Historical and Cultural Studies of the University of Vienna 2011 - ongoing: member of the Comisión Española de Historia de las Relaciones Internacionales 2009 - ongoing: cooperation partner of the Centre d'Estudis Històrics Internacionals of the Universitat de Barcelona 2009 - 2013: coach for TV storytelling in student university television of the University of Vienna of the Institute for Journalism and Communication Studies