{"id":1603,"date":"2026-01-29T16:27:11","date_gmt":"2026-01-29T15:27:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.uned.es\/gidemig\/?p=1603"},"modified":"2026-03-26T08:59:13","modified_gmt":"2026-03-26T07:59:13","slug":"the-spanish-ambivalence-in-the-age-of-empire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.uned.es\/gidemig\/2026\/01\/29\/the-spanish-ambivalence-in-the-age-of-empire\/","title":{"rendered":"WORKSHOP: THE SPANISH AMBIVALENCE IN THE AGE OF EMPIRE"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Spain and the international order in the 19th century<\/h3>\n\n

Workshop internacional<\/strong>
8\u201310 April 2026<\/strong>
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Because of the dissolution of the Catholic Monarchy, Spain transformed unpeacefully into an \u201cimperial nation\u201d that found an ambivalent role in the international order during the age of imperialism. On one side, Spain and the Spanish colonies. were object of the military interventions and the commercial and economic influence of several foreign powers. Conversely, as an empire of its own, intervened in other sovereign countries, waged wars overseas, sought to create its own sphere of influence, and took part in the European imperialist enterprise worldwide. This workshop will bring together a number of experts in the nineteenth century to discuss the international history of the Spanish Empire. It results from the partnership of three projects financed respectively by the Swiss National Science Foundation, the Spanish Agencia Estatal de Investigaci\u00f3n and. Interestingly, both projects focus on the origins of the international \u201cinterventionism\u201d in the Iberian world.<\/p>\n

Programme<\/h3>\n

Teams connection:<\/strong>
https:\/\/teams.microsoft.com\/meet\/353430966091099?p=AEKCs9y1aEPByjt5lM<\/a><\/p>\n

8 April 2026 <\/strong><\/p>\n

Doctoral Workshop 11:00-18:30<\/strong><\/p>\n

Writing an Imperial-Scale Doctoral Thesis<\/em>
Mikel G\u00f3mez Gastiasoro \u2013 U. del Pa\u00eds Vasco<\/p>\n

Doctoral presentations<\/em><\/p>\n

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  1. Sof\u00eda Rodr\u00edguez Palomar \u2013 Universidad de Salamanca<\/li>\n
  2. Pablo Ruiz Mart\u00edn \u2013 Universidad Aut\u00f3noma de Madrid<\/li>\n
  3. Yesabel Rodr\u00edguez Casta\u00f1eda \u2013 Universidad Carlos III de Madrid<\/li>\n
  4. Felipe Sobrinos Bueno \u2013 Universidad de Alcal\u00e1 de Henares<\/li>\n
  5. Irene Lin Bordas P\u00e9rez \u2013 Universidad Complutense de Madrid<\/li>\n
  6. Daniel Alejandro Var\u00f3n V\u00e1squez \u2013 Universidad Nacional de Educaci\u00f3n a Distancia<\/li>\n
  7. Gretel Castillo Figueroa \u2013 Universidad Carlos III de Madrid<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    9 April 2026<\/strong><\/p>\n

    9:00<\/strong>
    Introduction<\/strong>
    Sagrario Aznar Almaz\u00e1n \u2013 Dean of the Faculty of Geography and History, UNED
    Rosa Pardo \u2013 Head of the Department of Contemporary History, UNED
    Andr\u00e9s Vicent \u2013 Seminar organizer, Universit\u00e9 de Gen\u00e8ve
    Rodrigo Escribano Roca \u2013 Seminar organizer, UNED<\/p>\n

    9:30<\/strong>
    1. The End of an Empire<\/strong>
    Comments by Juan Luis Simal \u2013 UAM<\/p>\n

    The C\u00e1diz merchants and the reconfiguration of empires, 1790s\u20131830<\/em>
    Deborah Besseghini \u2013 Universidad Pablo Olavide<\/p>\n

    Hispanic dissonances in the Concert of Europe (1815\u20131822)<\/em>
    Rebeca Vi\u00f1uela \u2013 Universidad de Alcal\u00e1 de Henares<\/p>\n

    11:00<\/strong>
    2. A New Order (1820\u20131830)<\/strong>
    Comments by Raquel S\u00e1nchez \u2013 U. Complutense<\/p>\n

    Jos\u00e9 Mar\u00eda Pando and the remnants of the Spanish empire (1814\u20131826)<\/em>
    Edward Jones Corredera \u2013 UNED<\/p>\n

    French nightmare and Portuguese dream: Spain between empire and intervention (1827)<\/em>
    Gonzalo Butr\u00f3n \u2013 Universidad de C\u00e1diz<\/p>\n

    Coffee break<\/strong><\/p>\n

    12:45<\/strong>
    3. From Object to Subject (1830\u20131850)<\/strong>
    Comments by Florencia Peyrou \u2013 UAM<\/p>\n

    A financial humanity: intervention and the Spanish question (1833\u20131840)<\/em>
    Andr\u00e9s Vicent \u2013 Universit\u00e9 de Gen\u00e8ve<\/p>\n

    Navigating revolutionary tides: Cuba as an imperial enclave in the Americas (1844\u20131865)<\/em>
    Ignacio Garc\u00eda de Paso \u2013 UAM<\/p>\n

    Lunch<\/strong><\/p>\n

    Coffee break<\/strong><\/p>\n

    15:45<\/strong>
    4. A New Spanish Strategy in the International Sphere (1850\u20131860)<\/strong>
    Comments by Lola Elizalde \u2013 CSIC<\/p>\n

    The interventionists in the Ministry of State (1856\u20131868)<\/em>
    Rodrigo Escribano and Felipe Sobrinos \u2013 UNED \/ UAH<\/p>\n

    Spain in the South China Sea: the clouded horizon of a drifting empire (1830\u20131870)<\/em>
    David Mart\u00ednez-Robles \u2013 U. Oberta de Catalunya<\/p>\n

    17:00<\/strong>
    Conclusion of the first day<\/strong><\/p>\n

    20:30<\/strong>
    Dinner<\/strong><\/p>\n

    10 April 2026<\/strong><\/p>\n

    9:00<\/strong>
    5. Slavery and Labor in the Spanish Atlantic<\/strong>
    Comments by Julia Solla \u2013 UAM<\/p>\n

    An empire of three colonies (1850\u20131870)<\/em>
    Josep Maria Fradera \u2013 U. Pompeu Fabra<\/p>\n

    From Cuba to Fernando Poo: the Bubis, the Fernandinos, and the making of the Spanish Empire<\/em>
    Adriana Chira \u2013 Emory University<\/p>\n

    Coffee break<\/strong><\/p>\n

    10:45<\/strong>
    6. Looking Back, Looking Down (1880\u20131890)<\/strong>
    Comments by Eduardo Higueras \u2013 UNED<\/p>\n

    A geo-historical chimera: Spanish imaginaries of the relationship between the Iberian Peninsula and the Maghreb in the context of the partition of Africa<\/em>
    Carlos Ca\u00f1ete \u2013 CSIC<\/p>\n

    The empires of C\u00e1novas del Castillo: history and politics<\/em>
    Alfonso Argelich Calder\u00f3n \u2013 U. de Lleida<\/p>\n

    Coffee break<\/strong><\/p>\n

    12:30<\/strong>
    7. Imperial Commodities and Agents<\/strong>
    Comments by David Pretel \u2013 CSIC<\/p>\n

    An empire of taste: Great Britain, the wine trade, and the Iberian countries in the nineteenth century<\/em>
    Juan Pan-Montojo \u2013 U. Aut\u00f3noma de Madrid<\/p>\n

    Foreign engineers in Spain: technological dependence, personal ventures, and national allegiance<\/em>
    Darina Martyk\u00e1nov\u00e1 \u2013 U. Aut\u00f3noma de Madrid<\/p>\n

    Indianos: the imperial making of a new elite<\/em>
    Jos\u00e9 Miguel Hern\u00e1ndez Barral \u2013 U. Complutense<\/p>\n

    Lunch<\/strong><\/p>\n

    16:00<\/strong>
    8. The Soul of Empire<\/strong>
    Comments by Andr\u00e9s S\u00e1nchez Padilla \u2013 UC3M<\/p>\n

    From imperial decline to Marian dogma: Catholic identity in nineteenth-century Spain<\/em>
    Joseba Louzao \u2013 C. U. Cisneros \/ U. de A. de Henares<\/p>\n

    Praise and censure of the Spanish Philippines in 1898: imperial interest and moral concern<\/em>
    Laura D\u00edaz Esteve \u2013 CSIC<\/p>\n

    17:30<\/strong>
    Conclusion<\/strong><\/p>\n

     Scientific Committee<\/span><\/h3>\n