"History, Memory, Truth: Cultural Capital in Spain's Memory Wars."

The talk will explore the polemics in Spain regarding cultural memory and historiography,  the Mexican Suitcase Exhibit, as well as the Robert Capa and Centelles Archive controversies in terms of value, commodity, and cultural capital/legitimacy.

Sebastiaan Faber is Professor of Hispanic Studies at Oberlin College & Conservatory, Director of the Oberlin Center for Languages and Cultures, and Chair of the Abraham Lincoln Brigade Archives 

This lecture is sponsored by the following: Department of Spanish & Portuguese Studies, The Institute for Global Studies, and the European Studies Consortium.