Julio Aróstegui Sánchez (1939–2013) was a Spanish historian. Professor at the Complutense University of Madrid (UCM), some of his research lines included the study of political violence in Modern Spanish history,[1] Carlism,[2] the Spanish Transition,[3] the Spanish Civil War, the history of the workers' movement and collective memory.[4] His scholar production also intertwined with the theoretical problems of history and the methodology of research.[4]

Julio Aróstegui
Born24 July 1939 Edit this on Wikidata
Granada Edit this on Wikidata
Died28 January 2013 Edit this on Wikidata (aged 73)
Madrid Edit this on Wikidata
Awards
  • National History Award (1981) Edit this on Wikidata

Biography edit

Born on 24 July 1939 in Granada, Aróstegui studied at the Colegio Mayor Isabel la Católica, thanks to a scholarship.[5] He took higher studies at the University of Granada and in Madrid.[6] He earned a chair as professor of secondary education in a high school in Vitoria in 1967.[2] He earned a PhD in History in 1970 by reading a dissertation titled El carlismo alavés y la guerra civil de 1870-1976, supervised by Vicente Palacio Atard [es].[2] He worked for years attached to the Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC).[4]

He earned a Chair of History at the Complutense University of Madrid in 1984.[5] Retired, he served as emeritus professor between 2009 and 2012.[6]

He died in Madrid on 28 January 2013.[7][4]

Works edit

  • — (2002). Don Juan de Borbón. Madrid: Arlanza Ediciones, S. A.[8]
  • — (2004). La historia vivida. Sobre la historia del presente. Madrid: Alianza.[9]
  • — (2013). Largo Caballero. El tesón y la quimera. Madrid: Debate.[10]
  • — (2013). Combatientes requetés de la Guerra Civil española (1936-1939). Madrid: La Esfera de los Libros. (reedition)[11]

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