Articles – Sebastiaan Faber

David Jorge: “Tina Modotti and Vittorio Vidali Embodied the Spirit of Anti-Fascist Internationalism Like No One Else.”

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The Volunteer 43.3 (2026): 8-11. (Translation from CTXT: Contexto y Acción 29 July 2026.) Full text at The Volunteer.

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Wry Smiles in Retreat: The Story Behind an Iconic Lincoln Brigade Photograph.

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The Volunteer 43.3. (2026): 12-15. Full text at The Volunteer.

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The Quarrelling Descendants of Hispanism: Iberian, Latin American, and Trans-Atlantic Studies as Rivals or Allies.

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Mapping Iberian Studies: Institutional spaces and interdisciplinary dialogues, ed. Santiago Pérez Isasi, Esther Gimeno Ugalde, and Mario Santana. Leiden: Brill, 2026. 163-78. Read on Google Books.

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Libertad y marginalidad. ¿Qué significa ser hispanista en otros países?

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Contrapunto. Revista de crítica literaria y cultural de la Universidad de Alcalá, 5 June 2026. Full text at Contrapunto.

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How a Volunteer’s Letter Found Its Way to His Daughters.

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The Volunteer 43.2 (2026): 14-15. Full text at The Volunteer.

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“We Don’t Want Pristine Museum Pieces.” NYU is Digitizing ALBA’s Civil War Poster Collection.

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The Volunteer 43.1 (2026): 12-13. Full text at The Volunteer.

“We Don’t Want Pristine Museum Pieces.” NYU is Digitizing ALBA’s Civil War Poster Collection. Read More »

Lincoln Descendants Approved for Spanish Citizenship.

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The Volunteer 43.1 (2026): 5. Full text at The Volunteer.

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Más allá de la historia patriótica. Hacia una memoria afiliativa de las Brigadas Internacionales.

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Mientras Tanto 251 (Dec. 2025). Full text at Mientras Tanto.

Más allá de la historia patriótica. Hacia una memoria afiliativa de las Brigadas Internacionales. Read More »

Mark Bray, Historian of Antifascism Exiled to Spain: “All Left-Wing Protest is Being Demonized.”

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The Volunteer 42.4 (2025): 4-5. Full text at The Volunteer.

Mark Bray, Historian of Antifascism Exiled to Spain: “All Left-Wing Protest is Being Demonized.” Read More »

Kirsten Weld, Harvard Historian: “Some of the most powerful people in the current administration have made no secret of their admiration for Franco-style authoritarianism.”

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The Volunteer 42.4 (2025): 6-8. Full text at The Volunteer.

Kirsten Weld, Harvard Historian: “Some of the most powerful people in the current administration have made no secret of their admiration for Franco-style authoritarianism.” Read More »

Miguel G. Morales, Filmmaker: “If you look at an image carefully enough, it will start emitting its own light.”

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The Volunteer 42.4 (2025): 10-11. Full text at The Volunteer.

Miguel G. Morales, Filmmaker: “If you look at an image carefully enough, it will start emitting its own light.” Read More »

“As a Documentary Genre, the Graphic Novel Offers Huge Advantages.” Paco Roca Looks Back on His Career.

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The Volunteer 42.3 (2025): 10-11. Full text at The Volunteer.

“As a Documentary Genre, the Graphic Novel Offers Huge Advantages.” Paco Roca Looks Back on His Career. Read More »

Antifascist Autobiography in Red-Baiting America: The Shifting Stories of Salaria Kea’s Life.

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The Volunteer 42.3 (2025). Repr. in English of “Heldin mit Widersprüchen: Salaria Kea,” Tagebuch 8 (2022): 30-39. Full text at The Volunteer.

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New York Remembers the Hollywood Blacklist.

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The Volunteer 42.3 (2025): 8-9. Full text at The Volunteer.

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“Now Felt Like the Right Time to Dive into This”: New International Brigades Play to Premiere in Brooklyn.

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The Volunteer 42.2 (2025): 11. Full text at The Volunteer.

“Now Felt Like the Right Time to Dive into This”: New International Brigades Play to Premiere in Brooklyn. Read More »

Roc Blackblock, Catalan Muralist: “It Took Me Years to Understand My Work as Part of a Cultural Battle.”

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The Volunteer 42.2 (2025): 12-15. Full text at The Volunteer.

Roc Blackblock, Catalan Muralist: “It Took Me Years to Understand My Work as Part of a Cultural Battle.” Read More »

Narrating Conflict: The Politics of Historical Memory in Spain.

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The Routledge Companion to Twentieth- And Twenty-First Century Spain: Ideas, Practices, Imaginings, ed. L. Elena Delgado & Eduardo Ledesma. London: Routledge, 2025. 93-105. Consult at Taylor and Francis.

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