Ángel Alcalde
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Ángel Alcalde
@angelalcalde.bsky.social
Historian. Senior Lecturer at the University of Melbourne.
Writing a new book on the global history of fascism.
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My latest article:

The Path to Mass Murder: Rebel Decision Making and Francoist Power in the Spanish Civil War www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...

shows how Franco, Mola and Queipo decided in late Jul-1936 to initiate a repressive policy of extermination after they had secured Nazi support.
The Path to Mass Murder: Rebel Decision Making and Francoist Power in the Spanish Civil War | The Journal of Modern History: Vol 95, No 3
Abstract This article analyses the decision-making process of Francoist repression during the Spanish Civil War. Most historians assume that the different phases and methods of Francoist repression we...
www.journals.uchicago.edu
Reposted by Ángel Alcalde
Have you heard about WARN: Worldwide Antifascism Research Network? The network serves as a resource for researchers and provides also an overview of past and current research on the topic (including an extensive "Antifascism Bibliography"!) Check it out: antifascismresearchnetwork.com
Worldwide Antifascism Research Network
An international network of academics studying Antifascism
antifascismresearchnetwork.com
June 19, 2025 at 7:01 AM
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Pese a algunas diferencias de opinión, máxime sobre el Partido Sardo de Acción (que tardó en aceptar el ideario democrático), considero que este libro de @angelalcalde.bsky.social
es excelente. Sobre él he hecho una prueba de evaluación con mis estudiantes.
May 10, 2025 at 7:06 AM
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@angelalcalde.bsky.social analyses the interwar authoritarian parties as a genuinely international movement, comparing Germany, Austria and Spain. He argues that we understand fascism better if we see the wider forces driving it, not just the national ones. doi.org/10.1515/9783111705446-021
May 6, 2025 at 1:26 PM
My new book chapter: "The Death of Democratic Republics in the 1930s: Germany, Austria, Spain". Published in a very interesting multidisciplinary volume on 'How Republics Die'.

www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi...
The Death of Democratic Republics in the 1930s: Germany, Austria, Spain
The Death of Democratic Republics in the 1930s: Germany, Austria, Spain was published in How Republics Die on page 493.
www.degruyterbrill.com
May 6, 2025 at 10:25 AM
'Fascism. Journal of Comparative Fascist Studies' has been 'discontinued' for 2025. I ignore the reasons.

Excellent research on the history of fascism is published elsewhere, but this is a strange loss for 2025, as fascism itself is being continued...
February 26, 2025 at 9:35 PM
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Okay, we have a publication page now. Look for this on Bastille Day. www.degruyter.com/document/isb...
How Republics Die
Authoritarianism is everywhere on the advance, democracy seems fragile and threatened. We console ourselves that where rule by the people has long established itself, it has never collapsed from inter...
www.degruyter.com
February 13, 2025 at 6:51 AM
Soon: my seminar at @eui-history.bsky.social on the global and transnational history of fascism!

www.eui.eu/events?id=57...
Historicizing global and transnational fascism
In this seminar, EUI visiting fellow, Dr. Ángel Alcalde (University of Melbourne), will present his ongoing work on the global history of fascism.
www.eui.eu
February 4, 2025 at 1:51 PM
My latest article:

The Path to Mass Murder: Rebel Decision Making and Francoist Power in the Spanish Civil War www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...

shows how Franco, Mola and Queipo decided in late Jul-1936 to initiate a repressive policy of extermination after they had secured Nazi support.
The Path to Mass Murder: Rebel Decision Making and Francoist Power in the Spanish Civil War | The Journal of Modern History: Vol 95, No 3
Abstract This article analyses the decision-making process of Francoist repression during the Spanish Civil War. Most historians assume that the different phases and methods of Francoist repression we...
www.journals.uchicago.edu
January 30, 2025 at 7:37 AM
Reposted by Ángel Alcalde
Historicizing global and transnational fascism

On 5 February at 17.00 CET, join a workshop with Ángel Alcalde on his ongoing work on the emergence of fascism in a transnational and global contex 👉 loom.ly/xRPNWZA

📣 #PoliticalHistory #GlobalHistory
January 29, 2025 at 10:42 AM
Now reading: Julio Aróstegui's biography of Largo Caballero and D'Annunzio, Il Piacere.

The most bizarre combinations of readings are always the most thought-provoking! 😅
January 24, 2025 at 8:54 AM
Happy to be back at the EUI in Florence @eui-history.bsky.social as a visiting fellow!
January 23, 2025 at 10:27 AM
Hello friends and colleagues here in Bluesky!
January 23, 2025 at 10:23 AM