Pablo del Hierro

Pablo del Hierro

@pablo1981.bsky.social

Associate Professor Global History Maastricht University. Not very good with labels. Interested in all sorts of histories and the challenges of multidisciplinarity. Big Atlético de Madrid fan.

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Yesterday, @rtvecom.bsky.social broadcasted the documentary "Madrid Puerta de Escape". The film, which can now be accessed through the Spanish television's website RtvePlay, is special to me because the script was based on my own research. A brief thread about the experience and the outcome.

rtve.esSomos documentales - Madrid: Puerta de escapeSomos documentales nos situa en Madrid, 1944. Los fascistas europeos protegidos por el régimen franquista tejen un entramado para escapar de las fuerzas alia...

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Finally, @laurenstokes.bsky.social chose @pablo1981.bsky.social's review 'The Far Right Is Already Here', which 'makes a strong case for why we need an interdisciplinary approach to understand... political ideas that reject democracy, equality, and plurality'. www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

cambridge.orgThe Far Right Is Already Here. Now What? | Contemporary European History | Cambridge CoreThe Far Right Is Already Here. Now What? - Volume 35

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Los días 2 y 3 de julio en Zaragoza celebramos la conferencia internacional 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗡𝗲𝘁𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗣𝗼𝘀𝘁-𝗪𝗮𝗿 𝗘𝘂𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗲 coord. por Carlos Domper & @pablo1981.bsky.social 📅 2–3 Julio 📌 Filosofía y Letras (@unizar) 🔗 shorturl.at/nbkD9

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2–3 Julio: En la Universidad de Zaragoza (@unizar.es) se celebra la conferencia 𝗧𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘀𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗡𝗲𝘁𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗣𝗼𝘀𝘁-𝗪𝗮𝗿 𝗘𝘂𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗲, coord. by @carlosdomper.bsky.social & @pablo1981.bsky.social vinculada a la red europea de investigación TRaCE 📅 2–3 Julio 📌 Filosofía y Letras 🔗 shorturl.at/nbkD9

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2–3 Julio: En la Universidad de Zaragoza (@unizar.es) se celebra la conferencia 𝗧𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘀𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗡𝗲𝘁𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗣𝗼𝘀𝘁-𝗪𝗮𝗿 𝗘𝘂𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗲, coord. by @carlosdomper.bsky.social & @pablo1981.bsky.social vinculada a la red europea de investigación TRaCE 📅 2–3 Julio 📌 Filosofía y Letras 🔗 shorturl.at/nbkD9

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2–3 July: the University of Zaragoza (@unizar.es) hosts the conference “𝗧𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘀𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗡𝗲𝘁𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗣𝗼𝘀𝘁-𝗪𝗮𝗿 𝗘𝘂𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗲”, coord. by @carlosdomper.bsky.social & @pablo1981.bsky.social and linked to the TRaCE European research network 📅 2–3 July 📌 Filosofía y Letras 🔗 shorturl.at/nbkD9

Para mí será un auténtico privilegio poder conversar con @agadarancia.bsky.social sobre este fantástico libro, una de las aportaciones más relevantes y originales al estudio de la extrema derecha de los últimos años. Estáis todos invitados!

Research Group POSTDEMA@postdema.bsky.social

El miércoles 25 de marzo en nuestro SP "𝗟𝗮 𝗱𝗲𝗺𝗼𝗰𝗿𝗮𝗰𝗶𝗮 𝘆 𝘀𝘂𝘀 𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗺𝗶𝗴𝗼𝘀 𝗲𝗻 𝗲𝗹 𝗺𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗼 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗺𝗽𝗼𝗿𝗮́𝗻𝗲𝗼”, @agadarancia.bsky.social presentará su libro "𝑳𝒊𝒗𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝑹𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕"(2024) y conversará con @pablo1981.bsky.social. 📅 Miércoles 25 marzo ⏰ 17:00–19:00 🔗 msteams.link/AY6R

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Join us today for a special online event hosted by the Second World War Research Group North America to discuss the newly released volume: The Greater Second World War: Global Perspectives Edited by Andrew Buchanan (University of Vermont) and Ruth Lawlor (Cornell University) 🕜 Time: 1:30 PM Eastern

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Extractivist Enterprise and International Organizations, 1919-1989 📢Call for Papers to share your work on corporate actors and their political and economic role in international organizations. 📆Submit your proposal by 6 October Read all the information🔽 #CfP #EUIHistory

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¿Puede la historia escribirse sin historiadores? En un mundo donde la inteligencia artificial genera imágenes, textos y recreaciones del pasado en segundos, la pregunta ya no es retórica. El problema es urgente👇

From a personal perspective, what a pleasure it has been to work with @carlosdomper.bsky.social during the past years in this special issue. Not many colleagues as brilliant and generous as him. We did it 💪!

Carlos Domper Lasús@carlosdomper.bsky.social

1/ @pablo1981.bsky.social (@fasosmaastricht.bsky.social) and @carlosdomper.bsky.social (@unizar.es) are very happy to announce our special issue in Patterns of Prejudice ( @pop-jrnl.bsky.social):‬‬‬‬‬‬ The legacies of fascism in the 20th Century. An Intergenerational approach.

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29/ The concept of generation allows us to see how memories, symbols and narratives were transmitted, contested or reinvented across decades. It highlights both continuities and critical breaks in fascist legacies.

30/ We call for comparative approaches that connect different national cases and periods, rather than treating fascist afterlives as isolated phenomena. Only this way can we fully understand their impact on contemporary politics.

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28/ We argue that fascism did not end definitively in 1945. Many militants reimagined their ideology and adapted it to new contexts, while younger generations inherited myths and resentments that shaped neofascist projects.

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26/ The study reveals that these efforts created tensions with conservative sectors of the regime. At the same time, they helped maintain a distinct Falangist identity that would shape memory and self-perception for decades.

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23/ The study highlights how younger militants embraced counter-culture, white power music and “national revolutionary” ideas. This generational shift transformed the British extreme right’s strategies, networks and cultural identity.

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22/ Macklin shows that young activists born after WWII increasingly clashed with the older leadership over ideology, tactics and culture. These conflicts led to the creation of the Young National Front in 1977 as a separate youth wing.

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19/ Faust shows that many young activists grew up in households where fathers were fascist veterans portrayed as heroes and victims. These family narratives created strong emotional bonds and made it difficult to critically question their parents’ past.

20/ The study reveals that intergenerational dynamics—admiration, resentment, loyalty—played a crucial role in sustaining neofascist culture. In some cases, this legacy drove young militants to embrace violent activism as a form of continuity and revenge.

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16/ Priorelli shows that the “old” Blackshirts, who had marched in 1922, framed the date as an epic national rebirth. After 1945, younger MSI activists reinvented the celebration to claim continuity with fascism, despite the fall of the regime and the rise of democracy.

17/ The study demonstrates how rituals and anniversaries helped transmit symbols and legitimacy from veterans to a new generation. By adapting the narrative, neofascists reframed defeat as a source of identity and moral authority in republican Italy.

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14/ The article draws on extensive archival research from Argentina, Croatia and Serbia, as well as interviews with diaspora members. It reveals how memory and identity were actively constructed and sustained over decades.

15/ 🇮🇹 Celebrating the March on Rome over time (1920s–1960s) by Giorgia Priorelli (‪@univgirona.bsky.social‬)‬‬‬ This article explores how the anniversary of the March on Rome became a central ritual for Italian fascism and neofascism, shaping collective memory across two generations of militants.

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12/ Through Cold War alliances and anti-communist networks in Argentina, they gained legitimacy and reframed their past as democratic struggle, silencing uncomfortable aspects of collaboration with the Nazis.

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10/ This article examines how the Croatian diaspora in Argentina transmitted memories and political ideas across generations after WWII. Thousands of Croats fled after 1945, including leaders of the Ustaša regime, settling in Argentina.

11/ These communities built a collective memory presenting the NDH (Independent State of Croatia) as the fulfillment of an ancient national aspiration. They reimagined themselves as victims of communism and defenders of Croatian independence.

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8/ Unlike most studies focused on single countries, we propose a comparative approach, examining Italy, Spain, Britain and Croatian diasporas. Generational analysis is key to understanding continuity and transformation.

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6/ We show that neofascism in the 1960s–1980s emerged partly from these intergenerational dynamics. Older activists transmitted myths and memories. Younger militants adapted them to changing contexts and new political languages.

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5/ After WWII, many fascists believed their only chance of survival was to engage younger people. Yet they faced a paradox: the new generations often saw their ideas as outdated or absurd. This tension shaped the evolution of postwar far-right networks.

2/ How did fascist legacies survive in postwar Europe? Our special issue in Patterns of Prejudice explores their intergenerational transmission across 🇮🇹🇬🇧🇪🇸🇭🇷. Articles will appear progressively—first ones out now! #fascism #memory #history

3/ We explore: 🇮🇹 the March on Rome & Years of Lead, 🇭🇷 the Croatian diaspora in Argentina, 🇬🇧 the British radical right, 🇪🇸 Spanish university Falangism. A comparative look at how fascist myths were reshaped across generations. #fascism #memory #history

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Este martes y miércoles en @www.unizar.es, nuestro compañero @garcesp.bsky.social y @pilarcoloma.bsky.social organizan el 𝐕𝐈 𝐒𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐨 𝐝𝐞 𝐇𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐚 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐦𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐚́𝐧𝐞𝐚. En él, @garcesp.bsky.social hablará de 𝘍𝘶𝘦𝘳𝘻𝘢 𝘕𝘶𝘦𝘷𝘢 𝘦𝘯 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘢 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘴𝘯𝘢𝘤𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 y @zeszgz.bsky.social presentará su proyecto de tesis.

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