Carlos Forcadell Álvarez

Spanish historian
The basics

Quick Facts

IntroSpanish historian
PlacesSpain
isHistorian
Work fieldSocial science
Gender
Male
Birth26 March 1946, Zaragoza, Spain
Age78 years
Star signAries
Education
University of Zaragoza
Heidelberg University
The details

Biography

Carlos Forcadell Álvarez (born 1946) is a Spanish historian, Professor Emeritus of Contemporary History of the University of Zaragoza (UNIZAR). The scope of his academic research includes the history of the labor movement in Spain, the public use of history, political cultures in Spain, historiography as well as the history of Aragon.

Biography

Born on 26 March 1946 in Zaragoza, Forcadell earned a licentiate degree in from the University of Zaragoza in 1969. He took post-graduate studies at Heidelberg University. Following his return to Spain in 1974, he obtained a PhD in 1977, reading a dissertation titled El movimiento obrero español durante la Gran Guerra. A senior lecturer at the University of the Basque Country (UPV) and UNIZAR, he was promoted to a Chair in Contemporary History at UNIZAR in 1990. Appointed Director of the Institución "Fernando el Católico" [es] (IFC) in December 2006, he was granted the title of Chronicler of the city of Zaragoza on 5 February 2009. He retired in 2016.

Works

Author
  • — (1978). Parlamentarismo y bolchevización. El movimiento obrero español, 1914-18. Barcelona: Crítica.
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