CURRICULUM VITAE George Richard Esenwein Department of History, Room 025 Flint Hall University of Florida Gainesville, FL 32611 Tel: 352-273-3369
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CURRICULUM VITAE George Richard Esenwein Department of History, Room 025 Flint Hall University of Florida Gainesville, FL 32611 Tel: 352-273-3369 Education: • Ph.D. - London School of Economics and Political Science, London, England. Degree read in the Department of International History under the supervision of James B. Joll (Late Stevenson Professor of History). Dissertation title: "Anarchist Ideology and the Working-class Movement in Spain (1868-1900), with special reference to the ideas of Ricardo Mella." • M.A. in Politics - Durham University, Durham, England. M.A. thesis title: "The Evolution of Anarchism in England, 1880-1895." • B.A. with honors (special honors in history) - University of Texas at Austin. Senior honor's thesis title: "Two Worlds of Social Democracy: Lenin and Kautsky." PUBLICATIONS Books: Sole Author: • The Spanish Civil War: A Modern Tragedy. London: Routledge, 2005. • Anarchist Ideology and the Working-Class Movement in Spain: 1868-1898. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 1989. Co-Authored: • Spain at War: The Spanish Civil War in Context, 1931-1939. With Adrian Shubert. London: Longman, 1995. Edited: • Guide to the John D. Crummey Peace Collection in the Hoover Institution. Stanford, CA: Hoover Institution Press, 1991. • New Dictionary of the History of Ideas (multivolume project), New York: Scribners, 2004. Associate Editor, European history. Refereed Articles and Book Chapters: • “Freedom Fighters or Comintern Soldiers? Writing About the 'Good Fight' During the Spanish Civil War,” in Civil Wars, (2010)12:1, pp. 156-166. • “The Cold War and the Spanish Civil War: The Impact of Politics on Historiography,” in Nation and Conflict in Modern Spain: Essays in Honor of Stanley G. Payne. Edited by Brian D. Bunk, Sasha D. Pack, and Carl-Gustaf Scott. Madison, WI: Parallel Press, 2008, pp. 175-189. • “Spanish Civil War: Franco's Nationalist Army,” in A Military History of Modern Spain. Edited by Wayne H. Bowen and José E. Alvarez. West Port, Conn. /London: Praeger Security International, 2007, pp. 68-92. • “Seeing the Spanish Civil War through Foreign Eyes,” in Teaching Representations of the Spanish Civil War. Edited by Noël Valis. New York: The Modern Language Association, 2007, pp. 147-159. • “La Guerra Fría y la Guerra Civil Española: el impacto de la política en la historiografía,” in Aportes (Madrid), año xxi, no. 60, 1/2006, pp. 130-142. • "Anarchism". In New Dictionary of the History of Ideas, New York: Charles Scribners's Sons, 2004. • "Socialism". In New Dictionary of the History of Ideas, New York: Charles Scribners's Sons, 2004. • “The Spanish Civil War.” In José Alvarez Junco and Adrian Shubert, eds., Spanish History Since 1808. Arnold: Oxford University Press, 2000. • "El Frente Popular la Política Republicana durante la Guerra Civil." In Stanley G. Payne and Javier Tusell, eds., La Guerra Civil: Una nueva visión del conflicto que dividio España. Madrid: Ediciones de Temas de Hoy, 1996. • "Die spanische anarchistische Bewegung von 1868 bis 1899." In Reiner Tosstorff, ed., Mittlungsblatt de Instituts zur Erforschung der europäischen Arbeiterbewegung (IGA): Forschungen zur Arbeiterschaft und Arbeiterbewegung in Spanien, Germany: Ruhr Universitat Bochum, 1996. • "Spain." In Joan Campbell, ed., European Labor Movements. Westport: Greenwood Press, 1992. • "Anarchists in Government: A Paradox of the Spanish Civil War." With Burnett Bolloten. In Frances Lannon and Paul Preston, eds., Elites and Power in Twentieth Century Spain: Essays in Honour of Sir Raymond Carr. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1990. • "L'anarchisme espagnol au XXe siècle." In Cahiers Léon Trotsky, no. 31(Septembre 1987): 62-78. • "The Origins of May Day in Spain." In Dave Roediger and Franklin Rosemont, eds., Haymarket Scrapbook. Chicago: Charles Kerr, 1986. • "New Views on the Second Republic in Spain." International Labor and Working-Class History, no. 17(spring 1980): 18-27. Refereed Articles/Entries in Scholarly Reference Works: • “International Brigades”. In F.M. Leventhal, ed., Twentieth- Century Britain an Encyclopedia. Garland Press: New York, 1995. • “Spanish Civil War (1936-1939)”. In F.M. Leventhal, ed., Twentieth-Century Britain an Encyclopedia. Garland Press: New York, 1995. • “International Brigades.” In Robert W. Kern and Meredith K. Dodge, eds., Historical Dictionary of Modern Spain, 1700-1988. Westport: Greenwood Press, 1990. • “Partit Socialista Unificat de Catalunya, (PSUC).” In Robert W. Kern and Meredith K. Dodge, eds., Historical Dictionary of Modern Spain, 1700-1988. Westport: Greenwood Press, 1990. • “Partido Obrero de Unificación Marxista (POUM).” In Robert W. Kern and Meredith K. Dodge, eds., Historical Dictionary of Modern Spain, 1700-1988. Westport: Greenwood Press, 1990. • “Juan Andrade Rodríguez”. In Robert A. Gorman, ed., Biographical Dictionary of Marxism. Westport: Greenwood Press, 1986. • “Joaquín Maurín Julia”. In Robert A. Gorman, ed., Biographical Dictionary of Marxism. Westport: Greenwood Press, 1986. • “Andreu Nin Pérez”. In Robert A. Gorman, ed., Biographical Dictionary of Marxism. Westport: Greenwood Press, 1986. • “Barcelona, May 1937: George Orwell, Los Amigos de Durruti, and the Assassination of Camillo Berneri.” In Stephen Schwartz, ed., The Alarm, San Francisco, CA, December 1983. • “Antifascist Militias Committee”. In James Cortada, ed., Historical Dictionary of the Spanish Civil War. Westport: Greenwood Press, 1982. • “Francisco Largo Caballero” (with Burnett Bolloten). In James Cortada, ed., Historical Dictionary of the Spanish Civil War. Westport: Greenwood Press, 1982. • “Joaquín Maurín Julia”. In James Cortada, ed., Historical Dictionary of the Spanish Civil War. Westport: Greenwood Press, 1982. • “Juan Negrín” (with Burnett Bolloten). In James Cortada, ed., Historical Dictionary of the Spanish Civil War. Westport: Greenwood Press, 1982. • “Spanish Communist Party” (with Burnett Bolloten). In James Cortada, ed., Historical Dictionary of the Spanish Civil War. Westport: Greenwood Press, 1982. Scholarly Book Reviews: Reviews in the following academic journals: The American Historical Review (Bloomington, Indiana) 1992, 1994, 1998, 2004; European History Quarterly (Lancaster, England) 2006; Hispanic American Historical Review, (New Mexico/Duke) 1983; History: Review of New History Books, (Washington, D.C.) 1988; International Labor and Working-Class History, (Pittsburgh/ Yale) 1978; International History Review (Burnaby, Canada), 2007; Journal of Church and State (Waco, Texas) 1989; The Journal of Military History; The Journal of Modern History (Chicago), 1997, 2004; Labor History (New York) 1983, 1987; Political Studies (London School of Economics) 2004; Science and Society (New York) 1997; Totalitarian Movements and Political Religion (Oxford); and World Affairs Report (California Institute of International Studies, Stanford, CA) 1984.Reviews are not listed here, but copies are available upon request. Articles for General Audiences: • “Spanish Civil War.” In World Book Encyclopedia. New York, 2001. • “Spanish Civil War.” In Milestones of the Twentieth Century. Groliers: New York, 2000. • “Foreign Intervention during Spanish Civil War”. In Encarta Encyclopedia. Microsoft Corp., 1999. • “Francisco Franco”. In Encarta Encyclopedia. Microsoft Corp., 1999. • “Spanish Civil War”. In Encarta Encyclopedia. Microsoft Corp., 1999. • “Dolores Ibárruri Gómez”. In Encyclopedia of World Biography. McGraw Hill: New York, 1992. • “Sacco, Vanzetti, and American Justice.” San Francisco Review of Books, (summer 1991): 44-45. • “The Artista as Anarquista.” San Francisco Review of Books, (winter 1990-91): 48-49. • “Twice in Europa: Remembering the Wars.” San Francisco Review of Books, (summer 1990): 9-13. Works in Progress: “The Persistence of Politics: The Impact of the Cold War on Anglo- American Writings on the Spanish Civil War, 1947-1960.” “Sources of Anarchist Terrorism in late-19th Century Spain,” essay not yet published. "Popular Art as Propaganda: Spanish Civil War posters as lexicons of War and Revolution." [Beginning stages of research article.] PUBLIC PRESENTATIONS • “The Persistence of Politics: The Impact of the Cold War on Anglo- American Writings on the Spanish Civil War, “ Paper delivered at Agonía Republicana: Living the Death of an Era, Dept. of Hispanic Studies, Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland, 13-16 July, 2009. • “Anarchist Terrorism and Spanish Politics in the 19th Century,” lecture delivered at Student Union, New College, Sarasota, Florida, 4 November 2008. • “Sources of Anarchist terrorism in late-19th century Spain.”Paper delivered (in absentia) to THE HUMAN CONDITION SERIES - Terror 2008. Laurentian University at Georgian College, Barrie, Ontario20082nd Annual International Multidisciplinary Conference, May 2-3, 2008. • “Politics of the Spanish Civil War,” Panelist at “A Symposium on the Spanish Civil War,” University of Oxford, Oxford, England, 29-30 June, 2007. • "Spain in the Last Years of Franco and Beyond." Chair/ Commentator, Annual Meeting of the Spanish and Portuguese Historical Society, Lexington, Kentucky, April 2006. • "Defining Spaniards During the Democratic Transition." Chair, Chair/Commentator, Annual Meeting of the Spanish and Portuguese Historical Society, Los Angeles, California, April, 2004. • "The Cold War and Anglo-American Historiography of the Spanish Civil War," Paper presented in panel session entitled, "Interpreting the Spanish Civil War Through Historiography and Personal Experience." Chair/Commentator, Annual Meeting of the Spanish and