Upcoming Events
| February 22, 2022 | Workshop | The Civil War & Spanish Immigrants |
| March 10, 2022 | Workshop | Spain and the Holocaust |
| March 24, 2022 | Workshop | Women & the Spanish Civil War |
| TBD | Workshop | Poetry, Fiction & the Spanish Civil War |
Recent Events
| December 16, 2021 | Workshop | Posters of the Spanish Civil War |
| November 18, 2021 | Workshop | Hemingway, the Spanish Civil War, and the Lincoln Brigade |
| October 28, 2021 | Interview | Conversation with Giles Tremlett |
| September 26, 2021 | Event | Bay Area Annual Lincoln Brigade Virtual Celebration: Legacy of Hope and Activism |
| August 22, 2021 | Event | ALBA Picnic at the Monument |
| July 25, 2021 | Film & discussion |
Salud y Shalom: American Jews in the Spanish Civil War |
| June 28, 2021 | Workshop | Registration Deadline for – America and World Fascism: From the Spanish Civil War to Nuremberg and Beyond |
| May 27, 2021 | Talk and Art Exhibition | Susman Lecture – Marc Fasanella American Tragedy |
| May 2, 2021 | Event | Online Gala and Award Ceremony |
| February 21, 2021 | Film & discussion | Invisible Heroes (view again) |
| February 8, 2021 | Film & discussion | Josep Bartolí’s imprint (YouTube Live) |
| January 24, 2021 | Workshop | “They Still Draw Pictures” workshop |
| January 22-March 1, 2021 | Professional Development | ALBA Teacher Institute |
| November 15, 2020 | Film & discussion | Into the Fire (view again) |
| September 12, 2020 | Event | San Francisco Monument Celebration (view again) |
| August 30, 2020 | Film & discussion | The Internationale (view again) |
Perry Rosenstein Cultural Series:
ALBA Workshops for Everyone
Our December 16th Workshop, Posters of the Spanish Civil War is Now Full
Posters of the Spanish Civil War
Second Offering
TBD
Waitlist Form Here
Registration Deadline: First Come First Serve
Registration Fee $20.
Jordana Mendelson is an internationally renowned art historian whose research focuses on early twentieth-century visual culture in Spain. The Director of NYU’s King Juan Carlos I of Spain Center, she is also an Associate Professor in the Department of Spanish and Portuguese, and affiliate faculty in the Department of Art History and the Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies at New York University. She is the author of Documenting Spain: Artists, Exhibition Culture, and the Modern Nation 1929-1939 (Penn State University Press, 2005), co-editor of Postcards: Ephemeral Histories of Modernity (Penn State University Press, 2010), and has curated exhibitions at major museums in the US and Spain.
Sebastiaan Faber is Professor of Hispanic Studies at Oberlin College and co-edits, with Peter N. Carroll, ALBA’s quarterly magazine The Volunteer. He regularly writes for the US and Spanish media and is the author, most recently, of Exhuming Franco: Spain’s Second Transition (Vanderbilt, 2021).
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Interview and Q&A Session with historian and author Giles Tremlett
Giles Tremlett, long-time correspondent in Madrid, has published a major new book on the 35,000 volunteers from all over the world who flocked to Spain to help defend the Second Spanish Republic against fascism. ALBA Chair Sebastiaan Faber joins Tremlett in conversation about that book, The International Brigades: Fascism, Freedom & Spanish Civil War, its reception, and the Brigades’ place in history today.
Sunday, September 26 at 5 PM EDT / 2PM PDT
A Live Online Event!
A Legacy of Hope and Activism
The event lineup included
- Legendary folk singer Barbara Dane in conversation with former SF Mime Troupe Musical Director and Spanish Civil War bard Bruce Barthol talking about music as a force for activism.
- Robin D.G. Kelley on the Spanish Republic and the United Front and what they mean for today’s activists.
- June Gipson and Deja Abdul-Haqq of My Brothers Keeper on health care activism and community organizing
- Footage from our recent Gathering at the Monument to the Abraham Lincoln Brigade on the Embarcadero
Stay tuned for further details!
Salud y Shalom: American Jews in the Spanish Civil War
We were proud to co-present a discussion on American Jews in the Spanish Civil War with The Sousa Mendes Foundation on Sunday, July 25.
Susman Lecture 2021:
The Art of Ralph Fasanella
As part of our Susman Lecture Series were happy to host a talk on and exhibition of the art of Ralph Fasanella with Ralph’s son, Professor of Art and Architecture Dr. Marc Fasanella.
A Live Online Gala!
Honoring the Abraham Lincoln Brigade
&
My Brother’s Keeper
Broadcasted Live from ALBA’s Facebook Page
Sunday, May 2nd, 5 PM EDT/2 PM PDT
The event lineup included Billy Bragg, Guy Davis, Miriam Elhajli, A Selection from Goodbye Barcelona, and more!
Letters of Solidarity from Our Sister Organizations for 2021 Annual Gala
An ALBA Film Screening + Q & A Session:
Invisible Heroes: African Americans in the Spanish Civil War
Part of the Perry Rosenstein Cultural Series
Check Out our Online Conversation about Invisible Heroes: African Americans in the Spanish Civil War, a documentary about the African Americans who fought fascism in the Spanish Civil War. Broadcasted live on February 21st.
The Q &A panel included the film’s co-director Jordi Torrent, historian Robin D.G. Kelley, and former head of Tamiment Library Timothy V. Johnson. The panel was moderated by Lindsay Griffiths, graduate student at Princeton University
Into the Fire: American Women in the Spanish Civil War
Check Out our Online Conversation about Into the Fire: American Women in the Spanish Civil War, a documentary about the American Women who fought fascism in the Spanish Civil War. Broadcasted live on November 15th.
Check out our Women of the Abraham Lincoln Brigade: An Archival Collection
ALBA Online San Francisco Monument Celebration:
Check Out Our ALBA Online San Francisco Monument Celebration. Broadcasted live on September 12th.
The event lineup included Isabel Allende, Bill Fletcher, Walter Hood, No More Deaths/No Más Muertes, and other special guests.
The Internationale
Check Out Our Online Film Screening and Conversation about The Internationale, an Award-Winning Documentary about the Revolutionary Anthem. Broadcasted Live on August 30th.
Forever Activists & You Are History, You Are Legend
Check Out Our Online Film Screening and Conversation Celebrating the Life and Work of the Legendary Documentary Maker, and ALBA’s Dear Friend, Judith Montell. Broadcasted Live on July 12th.
In Memoriam: Judith Montell
1930-2020
Director of Forever Activists: Stories from the Veterans of the Abraham Lincoln Brigade and Honorary Board member of ALBA.
Check out our Live Online Gala!
Honoring the Abraham Lincoln Brigade
&
No More Deaths/No Mas Muertes