Dr. Sandie Holguín is a professor at the University of Oklahoma and an expert in European Intellectual history. Her latest book is Flamenco Nation: The Construction of Spanish Identity (University of Wisconsin, 2019) which explores Flamenco and the growth of Spanish national identity from the 1800s to the present day. Dr. Holguín is also the author of Creating Spaniards: Culture and National Identity in Republican Spain (University of Wisconsin, 2002). You can find her on Women Also Know History and follow her on Twitter here.

 

Read Sandie's Books:

Some Highlights: 

Cultural Diversity of Spain

Folklorizing Spanish Culture

Flamenco, a form of pornography?

1964-65 New York World's Fair

1898 Spanish American War

UNESCO Intangible Heritage: Flamenco 

Cafés Cantantes

Terror and Famine after the Spanish Civil War - a War of Occupation

The Pact of Forgetting

Francisco Franco

Gitanos (Spanish Gypsies)

Works mentioned in the podcast:

Suggestions:

Steven: Jazz in the Garden -  Friday's in Washington D.C. 

Sandie: Be kind to people (especially academics)! And dissent when you see something bad happening, do something about it.

Cover image:  José Villegas Cordero - Baile andaluz (1893)

 

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