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Adrian Shubert

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Retired historian (sort of)

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The International Transport Workers’ Federation’s Solidarity | Virtual Spanish Civil War

The International Federation of Transport Workers found many imaginative ways to assist the Republic during the Civil War. Even dockers in Nazi Germany contributed.
#🗃️ #Publichistory #Spain #Scwmuseum

www.vscw.ca/en/node/942

28.02.2026 08:14 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
The Exile of a People | Virtual Spanish Civil War

What can the work of a French shopkeeper and amateur filmmaker tell us about the more than 400,000 Spanish refugees who fled to France at the end of the Civil War?
#🗃️ #Publichistory #Spain #scwmuseum
www.vscw.ca/en/node/941

24.02.2026 06:55 — 👍 4    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 1
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Picton dry-dock supporting 172-year-old ship at risk of failing A recent inspection of the Edwin Fox Museum found numerous issues including corroding walls, cracked beams and deterioration of the 172-year-old ship itself.

Having written a book about the Edwin Fox, I was very sad to read this.
#NewZealand
www.1news.co.nz/2026/01/30/p...

01.02.2026 17:47 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Of course not!

30.01.2026 20:54 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Tell her to get in touch!

30.01.2026 20:54 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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My talk on the Spanish Civil War seen through social history at the Universitat Rovira i Virgili is only ten days away.

30.01.2026 14:02 — 👍 7    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

I’m not sure I understand your question.

30.01.2026 12:53 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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Ena. La reina Victoria Eugenia (TV Series 2024–2025) ⭐ 7.0 | Biography, History Ena. La reina Victoria Eugenia: Created by Javier Olivares. With Kimberley Tell, Joan Amargós, Elvira Mínguez, María Morales. The heartbreaking story of Victoria Eugenia, granddaughter of Queen Victor...

Victoria Eugenia is having a moment, largely due to the Spanish television drama Ena: www.imdb.com/title/tt2915...

29.01.2026 20:06 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Absolutely.

29.01.2026 19:59 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
Assessment Card from the Institute for the Protection of Women | Virtual Spanish Civil War

How did the Francoist regime deal with “wayward” girls and young women? #🗃️ #Publichistory #Spain #scwmuseum

www.vscw.ca/en/node/906

29.01.2026 18:13 — 👍 5    🔁 2    💬 1    📌 0
Film and the Civil War | Virtual Spanish Civil War

The Virtual Museum of the Spanish Civil War has just opened an exciting new gallery devoted to film. Check it out. #Publichistory #🗃️
#Spain #scwmuseum

www.vscw.ca/en/node/849

05.01.2026 13:03 — 👍 4    🔁 4    💬 0    📌 0
Greece | Virtual Spanish Civil War

What was the impact of the Spanish Civil War for Greece? And what were its echoes during Greece's own civil war?
#Publichistory #🗃️ #scwmuseum #Spain
www.vscw.ca/en/node/857

21.12.2025 14:24 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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The Fallout From Our AI Freelancer Investigation | The Local A conversation about the future of journalism in a world of “Victoria Goldiees.”

A fascinating conversation about the impact of AI on journalism between the editors of two Canadian magazines: The Local and The Walrus. thelocal.to/fallout-from...

29.11.2025 15:44 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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El único museo de la Guerra Civil española es virtual y nació en Canadá <p>Repasamos la actualidad de la semana con Hans-Günter Kellner, Sarah Morris, Íñigo Domínguez y Mathieu de Taillac, que pasa por la condena de Fiscal General del Estado y el 50 aniversario de la muer...

My interview this morning on the popular Spanish radio program, “A vivir que son dos días”. #🗃️ #Scwmuseum

cadenaser.com/audio/176380...

22.11.2025 10:39 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
El Generalisimo Francisco Franco Todavía esta Muerto
YouTube video by Reuben Moss El Generalisimo Francisco Franco Todavía esta Muerto

As the 50th anniversary of the death of Spanish dictator Francisco Franco approaches, let's relive one of the greatest moments in the long history of Saturday Night Live. (With Spanish subtitles)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=axBy...

19.11.2025 19:58 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Купить книгу «Мореплавания, изменившие мир: История кругосветного парусника по имени «Эдвин Фокс»», Бойд Котран Адриан Шуберт | Издательство «КоЛибри», ISBN: 978-5-389-26521-9 XIX век — время расширения империй, кровавой освободительной борьбы в колониях, глобализации и стремительного роста международной торговли. Что общего у столь масштабных...

The book I wrote with Boyd Cothran, The Edwin Fox: How an Ordinary Sailing Ship Conncted the World in the Age of Globalization, 1850-1914, is now out in Russian!
#🗃️ #Publichistory

azbooka.ru/books/morepl...

19.11.2025 16:23 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Atención, cambio de sede: Jornadas internacionales, Atado y Bien Atado. El Fin de las Dictaduras en el Sur de Europa – mirco

I am excited about speaking about the Virtual Museum of the Spanish Civil War at this conference in Madrid next week. mircouam.com/archivos/8571
#🗃️ #Publichistory #SCWmuseum

17.11.2025 14:08 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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La resignificación de Cuelgamuros decepciona a los expertos: "El que quiera rezar a Franco seguirá yendo" La propuesta que ha ganado el concurso para modificar el monumento dictatorial no convence a historiadores o especialistas en patrimonio, que ven una decisión "muy espectacular desde el punto de vista...

A few days ago, the government of Spain announced the winner of the international competition for the "resignification" of Francisco Franco's the "Valley of the Fallen". The response from scholars has largely been critical.
www.eldiario.es/sociedad/res...
#Publichistory #🗃️ #SCWmuseum

17.11.2025 14:05 — 👍 3    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 1
Bread bomb | Virtual Spanish Civil War

What were bread bombs? And why did Francoist planes drop them on Madrid and other Republican cities? #🗃️ #Publichistory

www.vscw.ca/en/node/12

28.10.2025 10:46 — 👍 3    🔁 2    💬 1    📌 0
Atado y Bien Atado EN - Google Drive

I am excited about speaking at this conference sponsored by the Rosa Luxemburg Foundation in Madrid next month.

drive.google.com/drive/folder...

26.10.2025 11:00 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Luisa Martín Rojo | Virtual Spanish Civil War

What can a bread bag tell us about the Spanish Civil War and the subsequent repression? Find out with this contribution to the Open Gallery. #🗃️ #Publichistory

www.vscw.ca/en/node/846

24.10.2025 20:59 — 👍 5    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 1
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Cuenca, jueves 23 de octubre: presentación de 'Breve historia de España'. Intervendrán María Ángeles Zurilla, Miguel Ángel Valero y Juan Sisinio Pérez Garzón, autor del libro. La cita es a las 19:00 h en la Biblioteca Pública de Cuenca. www.catarata.org/eve...

21.10.2025 08:20 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
The Ships of Hope (1939-1945) | Virtual Spanish Civil War

This map shows the flow of Republican exiles to North Africa in the overall picture of post-Civil War seaborne exile. www.vscw.ca/en/node/681
#🗃️ #Publichistory

17.10.2025 15:47 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
Republican evacuation to North Africa | Virtual Spanish Civil War

Check out this new map showing the evacuation of Republicans to North Africa in the final days of the Spanish Civil War.

www.vscw.ca/index.php/en...
#🗃️ #Publichistory

16.10.2025 21:44 — 👍 4    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
Visual Arts | Virtual Spanish Civil War

The Virtual Museum of the Spanish Civil War has just opened a spectacular gallery devoted to the visual arts: www.vscw.ca/en/node/821

09.10.2025 21:46 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
Visual Arts | Virtual Spanish Civil War

The Virtual Museum of the Spanish Civil War has just opened a spectacular gallery devoted to the visual arts: www.vscw.ca/en/node/821

09.10.2025 21:46 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

In Canadian universities, Chair refers to either the head of a department or an externally funded position (which can be at any rank).

18.08.2025 16:57 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Has anyone else noticed a change in the posts to #Publichistory lately?

28.07.2025 14:38 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Survival is a pretty low bar. Enjoy yourself.

27.07.2025 15:06 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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18 months. 12,000 questions. A whole lot of anxiety. What I learned from reading students’ ChatGPT logs Students increasingly use AI chatbots for anything from academic queries to emotional quandaries. But are they missing out on the chance to make their own mistakes? Three undergrads reveal all …

This is fascinating, and the first article of this type I've come across: www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
#AI #Univesrity

27.07.2025 12:54 — 👍 4    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 1