Defence of David Fontán Bestilleiro’s thesis

 

Next Thursday, 1 October, at 11.00 am, the public defence of the doctoral thesis by HISTAGRA researcher David Fontán Bestilleiro will take place. It will be held in the University’s Paraninfo.

The thesis, entitled ‘Comunais, conflicts and sustainability in the agroecosystems of Atlantic Galicia (18th–21st centuries). Articulation and Disarticulation of the Territory: From the Organic to the Industrial Framework, is co-supervised by Lourenzo Fernández Prieto, Professor of Contemporary History at the USC, and David Soto Fernández, PhD in Contemporary History and lecturer at the University of Santiago de Compostela.

 

David Fontán Bestilleiro (A Coruña, 1992) holds a Bachelor’s degree in Journalism (2015) and History (2017), as well as Master’s degrees in Secondary Education (2018) and Contemporary History (2020) from the University of Santiago de Compostela. In addition to his professional career in journalism and communication, he has carried out various research projects in the field of rural history, particularly from social, political and environmental perspectives. In 2018, he undertook a research placement at the Institute of Contemporary History at the Universidade Nova de Lisboa and recently worked as a researcher contracted by the HISTAGRA group at the Barbanza Ecosocial Laboratory (https://barbanzaecosocial.org/).

Further information:

 

https://www.usc.gal/gl/centro/escola-doutoramento-internacional-usc/defensa-teses