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Defence of David Fontan Bestilleiro’s thesis

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 Maste...
  • Victims of Franco’s regime discovered at Serantes cemetery

    Victims of Franco’s regime discovered at Serantes cemeteryThe excavation to recover the bodies of those subjected to reprisals has revealed vertical burials and signs of ‘extreme’ violence.The excavation undertaken at the Serantes cemetery in an attempt to locate the bodies of victims of Franco’s re...
  • HISTAGRA is organising the Agrobiodiversity Summer School 2026 at CISPAC

    Agrobiodiversity Summer School, a training programme on the sustainability of food systemsCISPAC is spearheading this initiative on agrobiodiversity, involving staff from the Histagra research groupA new edition of the Agrobiodiversity Summer School is now underway in Santiago de Compostela. This in...