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HISTAGRA project cited as an example of good practice by the Women’s Institute

HISTAGRA project cited as an example of good practice by the Women’s Institute The Women’s Institute selected the GESUSA project, led by Ana Cabana Iglesia, a researcher at HISTAGRA, as an example of good practice and therefore decided to publish its final report and various associated documents detailing the actions and activities of those involved in the project, many of whom are from HISTAGRA: Ana Cabana, Alba Díaz, Uxía Otero, Tamara Fernández and Stefania Barca. The project will be presented on 8 October by the Women’s Institute at a meeting dedicated to rural women, to be held in Brihuega (Guadalajara), entitled ‘Together we shape our territory’. Cabana Iglesia, Ana et al. (2026). Gender, Sustainability and Rural Knowledge. Rural women as agents of change in the curren...

  • 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 sustainabili...

  • 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...

  • Work at the mass grave from the Francoist violence in Serantes (Ferrol)

    Work at the mass grave from the Francoist violence in Serantes (Ferrol) Between Monday 31 August and Friday 11 September, an archaeological survey is taking place in Serantes (Ferrol), coordinated by the Histagra research group at the USC-CISPAC, with the aim of determining the location and con...

  • Histagra secures two grants to complete the 2026 postdoctoral training phase

    Histagra secures two grants to complete the 2026 postdoctoral training phase HISTAGRA researchers Uxia Otero González and Tamara López Fernández have had their contracts and doctoral research funding renewed for a further three years. The contracts will commence on 31 October 2026. In addi...