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Introduction: Agricultural Modernisation and the green revolution in the twentieth-century world

Book launch: Agricultural Modernisation and the Green Revolution in the Twentieth-Century World The event will take place on 12 November at 7.30 pm at A Nave de Vidan (Av. da Mestra Victoria Míguez, 44, 15706 Santiago de Compostela) The authors will be in attendance: Juan Pan-Montojo, Miguel Cabo Villaverde and Lourenzo Fernández Prieto, as well as Stefania Barca (USC-CISPAC) and Edelmiro López Iglesias (USC-CISPAC)Refreshments will be served at the end of the eventAbout the book: This book analyses agricultural changes and agricultural policies before and after 1945, highlighting the socio-economic and environmental consequences of these two very different periods in global agricultural history. Its various case studies span different continents and political systems, and a...

  • Exhumations under the Galicia 2026 Democratic Memory Plan begin

    Exhumations under the Galicia 2026 Democratic Memory Plan begin Last September, the Xunta de Galicia and the University of Santiago signed the agreement setting out the Galicia 2026 Democratic Memory Plan. Once again, HISTAGRA is leading a team comprising historians, archaeologists, a fore...

  • 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 document...

  • 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...