Manel RISQUES

58 years
Professor at the University of Barcelonne (GREF- CEFID).
Mail: mrisques@ub.edu

Academic background

Professor at the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona and member of GREF-CEFIDE, primary research group on the Franco regime and the democratic transition in Spain since 1978.

Current researches

His work focuses on policies of public order, police and law enforcement, social movements and questions of "historical memory". Some of his works have won awards, Premio Ciudad de Barcelona in 1994, Premio Nacional de Patrimonio Cultural de Catalunya in 2004 (as curator of the exhibition: Les presons de Franco)

Featured publications

  • El Govern Civil de Barcelona al segle XIX, Barcelona, 1995.
  • Procés a la Guàrdia Civil, Barcelona, 1939, Barcelona, 2001.
  • Temps d’amnistia. Les manifestacións de l’1 i el 8 de febrer a Barcelona, Barcelona, 2001
  • Montjuïc, memòries en conflicte, Barcelona, 2008.
  • El Palau de la Duana de Barcelona. De Govern Civil a Delegació del Govern, Barcelona, 2008