Chris Ealham, Ph.D.
Department of History, Art History and Anthropology
History
Courses Taught
Senior Seminar in European History; The Origins of the Modern World from 1500; History Matters; The Spanish Civil War; Spanish History since 1808; Political Development in Contemporary Spain.
Education
- Ph.D., History, Queen Mary College, University of London
- B.A. (Honors) Modern History and Politics, Queen Mary College, University of London
Research Interests
Chris Ealham a specialist in the 20th century History of Spain and his research focusses on the interplay between urban space, protest and repression. He has a particular interest in labour and radical history, especially that of the anarcho-syndicalist movement, about which he has published two monographs. His first monograph on Barcelona has been translated into Spanish, Catalan and French. He has also written on and participated in contemporary historical debates relating to revisionism and historical memory in Spain. He’s currently working on a new book project, a full biography of anarchist leader, "man of action" and civil war Minister of Justice, Juan García Oliver (under contract with Debate/Random House).
Publications and Media Placements
Books
Living anarchism: José Peirats and the Spanish anarcho-syndicalist movement, Oakland,
CA: AK Press, 2015 (Spanish edition: Alianza, 2015).
Barcelone contre ses habitants 1835 - 1937, quartiers ouvriers de la revolution, Toulouse:
Collectif des Métiers De l'Édition, 2014.
Anarchism and the City: Revolution and counter-revolution in Barcelona, 1898-1937,
Oakland, CA.: AK Press 2010.
The Splintering of Spain: New Historical Perspectives on the Spanish Civil War, co-edited
with Michael Richards; Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2005 (Spanish edition:
Editorial Comares, 2010).
Class, culture and conflict in Barcelona 1898-1937, London: Routledge, 2004 (Spanish
edition: Alianza, 2005. French edition: Éditions Agone, 2021. Catalan edition: Virus
Editorial, 2022).
Scholarly Journal Articles
He is the author of 25 scholarly articles in refereed, indexed journals in Spanish,
Catalan and English, including International Review of Social History, Historia Social, Bulletin of Spanish Studies,
Ayer, Contemporary European History and Pasado y Memoria. A collection of these articles in Spanish is being prepared for publication as a
book (under contract with Editorial Comares).
His most recent article is: "Российско-украинский - франкокаталонский коктейль: испанский
«анархо-большевизм» после 1917 года1" ("A Russian-Ukrainian, Franco-Catalan Cocktail:
Spanish Anarcho-Bolshevism"), Latin American Historical Almanac, no. 49, 2026, pp.
67-98.
Chapters in Edited Books
He has published over 20 chapters in edited books in the UK, the US, Russia, Italy
and Spain.
His most recent chapter is (co-authored with Arturo Zoffmann Rodríguez), "Wilson,
Lenin, Mussolini en España: democracia y dictadura en la crisis de la Restauración,
1917-1923", in Pablo Montes Gómez (coord.), La lucha por la democratización: España
y Europa entre 1789-1945, Gijón: Ediciones Treas, 2026, pp. 205-223.
Media Work
He has done media work and interviews for RTVE, TVE and TV3 in Spain, the BBC (UK)
and the Canadian Broadcasting Company.
He has also published press articles in El cultural (El Mundo), Cultura/s (La Vanguardia) and The Times Higher.