Revolution and Reaction in Spain, 1808-98: From the Age of Goya to the End of Empire

Christopher Schmidt-Nowara, Prince of Asturias Chair in Spanish Culture and Civilization, Tufts University Survey the politics and culture of 19th-century Spain, from the conflict with France that inspired Goya’s Disasters of War, to the fierce struggles over the form of government, to the modernization and its limits, and the fate of Spain’s extensive overseas empire that culminated in the Spanish American War of 1898. Wednesday, October 29, 2014