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  • Cercles: Cultural History Journal
    No. 26 (2023)

  • Cercles: cultural history journal
    No. 25 (2022)

  • Cercles: revista d'història cultural 24
    No. 24 (2021)

  • Cercles: revista d'història cultural 23
    No. 23 (2020)

  • Cercles: revista d'història cultural 22
    No. 22 (2019)

  • Cercles. Revista d'història cultural, 21
    No. 21 (2018)

  • Cercles. Revista d'Història Cultural, 20
    No. 20 (2017)

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  • Cercles. A Journal of Cultural History 19.
    No. 19 (2016)

    The 19th issue of Cercles. A Journal of Cultural History focuses on the Catalan writer Victor Balaguer, reproducing papers presented at the international conference "History, politics, literature: A hundred and fifty years of History of Catalonia and the Crown of Aragon by Víctor Balaguer." The conference took place on 24 and 25 October 2014 at the Víctor Balaguer Library Museum (Vilanova i la Geltrú) and the Ateneu Barcelonès (Barcelona). The importance of Víctor Balaguer’s life and work was the focus of various specialists in literature and history whose papers have been transcribed and edited here for readers.

     

  • Cercles. A Journal of Cultural History 18.
    No. 18 (2015)

    This issue of Cercles. A Journal of Cultural History is the result of a research seminar held in November 2013 by GEHCI in order to analyze the interrelationships between migration, cultural change and the notion of citizenship in contemporary Catalonia (1920-1980). The articles, which focus on fields as varied as history, sociology, anthropology, philology and urban planning, are written by renowned specialists such as José Luis Oyon, Albert Balcells, Dasca Maria Clara Carme and Antoni Parramon Marimon. The issue also includes works by young researchers who approach different aspects of history and explore leading figures like Joan Maragall and Manuel Vázquez Montalbán from new perspectives.


  • Cercles. A Journal of Cultural History 17.
    No. 17 (2014)

    In this issue, the section ”Temes” opens with a reflection on the role of historical research and the historian in the contemporary period, and continues with studies on the Catalan community in Montevideo between the end of the eighteenth century and the early nineteenth century; the role of intellectuals in public service in the Generalitat of Catalonia during the Second Republic; the contribution of Joan Estelrich to the construction of a humanistic discourse in the thirties, and the role of cinema in the dissemination of a distinct Valencian identity. In the section "Monographs and Research" there are contributions on the figures of President Sunyol and Nicolau d'Olwer. The issue concludes with a section on the Almirall Project, which analyzes the presence of Romantic literature in the Ateneu Barcelonès Library.


  • Cercles. A Journal of Cultural History 16.
    No. 16 (2013)

    This issue of Cercles. A Journal of Cultural History offers the conclusions of specialists from seven universities who came together in December 2011 for a seminar on intellectuals and the challenges of the nineteen-sixties, entitled "Els intel·lectuals davant els reptes dels anys seixanta". The issue also contains three additional texts on other major aspects of the same subject and an article addressing the collaboration of Cercles with the Almirall Project, whose objective is to study the reception of ideas in Catalonia at the end of the 19th century through the analysis of the catalogue of the Ateneu Barcelonès Library.


  • Cercles. A Journal of Cultural History 15.
    No. 15 (2012)

    Cercles. A Journal of Cultural History celebrates its fifteenth anniversary. In this issue, the topics are varied, but the theme of cultural history is always present. Leading professionals in Spanish history and international history collaborate in the issue. In addition, we have introduced formal improvements to enable Cercles. A Journal of Cultural History to improve its international ranking and stand firm as a landmark in cultural and intellectual history.


  • Cercles. A Journal of Cultural History 14.
    No. 14 (2011)

    This issue of Cercles. A Journal of Cultural History features discussions and presentations by specialists in French, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish and Catalan at a seminar held in Barcelona in March 2010 under the title "The Great Confrontation between Democracy and Dictatorship." The seminar served as a meeting place where researchers from seven different European universities were able to explore one of our key issues of recent times: the role of intellectuals in times of tension between democratic and totalitarian options.


  • Cercles. A Journal of Cultural History 13.
    No. 13 (2010)

    This issue of Cercles. A Journal of Cultural History is a miscellaneous issue bound together under  the prism of cultural history, where we can find studies and reflections on cultural politics, local and national identities, political cultures and cultural mediators, with horizons that extend beyond the Catalan and Spanish contexts.

  • Cercles. A Journal of Cultural History 12.
    No. 12 (2009)

    A quick review of what has been published in Cercles in the journal’s first twelve issues allows us to verify the methodological concerns and identify the thematic and historical fields of study that have been our focus. Our cultural history is closely connected to political, social, institutional and intellectual history, all fields of study in which priority has been given to the ways by which individuals and groups understand and explain themselves, along with their relations to the rest of society and the general historical dynamic.


  • Cercles. A Journal of Cultural History 11.
    No. 11 (2008)

    This issue of Cercles. A Journal of Cultural History is a miscellany, featuring a variety of cultural studies addressing the contemporary history of Catalonia primarily, but also of Spain and abroad.

  • Cercles. A Journal of Cultural History 10.
    No. 10 (2007)

    This issue focuses on historical biography, because it is seen to be of high explanatory value. The aim is to look at a variety of examples, but each article also seeks to contribute to a general overview of the genre of biography.

  • Cercles. A Journal of Cultural History 9.
    No. 9 (2006)

    Cercles is a journal focused on cultural studies of long-standing tradition. This miscellaneous issue is dedicated to Professor Santiago Riera i Tuèbols (University of Barcelona), who has recently retired.

  • Cercles. A Journal of Cultural History 8.
    No. 8 (2005)

    Cercles. A Journal of Cultural History dedicates this issue to workers’ culture, exploring its characteristics as well as the methods and new trends in the field.

  • Cercles. A Journal of Cultural History 7.
    No. 7 (2004)

    This miscellaneous issue coincides with the 15th anniversary of our research group GEHCI (Intellectual and Cultural History Group). The objectives of the research group are to reflect on the figure of the professional intellectual, who becomes a historical subject of the first order, and to consolidate cultural studies in the contemporary history of Catalonia.

  • Cercles. A Journal of Cultural History 6.
    No. 6 (2003)

    The current research task of the Intellectual and Cultural History Group (GEHCI) focuses on cultural agents, mainly in the Catalan-speaking area. In this issue we want to open up this framework to the remaining Mediterranean and European countries. We seek to offer a broad and comprehensive view of the phenomenon, analyzing the importance of different cultural means and the intervention of intellectuals in the creation of networks and spaces of sociability, from elites to the consolidation of different political cultures.

  • Cercles. A Journal of Cultural History 5.
    No. 5 (2002)

    In this issue the Intellectual and Cultural History Group (GEHCI) offers a wide variety of articles on different aspects of nineteenth-century cultural and political history. The articles focus particularly on iconographic and symbolic analysis, programmes of cultural or national regeneration, the press and the world of books, Liberal Catholicism and the creation of elites

  • Cercles. A Journal of Cultural History 4.
    No. 4 (2001)

    The Intellectual and Cultural History Group (GEHCI) commemorates the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Catalan party La Lliga Regionalista, or Regionalist League. To mark the occasion, the issue explores the cultural historiography of political Catalan nationalism over the past fifteen years.

  • Cercles. A Journal of Cultural History 3.
    No. 3 (2000)

    The present issue of Cercles. A Journal of Cultural History gathers the main contributions of researchers in the Mediterranean Network of Cultural History given in a seminar held at the University of Barcelona in December 1999.

  • Cercles. A Journal of Cultural History 2.
    No. 2 (1999)

    In this issue the Intellectual and Cultural History Group (GEHCI) offers a variety of international contributions in cultural studies on the Mediterranean area.

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