Ruben Leitao Serem

I am an historian of twentieth-century Spain and Portugal. 

Spain's 'memory wars' and its political legacy, namely: • Nostalgia for Francoism in present-day Spain • Mass exhumations • The Valley of the Fallen • The rise of Vox • The Catholic Church • The Popular Party • The Historical Memory Law Portugal's "memory" wars and its political legacy, namely: • The debate over Portugal's colonial past and its memorialisation • Electoral abstentionism • Present-day party politics