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Dr Andrew Dowling
- Media commentator
- Available for postgraduate supervision
Teams and roles for Andrew Dowling
Reader in Hispanic Studies
School of Global Humanities
Overview
Publication
2026
- Dowling, A. 2026. Sant Boi, 1976: una Diada per a la democràcia. [Online].Política & Prosa: Available at: https://politicaprosa.com/sant-boi-1976-una-diada-per-a-la-democracia/.
- Dowling, A. 2026. Barcelona in five places. [Online].History Extra Magazine: BBC. Available at: https://pocketmags.com/history-extra-magazine/feb-26/articles/barcelona-in-five-places?srsltid=AU7gw4XAd6ZcLSB78zUA34f-MbgpHEvNSUaQ-8Gz0W8oIQSRA1CnBeV8#.
- Dowling, A. 2026. La proyección de la cultura catalana en Europa. In: Archilés i Cardona, F. ed. Contra la homogeneidad. La difícil presencia de la diversidad cultural en España (1975-2024). Madrid: Sílex
2024
- Dowling, A. 2024. De una cultura de destrucción a una cultura de dominación. [Online].Promocion de Humanidades y Economia. Available at: https://lamaletadeportbou.com/articulos/de-una-cultura-de-destruccion-a-una-cultura-de-dominacion/.
2023
- Dowling, A. 2023. The Routledge handbook of Spanish history. Abingdon and New York: Routledge. (10.4324/9781003218784)
- Dowling, A. 2023. The Basque and Catalan questions since 1980. Teaching Nationalism and Conflict in Spain.. Tiempo devorado 8 (1)(10.5565/rev/tdevorado.186)
2022
- Dowling, A. 2022. Catalonia: A new history. Routledge Studies in Modern European History Routledge. (10.4324/9781003218791)
- Dowling, A. 2022. Violències i re-nacionalitzacions en territoris ocupats (1920-1945): Catalunya in Francesc Vilanova Ed. In: Violències i re-nacionalitzacions en territoris ocupats (1920-1945). Barcelona: Memorial Democràtic. , pp.69-93.
2021
- Dowling, A. 2021. Reconfiguración estatal y protoregionalismo en la España franquista tardía. In: Claret, J. and Fuster-Sobrepere, J. eds. El regionalismo bien entendido: Ambigüedades y límites del regionalismo en la España franquista. Granada: Comares. , pp.39-54.
2020
- Dowling, A. 2020. Introduction. In: The Madness, by Narcís Oller. Translated by Douglas Suttle. London: Fum d'Estampa Press. , pp.7-17.
- Dowling, A. 2020. La Assemblea Nacional Catalana: las limitaciones estratégicas de un movimiento social sui generis. Historia del Presente 35 (1), pp.53-68.
2019
- Dowling, A. 2019. Catalonia's 9/11. Quarterly Journal of Military History 31 (2), pp.16-18.
- Dowling, A. 2019. Principal frames for interpretation of the Catalan independence challenge to Spain. Catalan Journal of Communication and Cultural Studies 11 (2), pp.303-309. (10.1386/cjcs_00009_7)
- Dowling, A. 2019. When national symbols divide: The case of pan-Catalanism and the Països Catalans. Journal of Iberian and Latin American Studies 25 (1), pp.143 -157. (10.1080/14701847.2019.1579494)
2018
- Dowling, A. 2018. Prohibition, tolerance, co-option: cultural appropriation and Francoism in Catalonia, 1939-75. Contemporary European History 27 (3), pp.370-386. (10.1017/S0960777318000267)
2017
- Dowling, A. 2017. The rise of Catalan independence: Spain's territorial crisis. Federalism Studies Abingdon and New York: Routledge.
- Dowling, A. 2017. La calle como una plataforma para comunicar: De la Crida a la Assemblea Nacional Catalana. In: Forti, S. , Cal, E. U. and Gonzlez i Vilalta, A. eds. El proceso separatista en Cataluña: Análisis de un pasado reciente (2006-2017). Granada: Editorial Comares. , pp.171-187.
- Dowling, A. 2017. La independència de Catalunya, la crisi i les emocions polítiques. L'Avenç April , pp.50-58.
2016
- Dowling, A. 2016. A tale of two cities. Madrid and Barcelona in Spain. In: Cole, A. and Payre, R. eds. Cities as Political Objects. Historical Evolution, Analytical Categorisations and Institutional Challenges of Metropolitanisation. Cities Series Cheltenham: Edward Elgar. , pp.79-95.
2015
- Dowling, A. 2015. Political cultures, ruptures, and continuity in Catalonia under the Franco regime. In: Fernandez, J. and Subirana, J. eds. Funcions del Passat en la Cultura Catalana Contemporània. Lleida: Punctum. , pp.221-239.
2014
- Dowling, A. 2014. Accounting for the turn towards secession in Catalonia. International Journal of Iberian Studies 27 (2-3), pp.219-234. (10.1386/ijis.27.2-3.219_1)
2013
- Dowling, A. 2013. Catalonia since the Spanish Civil War: reconstructing the nation. Portland, Or.: Sussex Academic Press.
- Dowling, A. 2013. La reconstrucció nacional de Catalunya 1939-2012. Barcelona: Pasado y Presente.
- Dowling, A. 2013. The leading role of the party: Catalan communism and the Franco regime, 1939-1975. European History Quarterly 43 (3), pp.489-507. (10.1177/0265691413491053)
2012
- Dowling, A. 2012. For Christ and Catalonia: Catholic Catalanism and nationalist revival in late Francoism. Journal of Contemporary History 47 (3), pp.594-610. (10.1177/0022009412441648)
2009
- Dowling, A. 2009. Autonomistes, Catalanistes and Independentistes: politics in contemporary Catalonia. International Journal of Iberian Studies 22 (3), pp.185-200. (10.1386/ijis.22.3.185/1)
- Dowling, A. 2009. Catalan protests against centralism. In: Ness, I. ed. International Encylopedia of Revolution and Protest. Wiley-Blackwell. , pp.629-632.
- Dowling, A. 2009. ETA Liberation Front (Euskadi ta Askatasuna) and Basque nationalism. In: Ness, I. ed. International Encylopedia of Revolution and Protest. Wiley-Blackwell. , pp.1127-1132.
2006
- Phelps, N. A. et al., 2006. Business at the margins? Business interests in edge urban politics. International Journal of Urban and Regional Research 30 (2), pp.362-383. (10.1111/j.1468-2427.2006.00663.x)
- Dowling, A. 2006. The Catholic Church in Catalonia. From Cataclysm in the Civil War to the "Euphoria" of the 1950s. Catalan Review 20 (1), pp.83-100.
- Phelps, N. A. et al., 2006. Post-suburban Europe: planning and politics at the margins of Europe's capital cities. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan.
2005
- Dowling, A. 2005. Convergència i Unió, Catalonia and the new Catalanism. In: Balfour, S. ed. The Politics of Contemporary Spain. Routledge. , pp.106-120.
2001
- Dowling, A. 2001. The reconstitution of political Catalanism, 1939-1975. International Journal of Iberian Studies 14 (1), pp.17-25. (10.1386/ijis.14.1.17)
Articles
- Dowling, A. 2023. The Basque and Catalan questions since 1980. Teaching Nationalism and Conflict in Spain.. Tiempo devorado 8 (1)(10.5565/rev/tdevorado.186)
- Dowling, A. 2020. La Assemblea Nacional Catalana: las limitaciones estratégicas de un movimiento social sui generis. Historia del Presente 35 (1), pp.53-68.
- Dowling, A. 2019. Catalonia's 9/11. Quarterly Journal of Military History 31 (2), pp.16-18.
- Dowling, A. 2019. Principal frames for interpretation of the Catalan independence challenge to Spain. Catalan Journal of Communication and Cultural Studies 11 (2), pp.303-309. (10.1386/cjcs_00009_7)
- Dowling, A. 2019. When national symbols divide: The case of pan-Catalanism and the Països Catalans. Journal of Iberian and Latin American Studies 25 (1), pp.143 -157. (10.1080/14701847.2019.1579494)
- Dowling, A. 2018. Prohibition, tolerance, co-option: cultural appropriation and Francoism in Catalonia, 1939-75. Contemporary European History 27 (3), pp.370-386. (10.1017/S0960777318000267)
- Dowling, A. 2017. La independència de Catalunya, la crisi i les emocions polítiques. L'Avenç April , pp.50-58.
- Dowling, A. 2014. Accounting for the turn towards secession in Catalonia. International Journal of Iberian Studies 27 (2-3), pp.219-234. (10.1386/ijis.27.2-3.219_1)
- Dowling, A. 2013. The leading role of the party: Catalan communism and the Franco regime, 1939-1975. European History Quarterly 43 (3), pp.489-507. (10.1177/0265691413491053)
- Dowling, A. 2012. For Christ and Catalonia: Catholic Catalanism and nationalist revival in late Francoism. Journal of Contemporary History 47 (3), pp.594-610. (10.1177/0022009412441648)
- Dowling, A. 2009. Autonomistes, Catalanistes and Independentistes: politics in contemporary Catalonia. International Journal of Iberian Studies 22 (3), pp.185-200. (10.1386/ijis.22.3.185/1)
- Phelps, N. A. et al., 2006. Business at the margins? Business interests in edge urban politics. International Journal of Urban and Regional Research 30 (2), pp.362-383. (10.1111/j.1468-2427.2006.00663.x)
- Dowling, A. 2006. The Catholic Church in Catalonia. From Cataclysm in the Civil War to the "Euphoria" of the 1950s. Catalan Review 20 (1), pp.83-100.
- Dowling, A. 2001. The reconstitution of political Catalanism, 1939-1975. International Journal of Iberian Studies 14 (1), pp.17-25. (10.1386/ijis.14.1.17)
Book sections
- Dowling, A. 2026. La proyección de la cultura catalana en Europa. In: Archilés i Cardona, F. ed. Contra la homogeneidad. La difícil presencia de la diversidad cultural en España (1975-2024). Madrid: Sílex
- Dowling, A. 2022. Violències i re-nacionalitzacions en territoris ocupats (1920-1945): Catalunya in Francesc Vilanova Ed. In: Violències i re-nacionalitzacions en territoris ocupats (1920-1945). Barcelona: Memorial Democràtic. , pp.69-93.
- Dowling, A. 2021. Reconfiguración estatal y protoregionalismo en la España franquista tardía. In: Claret, J. and Fuster-Sobrepere, J. eds. El regionalismo bien entendido: Ambigüedades y límites del regionalismo en la España franquista. Granada: Comares. , pp.39-54.
- Dowling, A. 2020. Introduction. In: The Madness, by Narcís Oller. Translated by Douglas Suttle. London: Fum d'Estampa Press. , pp.7-17.
- Dowling, A. 2017. La calle como una plataforma para comunicar: De la Crida a la Assemblea Nacional Catalana. In: Forti, S. , Cal, E. U. and Gonzlez i Vilalta, A. eds. El proceso separatista en Cataluña: Análisis de un pasado reciente (2006-2017). Granada: Editorial Comares. , pp.171-187.
- Dowling, A. 2016. A tale of two cities. Madrid and Barcelona in Spain. In: Cole, A. and Payre, R. eds. Cities as Political Objects. Historical Evolution, Analytical Categorisations and Institutional Challenges of Metropolitanisation. Cities Series Cheltenham: Edward Elgar. , pp.79-95.
- Dowling, A. 2015. Political cultures, ruptures, and continuity in Catalonia under the Franco regime. In: Fernandez, J. and Subirana, J. eds. Funcions del Passat en la Cultura Catalana Contemporània. Lleida: Punctum. , pp.221-239.
- Dowling, A. 2009. Catalan protests against centralism. In: Ness, I. ed. International Encylopedia of Revolution and Protest. Wiley-Blackwell. , pp.629-632.
- Dowling, A. 2009. ETA Liberation Front (Euskadi ta Askatasuna) and Basque nationalism. In: Ness, I. ed. International Encylopedia of Revolution and Protest. Wiley-Blackwell. , pp.1127-1132.
- Dowling, A. 2005. Convergència i Unió, Catalonia and the new Catalanism. In: Balfour, S. ed. The Politics of Contemporary Spain. Routledge. , pp.106-120.
Books
- Dowling, A. 2023. The Routledge handbook of Spanish history. Abingdon and New York: Routledge. (10.4324/9781003218784)
- Dowling, A. 2022. Catalonia: A new history. Routledge Studies in Modern European History Routledge. (10.4324/9781003218791)
- Dowling, A. 2017. The rise of Catalan independence: Spain's territorial crisis. Federalism Studies Abingdon and New York: Routledge.
- Dowling, A. 2013. Catalonia since the Spanish Civil War: reconstructing the nation. Portland, Or.: Sussex Academic Press.
- Dowling, A. 2013. La reconstrucció nacional de Catalunya 1939-2012. Barcelona: Pasado y Presente.
- Phelps, N. A. et al., 2006. Post-suburban Europe: planning and politics at the margins of Europe's capital cities. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan.
Websites
- Dowling, A. 2026. Sant Boi, 1976: una Diada per a la democràcia. [Online].Política & Prosa: Available at: https://politicaprosa.com/sant-boi-1976-una-diada-per-a-la-democracia/.
- Dowling, A. 2026. Barcelona in five places. [Online].History Extra Magazine: BBC. Available at: https://pocketmags.com/history-extra-magazine/feb-26/articles/barcelona-in-five-places?srsltid=AU7gw4XAd6ZcLSB78zUA34f-MbgpHEvNSUaQ-8Gz0W8oIQSRA1CnBeV8#.
- Dowling, A. 2024. De una cultura de destrucción a una cultura de dominación. [Online].Promocion de Humanidades y Economia. Available at: https://lamaletadeportbou.com/articulos/de-una-cultura-de-destruccion-a-una-cultura-de-dominacion/.
Research
My research focuses on the modern and contemporary history of Catalonia and Spain, with particular interests in nationalism and national identity, political and cultural change, and the relationship between Catalonia and Spain. My work draws on wider approaches to the study of nationalism and seeks to place Catalan history within its Spanish and European contexts.
My current research is developing in new directions, including the relationship between nationalism, economic development and modernisation in twentieth-century Catalonia
Teaching
Undergraduate
Cold War Cultures: Power, Conformity, and Dissent, c. 1948–1990, co-coordinator
Revolutionaries and Nationalists in Spain, 1875-1925
Spain, Revolution and Reaction 1898-1975
Cultures in Context
Postgraduate and research supervision
I contribute to postgraduate teaching and research training and supervise undergraduate and postgraduate research projects. I welcome enquiries from prospective PhD students working on modern Catalan and Spanish history, nationalism, national identity and political culture.
Supervisions
I supervise students in the areas of historical sociology, comparative and national history, with a particular focus on questions of national identity.
I welcome applications from students of:
Historical sociology
Nationalism and Identity
Modern and Contemporary Spain
Catalan studies
Historical sociology
Music and dissent
Radical politics
Past projects
1.
Ben Kitchener (2026–) To what extent does the presence of linguistic and national conflict affect how sub-state and state-wide parties frame minority language policy?
Kristine Sollli (June 2020) Eurosceptic movements in Britain and Norway
Cecilia Morgan (June 2020) Intertextuality, Manipulation and Propaganda: Reworking the Arthurian Legend in Contemporary Spanish Literature
Aleksandra Dragojlov (June 2018) Serbia’s Evolving Relationship to the EU: hostility, enthusiasm and caution
Alexander Tuck (June 2015) —Spain’s national cycling tour and the politics of regional and national identity, 1975–2000
