Julio Aróstegui facts for kids
Julio Aróstegui Sánchez (1939–2013) was an important Spanish historian. He was a professor at the Complutense University of Madrid (UCM). He spent a lot of time studying different parts of Spanish history.
His work included looking at political changes, the Carlism movement, and the period when Spain moved from a dictatorship to a democracy, known as the Spanish Transition. He also deeply studied the Spanish Civil War and the history of workers' movements. Julio Aróstegui was also interested in how people remember the past, which is called collective memory. He thought a lot about how history should be studied and written.
About His Life
Julio Aróstegui was born in Granada, Spain, on July 24, 1939. He was able to go to the Colegio Mayor Isabel la Católica because he received a scholarship. He continued his studies at the University of Granada and later in Madrid.
In 1967, he became a high school teacher in Vitoria. He earned his PhD (a very high university degree) in History in 1970. His main research project for his PhD was about the Carlism movement in Álava and the civil war from 1870 to 1976. For many years, he also worked at the Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), which is a big research organization in Spain.
In 1984, he became a full professor of History at the Complutense University of Madrid. He retired in 2009 but continued teaching there as an emeritus professor until 2012.
Julio Aróstegui passed away in Madrid on January 28, 2013, at the age of 73.
See also
In Spanish: Julio Aróstegui para niños
