Ana Cabana Iglesia

Dr Ana Cabana Iglesia

Small Group Project 2024-25

Fighting for Gender and Food Justice: Rural Women's Struggles in Portugal, Galicia, and the Basque Country

With Joseba Azkarraga Etxagibel & Rita Calvário

This project seeks to illuminate the often-overlooked rural women’s experiences and leadership in agrarian struggles and their pursuit of gender equality. Employing oral history and qualitative research methods, the study aims to gather and analyse testimonies from rural women across three distinct geographical contexts, with a focus on areas characterised by small to medium-sized family farming: Portugal, Galicia, and the Basque Country.

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Areas of interest

Agrarian History History Franco Spain Southern Europe Western Europe Dictatorships Dictators Transnational Politics Women Gender Rural Studies

Cohort

FG10

Biography

Ana Cabana Iglesia is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of History at the University of Santiago de Compostela.

She holds a PhD in History from the University of Santiago de Compostela (Extraordinary Doctorate Award, 2006). She is a member of the Centro de Investigación Interuniversitario de los Paisajes Atlánticos Culturales (CISPAC), co-director of the Cátedra Juana de Vega and member of the Society for the Study of Agrarian History (SEHA).

Her main lines of research are the study of social attitudes during the Franco dictatorship, the analysis of rural conflict during the Franco regime and the transition to democracy, and the history of women and gender in relation to rural society in the 20th century.

Biographical details correct as of 14.02.25