Barcelona Metropolis

This new anthology enables us to delve deeper into the life and works of Francesc Pi i Margall, a socialist republican in revolution whose thinking was based on an understanding of three key aspects: federalism, socialism and the colonial issue.

The book launch, for which prior booking is required, offers an in-depth look into the work of Francesc Pi i Maragall, providing access to a whole array of experiences, issues and social processes in Spanish history. Highlights include attempts to upend, from a republican and federal perspective, the construction of the liberal State, the explicitly socialist aspect of democracy and the contexts of war and anti-imperial revolution.

Participants in the launch

Pere Gabriel i Sirvent is emeritus professor of contemporary history at the Autonomous University of Barcelona. His work focuses on Catalan and Spanish social and working class history. He is director of Història de la Cultura Catalana which has ten volumes. He manages the compilation and study of the complete works of Rossend Arús.

Anna Costal i Fornells is musicologist and teacher at the Escola Superior de Música de Catalunya. She has a degree in Music History and Musicology from the Autonomous University of Barcelona. She received a PhD from the same university with a thesis on Pep Ventura, for which she won the extraordinary prize in 2024. She is also coordinator of the Master in Music Research and the Research Group on Cultural and Musical Studies. She was curator of the Any Clavé [Clavé Year].

Jaume Montés Mora is a pre-doctoral researcher at the University of Barcelona. He has undertaken research stays at the University of Rouen Normandie (France) and at the Autonomous University of Madrid. Some of his research on republicanism, history of political ideas and theory of the State has been published in different academic journals. He is a member of the Editorial Board of the political journal   Debats pel Demà and he co-published and wrote the introduction to the book  L’hidra del federalisme.