Mercedes Yusta Rodrigo

Research Expert - France - Ile-de-France - Saint-Denis

Biography

Mercedes Yusta Rodrigo has a doctorate in history and associate degree in Spanish. She is a professor of contemporary Spanish history at the University of Paris 8 and co-director of the new college of political studies (Université Paris Lumières). She is an honorary junior member of the Institut universitaire de France (class of 2012). Her research focuses on resistance against the Franco dictatorship, women's resistance and anti-fascist women's organizations in Spain and France. She is also interested in memory phenomena in contemporary Spain.



Media appearances

  • France 24 - 2019

    20 Heures

  • RFI - 2018

    Vous m’en direz des nouvelles

  • France 5 - 2017

    C’dans l’air