Laila Abouhasswa HONS 2011J, Section 01 Professor Hernandez-Ojeda 18 December 2020 Personal Statement Prior to taking this class, I had no background knowledge on the Spanish Civil War. I was aware of fascism in Italy and Germany but I never knew that it had occurred in Spain as well. Although I was not aware of…
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Elisheva Adler Professor Maria Hernandez-Ojeda HONS 2011J – Spanish Civil War in Literature and Film 17 December 2020 Leonard Bertram Levenson: “Lenny” Personal Statement This semester, I have had the privilege of taking a course about the Spanish Civil War, taught by Professor Hernández-Ojeda. Prior to taking this course, I had no knowledge about the…
Adriana Chavez María Hernández-Ojeda Final Essay HONS 211J –1 Volunteer Max Shufer by Student Adriana Chavez Personal Statement The American public school system does a pitiful job teaching us world history, nor does American culture encourage us to keep up with foreign affairs. I went into this class expecting to learn about Spain, not the US, and was excited to do…
Shane Harilall Professor Maria Hernandez-Ojeda HONS 2011J – Spanish Civil War in Literature and Film 18 December 2020 Personal Statement I initially elected to partake in this class due to a total lack of knowledge concerning the Spanish Civil War. As far as I was concerned, the Spanish Civil War was another pointless conflict with…
Sylvia Welch THHP 2011J Hunter College-CUNY Prof. Hernandez-Ojeda Virginia Malbin Personal Statement In the fall semester of 2020, I enrolled in a course on the Spanish Civil War. Prior to this class, I didn’t know anything about this period of history. Throughout the semester, our class engaged with riveting and emotional works of art, literature,…
Mei Meadow HONS 2011J Final Essay Professor Maria Hernández-Ojeda Vincent Lossowski Personal Statement While researching the life and involvement of Vincent Lossowski in the Spanish Civil War, I initially came upon several interesting facts about his numerous military services and affiliation with the Communist Party online; however, it was only when I interviewed Paul Lossowski,…
Rafid Amin HONS 2011J Hunter College-CUNY Professor Hernández-Ojeda Milton Wolff Personal Statement Milton Wolff first caught my eye when I watched the documentary The Good Fight (1984) with classmates in our Spanish Civil War in Literature, Film and Art course, led by Professor Maria Hernandez-Ojeda. We watched the documentary fairly early into the semester…
Cassidy Kristal-Cohen HONS2011j Hunter College-CUNY Prof. Hernandez-Ojeda Abraham Osheroff: A life of activism and exuberance Personal Statement In my studies of the Spanish Civil War, I frequently found myself making comparisons to what had occurred thirty years later in Nicaragua, during the Sandinista era. The similarities between the two events are striking,…
Sylvia Scahill Hons 2011J Hunter College-CUNY Professor María Hernández-Ojeda John Gates: An American Communist There are many ways to study and narrate history. Some people see the world as a succession of wars or great leaders, some see it through cultural and social evolution, some say narrative histories are dangerous and only historical materialism is…
Joshwald Martinez HONS 2011J Final Essay Professor Hernández-Ojeda Archie Brown Personal Statement It was quite daunting to begin writing this paper. A voice of fear told me that I had better make this perfect. Having studied the Spanish Civil War this semester, I have come to realize that the way one tells a story impacts…