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Since its inception in 2012, the Revista Universitaria de Historia Militar (RUHM) has sought to address the need for a fresh perspective within Spanish-language war studies. The journal’s main goal has been to explore new questions that lead to alternative viewpoints, interpretations and debates on violence, war and the military. By doing so, the RUHM project endeavors to make military history a compelling and relevant field of research for the Spanish-speaking academic community.

The journal was founded as the main activity of the Centroi de Estudios de la Guerra– RUHM, a non-profit association, with a firm commitment to becoming a leading platform focused on promoting and fostering war studies. The project embraces a broad approach, encompassing diverse chronological periods—from Antiquity to the present—and a wide range of thematic perspectives, including political, economic, social, cultural, memory, technological and scientific. Through this comprehensive scope, we aim to introduce and promote the latest historiographical trends to the Spanish-speaking community, and to foster connections between research on both sides of the Atlantic.

RUHM can proudly claim to be the first Spanish academic journal to specialize in military history and war studies. It adheres to a double-blind peer-review process, following the initial review by the Editorial Board, and is indexed in several national and international academic databases. Looking ahead, RUHM aims to establish itself as a national and international reference in military history and war studies, particularly in a country where the study of armed conflicts, violence and military institutions has not received special academic recognition.

Through the constant, albeit not always fluid, dialogue between historiography and society, RUHM is committed to connecting and engaging with the public interest enticed by military history and war studies. The journal’s open-access model exemplifies this drive, ensuring that the latest academic research is available to all and promoting a broader societal understanding of the history of war.

Contact: secretaria@ruhm.es

Current Issue

Vol. 15 No. 30 (2026): Perpetradores, políticas eliminacionistas, contextos y memoria colectiva en la España del siglo XX
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Over the last two decades, studies of mass violence have progressively placed perpetrators at the centre of analysis. More recently, this process has been reinforced by the growing importance of perpetration-focused research; that is, research concerned with the contexts that make violence possible, the chains of command and decision-making processes that set it in motion, and the reasons why individuals become active participants in its execution. In this regard, both the study of contexts and that of perpetrators are essential for understanding collective crimes and their nature. On the one hand, structural analyses of reality provide explanations that are ultimately incomplete, which highlights the importance of contingency. On the other hand, the commission of violence is only possible through the personal and collective initiative of those individuals and groups who, for one reason or another, choose to take part in it. As such, this is one of the most dynamic and interdisciplinary fields within global historiography. With regard to the study of the Spanish Civil War and Francoism, it has already yielded significant results over the past decade. For this reason, we propose a special issue framed within these coordinates, bringing together six diverse contributions that reflect some of the most important ongoing lines of research in the field.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.53351/m3jrhh27
Published: 2026-06-29

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