Juan Pablo Fusi
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Juan Pablo Fusi Aizpurua (San Sebastián
, 1945) is a Spanish historian
. He specialises in contemporary history, the Basque Country and nationalisms.
Likewise, he has a Ph.D from University of Oxford
and is a Doctor Honoris Causa in Humanities from New York University
.
He has been a lecturer at Universidad San Pablo-CEU and professor at universities in Murcia, Cantabria and the Basque Country.
As well as having taught at the universities of California, Wisconsin and Oxford
, his main activity after studying under Raymond Carr
was as Director of the Centre for Iberian Studies at St Antony's College (1976–1980).
, and is still a member of its board of trustees. He has been the Academic Director at the Instituto Universitario de Investigación Ortega y Gasset and at the Fundación José Ortega y Gasset (2001–2006), where he is still a trustee and Emeritus Fellow.
" to the autonomous government of Catalonia. Comprising, among others, Federico Mayor Zaragoza and Columbia University
Professor of History Edward Malefakis
, the committee declared in 2004, by a majority of 14 of its 17 members, that it was "just and legitimate" that the documents be returned to the autonomous government. The documents were finally transferred in 2005.
He received the Premio Espejo de España award in 1976 for Spain: Dictatorship to Democracy, 1979, written in collaboration with Raymond Carr
, and in 2001 he received the Montaigne Prize.
His essay "La Patria lejana: el nacionalismo en el siglo XX" (2003), deals with the evolution and diversity of contemporary nationalist movements.
San Sebastián
Donostia-San Sebastián is a city and municipality located in the north of Spain, in the coast of the Bay of Biscay and 20 km away from the French border. The city is the capital of Gipuzkoa, in the autonomous community of the Basque Country. The municipality’s population is 186,122 , and its...
, 1945) is a Spanish historian
Historian
A historian is a person who studies and writes about the past and is regarded as an authority on it. Historians are concerned with the continuous, methodical narrative and research of past events as relating to the human race; as well as the study of all history in time. If the individual is...
. He specialises in contemporary history, the Basque Country and nationalisms.
Studies
Fusi has a degree in History from Universidad Complutense de Madrid and has a Ph.D (History) from the same university.Likewise, he has a Ph.D from University of Oxford
University of Oxford
The University of Oxford is a university located in Oxford, United Kingdom. It is the second-oldest surviving university in the world and the oldest in the English-speaking world. Although its exact date of foundation is unclear, there is evidence of teaching as far back as 1096...
and is a Doctor Honoris Causa in Humanities from New York University
New York University
New York University is a private, nonsectarian research university based in New York City. NYU's main campus is situated in the Greenwich Village section of Manhattan...
.
Teaching
Fusi, currently Professor of History at Universidad Complutense de Madrid, where he has held the Chair of Contemporary History since 1988, has devoted a large part of his career teaching at universities in Spain, the United Kingdom and the United States.He has been a lecturer at Universidad San Pablo-CEU and professor at universities in Murcia, Cantabria and the Basque Country.
As well as having taught at the universities of California, Wisconsin and Oxford
Oxford
The city of Oxford is the county town of Oxfordshire, England. The city, made prominent by its medieval university, has a population of just under 165,000, with 153,900 living within the district boundary. It lies about 50 miles north-west of London. The rivers Cherwell and Thames run through...
, his main activity after studying under Raymond Carr
Raymond Carr
Sir Albert Raymond Maillard Carr FBA FRHS FRSL , known as Raymond Carr, is an English historian specializing in the history of Spain, Latin America, and Sweden who was Warden of St Antony's College, Oxford, from 1968 to 1987....
was as Director of the Centre for Iberian Studies at St Antony's College (1976–1980).
Appointments
Between 1986 and 1990, Fusi was the Director of the Biblioteca Nacional de EspañaBiblioteca Nacional de España
The Biblioteca Nacional de España is a major public library, the largest in Spain.It is located in Madrid, on the Paseo de Recoletos.-History:...
, and is still a member of its board of trustees. He has been the Academic Director at the Instituto Universitario de Investigación Ortega y Gasset and at the Fundación José Ortega y Gasset (2001–2006), where he is still a trustee and Emeritus Fellow.
Committee of Experts
Fusi was a member of the ad hoc committee of experts set up to advise the Spanish government regarding the return of the polemical "Salamanca PapersSalamanca Papers
The Salamanca Papers refer to the 300,000 documents and 1,000 photographs confiscated from the Catalan government after the Spanish Civil War and transported in 12 railway freight wagons to the city of Salamanca to be stored in what was later to become Spain's Civil War Archive .The return of the...
" to the autonomous government of Catalonia. Comprising, among others, Federico Mayor Zaragoza and Columbia University
Columbia University
Columbia University in the City of New York is a private, Ivy League university in Manhattan, New York City. Columbia is the oldest institution of higher learning in the state of New York, the fifth oldest in the United States, and one of the country's nine Colonial Colleges founded before the...
Professor of History Edward Malefakis
Edward Malefakis
Edward E. Malefakis is a professor of history at Columbia University and a Hispanist. He is an expert on Spanish history.The winner of the American Historical Association's Herbert Baxter Adams Prize in 1971 for his work "Agrarian Reform and Peasant Revolution in Spain, Origins of the Civil War" ,...
, the committee declared in 2004, by a majority of 14 of its 17 members, that it was "just and legitimate" that the documents be returned to the autonomous government. The documents were finally transferred in 2005.
Publications
- Spain: Dictatorship to Democracy. London: Routledge. 1979 (with Raymond Carr)
- El País Vasco. Pluralismo y nacionalidad (1983)
- Franco, autoritarismo y poder personal (1985) Madrid : Suma de Letras, 2001 ISBN 84-663-0185-2 Taurus Ediciones ,1995. ISBN 84-306-0053-1
- España 1808-1996. El desafío de la modernidad (with Jordi Palafox, 1997)
- España, la evolución de la identidad nacional (1999)
- Un siglo de España. La cultura (2000).
He received the Premio Espejo de España award in 1976 for Spain: Dictatorship to Democracy, 1979, written in collaboration with Raymond Carr
Raymond Carr
Sir Albert Raymond Maillard Carr FBA FRHS FRSL , known as Raymond Carr, is an English historian specializing in the history of Spain, Latin America, and Sweden who was Warden of St Antony's College, Oxford, from 1968 to 1987....
, and in 2001 he received the Montaigne Prize.
His essay "La Patria lejana: el nacionalismo en el siglo XX" (2003), deals with the evolution and diversity of contemporary nationalist movements.
- La España del siglo XX (with S. Juliá, J.L. García Delgado and J.C. Jiménez, 2003)
- El País Vasco 1931-37. Autonomía. Revolución. Guerra Civil (2003)
- El malestar de la modernidad. Cuatro ensayos sobre historia y cultura (2004)
- Identidades proscritas. El no nacionalismo en sociedades nacionalistas (2006).