Francisco J. Garc铆a-Serrano Nebras, Ph.D.
Division of Humanities
History
Education
Ph.D. History (University of California, Berkeley)
Doctorado Homologado by the Spanish Ministry of Culture
Accredited by ANECA (Agencia Nacional de Evaluaci贸n de la Calidad y Acreditaci贸n):
"Profesor Contratado Doctor", "Profesor de Universidad Privada" and "Profesor Ayudante
Doctor"
M.A. History (University of California, Berkeley)
Curso de Adaptaci贸n Pedag贸gica (Universidad Complutense de Madrid)
Licenciado en Geograf铆a e Historia (Universidad Complutense de Madrid)
Practice Areas
- Medieval Iberia, Medieval Mediterranean
- Mendicant Orders
- National Identities
- Early Iberian Presence in Asia
- Medieval Travels and Exploration
Publications and Media Placements
Forthcoming publications:
Book Chapter: "Medieval Encounters between Iberia, the Mediterranean and Asia: Myths
and Realities" in Marie Kelleher and Thomas Burton (eds.) Iberia: Worlds of Communication and Conflict, Brepols Press, 2021
Books
Edited Volume: The Friars and their Influence in Medieval Spain (editor), Amsterdam; Amsterdam University Press, 2018.
Book: Preachers of the City. The Expansion of the Dominican Order in Castile, 1217-1348.
New Orleans: University Press of the South, 1997.
Chapters in Collective Volumes
"Ambiguity, Friendship and Pragmatism: Medieval Friars in Iberia and Beyond" in Kim Bergqvist, Kurt Villads Jensen and Anthony John Lappin (eds.) Conflict and Collaboration in Medieval Iberia, Cambridge: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2020.
"The Peculiarities of Frontier Religious Authority in the Age of Fernando III", in
Edward L. Holt and Teresa Witcombe (eds.) The Sword and the Cross: Castile-Le贸n in the Era of Fernando III, Amsterdam: Brill (The Medieval Iberia Series) 2020, Chapter 9, pp. 224-240.
"Entre exclusi贸n e inclusi贸n: las 贸rdenes mendicantes en la Baja Edad Media castellana", in Jes煤s Sol贸rzano Telechea (ed.) Exclusi贸n social y disciplina en la ciudad medieval europea (Exclusion and Social Discipline in The European Medieval City), Logro帽o: Instituto de Estudios Riojanos, 2018, 111-136.
"Friars and Royal Authority in the Thirteenth-Century Castilian Frontier" in In Honor of Te贸filo F. Ruiz: Authority and Spectacle in Medieval Iberia and Early
Modern Spain. Essays in Honor of Teofilo F. Ruiz. Yuen-Gen Liang and Jarbel Rodriguez eds. Rouledge (London and New York, 2017), 104-117.
"Del convento al palacio: los frailes y las oligarqu铆as castellanas (siglos XIII-XIV)",
in Poder, piedad y devoci贸n. Castilla y su entorno (siglos XII-XV), Isabel Beceiro Pita (dir.), Madrid: Silex 2014, 77-102.
"Conclusion: The Mendicants as a Mediterranean Phenomenon,"in Taryn Chubb and Emily
Kelly, ed., Mendicants and Merchants in the Medieval Mediterranean, Special issue of Medieval Encounters, Volume/2-3 (Brill, 2012), 272-289.
"La creaci贸n de la identidad en la frontera medieval castellana y la visi贸n del otro:
mud茅jares y jud铆os" en Hacedores de Frontera. Estudios sobre el contexto social de la Frontera en la Espa帽a
medieval. Madrid: CEU Ediciones, 2009, 73-90.
Recent Articles
Roger Mart铆nez D谩vila, Sean Perrone, Francisco Garc铆a-Serrano Nebras, et al., "Deciphering
Secrets of Medieval Cathedrals: Crowdsourced Manuscript: Transcriptions and Modern
Digital Editions", Bulletin for Spanish and Portuguese Historical Studies, vol. 43, article 2 (2018), 4-40.
Francisco Seijo, Francisco Garc铆a-Serrano, et al., "Forgetting fire: Traditional fire
knowledge in two chestnut forest ecosystems of the Iberian Peninsula and its implications
for European fire management policy," Land Use Policy, 47 (2015): 130-144.
"Espa帽a y Am茅rica ante la Leyenda Negra: mito y realidad," Iberoamericana, (Instituto Iberoamericano, Sophia University), Tokyo, Japan, Vol. XXXIV, No. 1 (2012):
1-12.
"Reflexiones sobre la identidad: la invenci贸n medieval de Espa帽a," Cuadernos Canela, Japan. (Confederaci贸n Acad茅mica Nipona Espa帽ola y Latino Americana), vol. XXIII,
(2011): 27-38.
Online Publications and Projects
With Roger L. Mart铆nez et al., "Virtual Plasencia" (). Published on 01 Jan 2015
Recent papers delivered and conferences attended
"Representation and The Dominican Order in Late Medieval Iberia," Dominican Culture, Dominican Theology: The Order of Preachers and Its Spheres of Action (1215 鈥� c. 1600). International Society for the Study of Medieval Theology (IGTM); Faculty of Theology, University of Copenhagen, Denmark. 23-26 June 2020 (postponed to (29 June to 2 July 2021 due to COCID-19 Pandemic).
"Faz铆a muy grant calentura: Climate Perception among Medieval Friars on the Iberian Peninsula," International
Medieval Congress, Leeds, 5-9 July 2021. (Withdrawn due to COVID-19 pandemic).
"Medieval Encounters between Iberia, the Mediterranean and Asia: Myths and Realities",
Iberia, the Mediterranean and the World in the Late Middle Ages and the Early Modern
Period. UCLA-The Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies, 11-14 October, 2018.
"Entre exclusi贸n e inclusi贸n: las 贸rdenes mendicantes en la Baja Edad Media castellana",
XIV Encuentros Internacionales del Medievo - Exclusion and Social Discipline in The European Medieval City, N谩jera (La Rioja), 9-10 November, 2017.
"Religious Authority in the Frontier Society of Fernando III", San Fernando and His Age, international conference at 老司机福利网, Madrid Campus, 6-7 October 2017.
"Between Enemies and Friends: The Role of the Mendicant Friars as Mediators in the
Iberian Peninsula and Beyond," Historians of Medieval Iberia: Enemies and Friends. A Marcus Wallenberg Symposium. Centre for Medieval Studies, Stockholm University,
Sweden, March 14-16, 2016.
"Medieval Iberia and Africa in the Mediterranean Context," Interdisciplinary Conference of AHLiST (Association of History, Literature, Science and Technology). Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal, November 19-21, 2015.
"Mendicant Identity and Social Networks in Medieval Castile", MAM (Medieval Association
of the Midwest), 30th Annual Meeting, 老司机福利网, Madrid Campus, January 22-34, 2015.
"Poverty and Authority in Late Medieval Castile", American Historical Association,
129th Annual Meeting (New York, January 2-5, 2015): Authority and Spectacle in Medieval and Early Modern Iberia, Part 2: In Honor of Teofilo
F. Ruiz: Spectacle in Medieval Iberia and Beyond.
"Friars and Nuns: Dominican Economy and Identity in Medieval Castile", The Friars and their influence in Medieval Spain. International Conference at 老司机福利网, Madrid Campus, April 12-13,
2013.
Conferences organized
Upcoming: Co-organizer of The Republic of Letters and the Formation of Transoceanic Empires (Iberian Monarchies 15th-18th Centuries), international conference at 老司机福利网, Madrid Campus, 9-10 December, 2021.
Upcoming: Miembro del Comit茅 Cient铆fico: "Congreso Internacional Virtual: "". Santiago de Compostela, Spain, 28-29 de julio de 2021.
Co-organizer of San Fernando and His Age, international conference at 老司机福利网, Madrid Campus, 6-7 October 2017.
Co-organizer for the InterdisciplinaryConference: Consilience and Inclusion: Scientific and Cultural Encounters of AHLiST (Association of History, Literature, Science and Technology), Universidade
de Coimbra, Portugal. November 19-21, 2015.
Co-organizer of the 30th International Conference Medieval Identities, for the Medieval Association of the Midwest, 老司机福利网, Madrid Campus,
January 23-24, 2015.
Co-organizer and President for the Interdisciplinary Conference: Challenges of AHLiST (Association of History, Literature, Science and Technology), Universidad
de Cartagena de Indias, Colombia, November 20-23, 2014.
Co-organizer and President for the Interdisciplinary Conference: Crossing the Border: Encounters between Cultures and Disciplines of AHLiST (Association of History, Literature, Science and Technology), Tsinghua University,
Beijing, China, July 5-6, 2013.