Jesús Ángel Solórzano Telechea is Full Professor (Catedrático) in Medieval History and Research Group Leader GOBPORT at University of Cantabria. (He/ his/ him)
Orcid: 0000-0002-0640-8600
Publications and Research: https://unican.academia.edu/Jes%C3%BAsAngelSol%C3%B3rzanoTelechea
RESEARCH
He has a broad interest in Medieval Urban History and he is especially interested in:
- Port societies, Maritime history and Globalization in the Middle Ages
- Power, Social conflict and communication in the Medieval cities
- Gender and LGBTQi+ History in Medieval Kingdom of Castile
- Naval War in Medieval Atlantic.
Currently, he is co-director of the project "BARMER. Del barco al mercado. Actividad económica, relaciones sociales y conflictos armados en las ciudades y villas portuarias de la Europa Atlántica bajomedieval” (PID2020-118105GBI00), funded by Spanish Research Agency.
He has published on the development of the political culture of the Commons in Northern Iberia, the social exclusion in the Medieval cities of the Kingdom of Castile, the Ports and the first Globalization, and he is currently writing a book on Port and Maritime history in Medieval Europe.
He has advised 11 PhD Thesis
EMPLOYMENT AND PROFESSIONAL SERVICES
1994-1998. University of Cantabria. PhD Researcher.
1999. University of Cantabria. Posdoctoral Researcher.
1999-2003. Parlament of Cantabria. Presidency's Advisor.
2000-2005. University of Cantabria. Tourism School. Assistant Professor of Global History.
2003- present. Coordinator and Chair of International Meetings of the Middle Ages in Nájera
2005. Université Jean-Monnet, Saint-Étienne. CERCOR. Chercheur Invité.
2006-2018. University of Cantabria. Senior Lecturer in Medieval History.
2012- present. FWO - Research Foundation Flanders.
2012-2017. University of Cantabria. Dean of Faculty of Arts and Humanities.
2013- present. University of New Lisbon. Institute of Medieval Studies. Associated member.
2013. Trinity College of Dublin. Honorary fellow in Medieval History Research Center
2015-present. European Social Science History Conference (ESSHC). Co-chair of the Network Middle Ages.
2015 and 2018. University of California-Los Angeles. Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies. Distinguished Visiting Scholar.
2018–2021: Member of the Executive Board, Spanish Society for Medieval Studies
2022-present. RIMEG (Red Internacional Multidisciplinar de Estudios de Género). Member of the Executive Board.
2018- University of Cantabria. Full Professor in Medieval History / Catedrático de Historia Medieval
2020- European Science Foundation. College of Expert Reviewers. Member of the college.
2024- present. Director Científico de GLOPORTS - International Network of Atlantic Seaports and Global Interactions
2025- present. Editor-in-Chief of New Historical Journal / Nuova Rivista Storica
AWARDS
2000. Manuel Teira History Prize
2008. Innovation Teaching Prize
2018. Maritime History Prize Admiral Gut
