Joseph Pérez

Joseph Perez (born January 14, 1931) is a French historian specializing in Spanish history.[1] Perez has specialized in the births of the modern Spanish state and the Latin American nations. Among his books, he examines the independence movements of Latin America; Ferdinand and Isabella, the Catholic Monarchs; Holy Roman Emperor Charles V, and Philip II of Spain.

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Biography

Joseph Perez (also spelled Pérez) was born in Laroque-d'Olmes in the Ariège department, which is in the south of France near the Spanish border. His parents were Spaniards who emigrated from Bocairent in Valencia. In 1955, he was named a lecturer of Spanish by the Superior University of Saint-Cloud. He completed his doctoral thesis in 1970. His thesis studied the Revolt of the Comuneros, and remains one of the leading scholarly books on the topics.

Perez became, and still is, a professor of Spanish and Latin American civilization at the University of Bordeaux 3. Perez also served as a member of the Directorio del Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS).

Perez has worked to spread French and Spanish culture in both directions. He founded the La Maison des Pays Iberiques, a center for Spanish culture in France, and between 1989 and 1996 Perez directed the Casa de Velázquez in Madrid, a French cultural institution funded by the French government dedicated to supporting interplay between France and Hispanic cultures.

Awards and honors

Perez's doctoral thesis won the Saintour prize that year. He has severed as honorary president of the University of Bordeaux 3.

Perez is a corresponding member of the Real Academia de la Historia. He was awarded an honorary doctorate by the University of Valladolid. Other honors include being Order of Alfonso X the Wise, a Commander of the Order of Isabella the Catholic, and a member of the French Legion of Honor.

On January 25, 2007 the board of the Municipality of Bocairent, voted unanimously to grant Perez the title of "Adopted son of Bocairent." Bocairent was the birthplace of his parents and his three brothers. The ceremony celebrating the event was held on March 30, 2007 at the town hall.[1][2]

Works

Aside from books, Perez has also written numerous articles, especially in Bulletin Hispanique, such as his well-received notes and introduction to El caballero de Olmedo by Lope de Vega.

References

  1. ^ a b Presentación PDF sobre Joseph Pérez para el acto institucional del Ayuntamiento de Bocairente.
  2. ^ Las Provincias. "Bocairent: El Consistorio nombra hijo adoptivo a Joseph Pérez". http://www.lasprovincias.es/valencia/prensa/20061129/costera/consistorio-nombra-hijo-adoptivo_20061129.html. Retrieved 2009-04-24.