Dr. Fernando Cervantes

Biography

Fernando Cervantes is a historian specializing in early modern Europe, particularly in intellectual and religious history with a focus on early modern Spain and Spanish America. He served as the principal investigator for the Leverhulme Research Project titled 'Celestial Fallen: Angels and Demons in the Hispanic World' from 2005 to 2008. His recent works include a co-edited collection of essays, 'Angels, Demons in the New World', published by Cambridge University Press in 2013, and a book entitled 'Conquistadores: A New History' published by Allen Lane/Penguin in 2020. He has held various fellowships at prestigious institutions such as the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton and the Centre for Medieval and Renaissance Studies at UCLA. Additionally, he occupied the Tipton Distinguished Visiting Chair at the University of California, Santa Barbara in 2009. Cervantes is actively involved in supervising PhD students on diverse topics, including diabolism in colonial Peru and the Cristero Revolt in post-revolutionary Mexico. He welcomes research proposals in the area of intellectual and religious history pertaining to early modern Spain and Spanish America.

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