Joaquín Fermandois
José Joaquín Fermandois Huerta (born 23 August 1948) is a Chilean historian and scholar.
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| Born | 23 August 1948 Vina del Mar, Chile |
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| Occupation | Researcher |
| Profession | Historian |
A disciple of traditionalist thinkers like Mario Góngora and Héctor Herrera Cajas, he has claimed to be a follower of the British historian Arnold J. Toynbee.
Biography
He studied History at the History Institute of the Pontifical Catholic University of Valparaíso, from which he graduated in 1970. Later, he did postgraduate studies in Germany and Spain, where he obtained a PhD from the University of Seville (1984).[1][2][3]
A member of the Chilean Academy of History, he is a professor at the Institute of History of the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile.
He was deputy director of the Institute of International Studies at the University of Chile (1996−98). In addition to his work as a historian, he is a frequent columnist for the daily El Mercurio, being considered one of the most influential public intellectuals in Chile.
Through his texts, he has argued with other researchers about the foreign policy of the United States, the Popular Unity and the transformations that the Chilean society lived around the 20th century.
References
- "'No descarto que reviva el propósito revolucionario en la izquierda chilena'". El Mundo. 11 September 2013. Retrieved 12 September 2021.
- "Joaquín Fermandois, nuevo presidente de la Academia Chilena de la Historia". Economía y Negocios. 28 September 2018. Retrieved 12 September 2021.
- "Historiador Joaquín Fermandois dictó conferencia para alumnos de Magíster y Doctorado en Historia PUCV". Pontifical Catholic University of Valparaíso. 12 November 2020. Retrieved 12 November 2021.