Julio Crespo-MacLennan is a historian, international relations scholar and writer. He has published seven books and has lectured in over thirty countries and diverse international forums. He is a frequent contributor to the daily press and some of his articles are published internationally in diverse countries. He first specialized in modern Spanish history as a member of the Oxford school of historians founded by Sir Raymond Carr. Later, he focused on modern European history, particularly comparative imperial history and the legacy of Europe in the world. He has also worked on the history of liberalism and democracy.
His most recent book Europa, how Europe shaped the modern world (Pegasus Books, 2018), a pioneering pan-European history beyond the barriers of the nation-states, was critically acclaimed and was recently published in China. At present he is working on a history of democracy from antiquity to the 21st century.
CORPORATE EXPERIENCE
• Director of Instituto Cervantes in Istanbul (2000 – 2001), Dublin (2001 – 2005) and London (2012 – 2017) and Cultural Attaché of the Spanish Embassy in Turkey, Ireland and United Kingdom
• Vice-president of EUNIC, European Union Association of National Cultural Institutes, 2014 – 2016
• Member of the Spanish delegation organizing the state visit of H.M King Felipe VI to the United Kingdom in 2017
• Director of the Hispanic Observatory, a think tank based in London, specialized in the Hispanic world, 2017 – 2022
• Director of Ronda Energy Ltd, an international energy investment company, 2017 – 2022
ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE
• Adjunct Professor of International Relations History at IE School of Global and Public Affairs, I E University in Madrid
• Professor at the London School of Economics, 2017 – 2018
• Prince of Asturias Visiting Professor at Tufts University, Boston, 2009
• Santander Iberian and European Studies Fellow at St. Antony’s College, Oxford, 2008 – 2010
• Visiting Professor at University of Antwerp, 2010
• Lecturer at IE Business School, 2005 – 2011
• Researcher and lecturer at European Institute, San Pablo CEU University, Madrid, 2005 – 2009
• Researcher and lecturer at Ortega y Gasset University Institute, Madrid, 1997 – 2000
ACADEMIC BACKGROUND
• D. Phil. In History, St. Antony’s College, Oxford, 1997
• M.A. in History, University College, Oxford,1996
• Visiting student, Sorbonne University, Paris, 1993
• M.A. in International Relations, Ortega y Gasset University Institute, 1992
• B.A. in History, University College, Oxford, 1991
