Javier Alonso López

Javier Alonso (1967) is a professor of Humanities at IE University. His entire academic training and professional life revolves around two axes: Philology, in its aspects of both language teaching and translation, on the one hand, and Ancient History, on the other hand. This has allowed him to have a varied professional life, in which he has combined teaching with academic research, archaeological experience and scientific dissemination, both in tourism and in the media, especially radio.

Professional experience

• Language teacher at IE Business School since 1996

• Professor of languages and Humanities at IE University since 2013

• Writer. More than 40 books and articles

• Archaeological Travel Guide since 2017

Academic experience

• Secondary Education Teacher, various high schools in Madrid 1991 - 2000

• Language teacher at IMBA IE Business School 1996 - 2021

• Language Professor, Language Center, IE University Spain, 2013 - Present

• Professor of Humanities, IE University, 2021 - Present

Academic background

• Graduate in Semitic Philology (Hebrew and Aramaic section) from the Faculty of Philology of the Complutense University of Madrid. 1990

• Diploma in Germanic Philology from the Faculty of Philology of the Complutense University of Madrid. 1991

• Master in Languages and Cultures of the Ancient Near East from the Faculty of Philology of the Complutense University of Madrid. 1998

• Diploma from the DEA in the doctoral program of the Institute of Religions, dependent on the Department of Ancient History of the Complutense University of Madrid. 2008