Joseph Pérez Explained

Joseph Pérez should not be confused with Joseph Pérès.

Joseph Pérez
Birth Date:14 January 1931
Birth Place:Laroque-d'Olmes, France
Death Place:Bordeaux
Nationality:French
Occupation:Historian

Joseph Pérez (14 January 1931 8 October 2020)[1] was a French historian specializing in Spanish history.[2] Pérez specialized in the births of the modern Spanish state and the Latin American nations. Among his books, he examined the independence movements of Hispanic America; Ferdinand and Isabella, the Catholic Monarchs; Holy Roman Emperor Charles V, and Philip II of Spain.

Biography

Joseph 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.

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

Pérez 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 Pérez 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.

Pérez died on 8 October 2020 in Bordeaux, aged 89.[1]

Ideas

Joseph Pérez challenges the notion of decadence that is associated with Spain in the 17th and 18th centuries. For him, this black legend is a distorted image due to the views held by the Protestant countries of northern Europe[3] .

Awards and honors

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

Pérez was 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 25 January 2007 the board of the Municipality of Bocairent voted unanimously to grant Pérez 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.[2] [4]

In 2014, Pérez won the Princess of Asturias Awards in Social Sciences.[5]

Works

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

References

Notes and References

  1. News: Muere el historiador Joseph Pérez, gran estudioso francés de la España moderna y la leyenda negra. El Pais. 9 October 2020. es.
  2. http://pista.dva.gva.es/cmpal/download/46072/2007-03/26/Joseph_Perez_02.pdf Presentación PDF sobre Joseph Pérez para el acto institucional del Ayuntamiento de Bocairente.
  3. [La Nouvelle Revue d'Histoire]
  4. Web site: Bocairent: El Consistorio nombra hijo adoptivo a Joseph Pérez . Las Provincias . 2009-04-24.
  5. https://elpais.com/cultura/2014/05/14/actualidad/1400061014_728567.html El hispanista francés Joseph Pérez, Premio Príncipe de Ciencias Sociales 2014

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