JAVIER FRANCISCO Postdoctoral Researcher of Imperial and Global History DFG Graduate School “Empires” [email protected]

ACADEMIC CAREER • From Nov. 2020, postdoctoral researcher at University of Freiburg 3rd book project: Bio-Cultural Diversity in Decline: Reassessing European Rule and Expansion in the Americas • Jan. 2019 – Oct. 2020, postdoctoral researcher at Max-Weber Kolleg 2nd book project: House of Cards: Europe’s Friction-Based Rule in the Americas • Feb. 2017 – Sep. 2018, postdoctoral researcher at Freie Universität Project: French-Spanish Security Dilemma During the American Revolution • Spring 2013 – fall 2016, Ph.D. in History, Freie Universität Berlin PhD Thesis: The Spanish-American Jesuit University in Córdoba – Transatlantic Entanglements and Social Impact During the Colonial Era (awarded magna cum laude, thesis defense 11.07.2016, published 2018) o Spring semester 2014, Visiting Scholar at Columbia University/ New York City o Fall semester 2013, research stay at Colegio de México/ Mexico-City • Spring 2012 – fall 2012, preparatory Ph.D. in History, University of Tübingen • Spring 2011 – fall 2011, training in didactics and pedagogy and high school teacher, Nürtingen • Spring 2003 – fall 2010, Staatsexamen (equiv. of a bachelor’s and master’s degree) in History, Spanish, English and didactics-pedagogy, University of Tübingen Thesis: Hegemony vs. Balance of Power. Anglo-Spanish Rivalry During the Reign of Philipp II. (awarded summa cum laude) o Fall semester 2007, study abroad at University of Queensland/ Brisbane

FELLOWSHIPS, GRANTS, AND AWARDS • 2019 – 2020, Max-Planck Institute, fund for research stay at Max-Weber Kolleg Erfurt • Fall 2017, University of Göttingen, fund grant for the workshop Reconfiguring Imperial Spaces: Intra- and Inter-Imperial Entanglements • Spring 2016, IRTG Between Spaces, follow-up funding award for the completion of the PhD • Spring 2013 – fall 2015, DFG (German Research Association), PhD fellowship, including grants for research travels to Seville, Vatican City, Córdoba and Buenos Aires • Spring 2015, DFG, fund grant for the workshop Liminality as an Interdisciplinary Interface? • Spring 2014, IRTG Between Spaces, award for Visiting Scholar at Columbia University • Spring 2012 – fall 2012, Gesellschaft für Überseegeschichte, qualifying PhD fellowship • Fall 2007, DAAD (German Academic Exchange Service), scholarship for stay abroad at University of Brisbane

CONFERENCE ORGANIZATION • Workshop on historical references as benchmarks for biodiversity assessments with: Dr. des. Stephanie Maier (Life Sciences, Fraunhofer Institut ), envisaged: 2021 (pending due to Covid19) • Berlin, workshop on imperial history and theoretical concepts with: Prof. Dr. Jens Scheiner (Islamic Studies, University of Göttingen), 12th-14th October 2017 Reconfiguring Imperial Spaces: Intra- and Inter-Imperial Entanglements • Trier, conference on methodology with: Graduate School ‘Diversity’, 10th-12th June 2015 Liminality as an Interdisciplinary Interface?

INVITED LECTURES (SELECTED) • September 2020, University of Göttingen, workshop on isnād-cum-matn analysis and the potential of imperial history for the Califate-Emirate • August 2019, Federal Agency for Nature Conservations (BfN), International Congress on the Implementation of Biological Diversity, Vilm • January 2019, University of , research colloquium on the history of global Europe • July 2018, International Congress of American Studies, Salamanca Universalidad y particularismo en las Américas • April 2018, workshop on European, global history organized by Prof. Dr. Hans Joas (Humboldt University) and Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Reinhard (emeritus), Berlin Die Unterwerfung der Welt. Probleme europäischer Globalgeschichte 1415-2015 (En. The Submission of the World. Problems of European Global History 1415-2015) • May 2017, University of Fribourg, conference on the suppression of the Jesuit order, Fribourg 250 Jahre nach Aufhebung der Jesuitenmissionen in Spanisch Amerika (1767) (En. 250 Years After the Suppression of the Jesuit Missions in Spanish-America 1767)) • June 2016, University of Köln, public lecture organized by Prof. Dr. Jürgen Elvert on European Overseas History, Köln Akteure, Pläne und deren Nebenwirkungen in der europäischen Geschichte (En. Actors, Plans and Side Effects in European History) • March 2015, Jesuitica association, conference on Jesuit universities, Paderborn Jesuitenuniversitäten als Medienzentren (En. Jesuit Universities as Media Centers) • November 2014, Nordic Network for Renaissance Studies, conference on social dynamics of the Early Modern Era, Stockholm Movement & Arrest in Early Modern Culture • March 2014, Middle Atlantic Council of Latin American Studies at Rutgers University, conference on marginalized groups in Latin America, New Brunswick Rethinking Social Justice in Latin America: From the Vatican to the Street • May 2013, Latin American Studies (ADLAF), conference for young researchers, Köln TEACHING AND ADVISING EXPERIENCE University courses • Spring 2018, Potsdam, bachelor course Durch das Schwert, das Kreuz und die Münze: europäischer Imperialismus bis 1824 (En. By Sword, Cross, and the Coin: European Imperialisms Until 1824) • Spring 2018, Hagen-Berlin, master course Argentinien als Einwanderungsland (En. Argentina as a Country of Immigration) • Fall 2017, Berlin, PhD course Developing Arguments in a Dissertation • Spring 2017, Berlin, individual mentoring course for PhD students Cutting the Gordian Knot – Final Analytical and Methodological Support • Spring 2017, summer academy of the Studientstiftung des deutschen Volkes • Fall 2016, Göttingen, master course with Prof. Dr. Jens Scheiner The World of Islam: Creating YouTube Edutainment Videos

Training in pedagogy and didactics • Spring 2011, State Seminar in Esslingen Heterogeneity and Internal Differentiation Conflict Management in Educational Environments • Spring 2009, University of Tübingen Social Inclusion in Classrooms Gender and its Conscious and Unconscious Impact in Teaching

LANGUAGES First language: C2: B2: A2: Reading proficiency: German, Spanish English French Japanese, Russian Latin, Portuguese

SOCIAL COMMITMENT • 2019 – present, Member of Scientists for Future in the regional group Berlin/ • Spring 2018, Participation in Al Gore’s Climate Reality Leadership Program, Berlin • Fall 2012, Delegate of the University of Tübingen at the “World Student Environmental Summit,” Lausanne • 2011 – 2012, Honorary post as first-aid instructor at “Medizinische Ausbildung und Seminare,” Tübingen • 2011 – 2012, Honorary post at a home for the elderly; recreational activity for facilitating their social participation, Rottenburg a.N. • 2003 – 2004, Voluntary social year in a home for the handicapped (Tokyo) and in a resident for the elderly (Kyoto), Japan

PUBLICATIONS Books • Die spanisch-amerikanische Jesuitenuniversität in Córdoba, Argentinien – transatlantische Verflechtungen und gesellschaftliche Verankerung in der Kolonialzeit. Stuttgart: 2018. (En. The Spanish-American Jesuit University in Córdoba – Transatlantic Entanglements and Social Impact During the Colonial Era) • House of Cards: Europe’s Friction-Based Rule in the Americas. Status: Forthcoming 2021.

Refereed Articles • “Conceptual Framework For Biodiversity Assessments in Global Value Chains,” in: Sustainability, vol. 11/7: 2019. With: Stephanie Maier (Fraunhofer Institut), Jan P. Lindner (Bochum University of Applied Sciences). [open-access: https://www.mdpi.com/2071- 1050/11/7/1841/pdf]. • “‘Para convertir a los infieles’ – Asymmetries in the Global Circulation of Jesuit Personnel,” in: Schmid Heer, Esther; Klein, Nikolaus et al. (eds.). Transfer, Begegnung, Skandalon? Neue Perspektiven auf die Jesuitenmissionen in Spanisch-Amerika. Stuttgart: 2019. Pp. 127–146. • “Das jesuitische ‘trojanische Pferd’ im transandinen Vizekönigreich Peru – sektorale Kooperation und Wettbewerb,” in: Elvert, Jürgen; Elvert, Martina (eds.). Agenten, Akteure, Abenteurer. Berlin: 2018. Pp. 189–198. (En. The Jesuit “Trojan Horse” in the Transandine Region of the Viceroyalty of Peru – Sectoral Cooperation and Competition) • “Methodological Approach for the Sustainability Assessment of Development Cooperation Projects for Built Innovations Based on the SDGs and Life Cycle Thinking,” in: Sustainability, vol. 8/10: 2016. With: Stephanie Maier (), Tabea Beck () et al. [open-access: http://www.mdpi.com/2071- 1050/8/10/1006]. • “How Was the Inquisition Rooted in Early Modern Malta?” in: Hauser, Julia; Scheiner, Jens (eds.). Malta and the Mediterranean 2017. Calendar contribution to be found in month ‘May’. Berlin: 2016. • “Die vergessene Geißel Afrikas – Onchocerca ochengi,” in: Faktor 14, n°6: 2012. With: Stephanie Maier (University of Tübingen). (En. The Forgotten Scourge of Africa – Onchocerca ochengi)

Book Reviews • Entscheidungsprozesse vor Ort. Die Provinzkongregationen der Jesuiten in Paraguay (1608-1762), by Fabian Fechner, Journal of Jesuit Studies, vol. 4/4: 2017. Pp.704–707. [open-access: http://booksandjournals.brillonline.com/content/journals/10.1163/22141332-00404008- 09] • America die verkehrte Welt. Prozesse der Verräumlichung in den Paraguay-Berichten des Tiroler Jesuiten Anton Sepp (1655-1733), by Esther Schmid Heer, Frühneuzeit, vol. 25: 2014. Pp. 275–276.

Publications for the General Public • “Der Verlust der biologischen und kulturellen Vielfalt: historische Entwicklung (post- )kolonialer sozio-ökologischer Landnutzung,” in: BfN ‘Aktuelle Biodiversitätsforschung’: 2020. (En. Biological and Cultural Diversity in Decline: Historical Developments of (Post)Colonial Socio- Ecological Land-Use) Journalistic articles [open access: www.cleanenergy-project.de] • “Eine Frage der Glaubwürdigkeit: Deutsche Förderung der Atomkraft im Ausland”, August 2012 (En. A Question of Credibility: German State Subsidies of Nuclear Power Abroad) • “Mit grünem Wachstum neue Wege beschreiten”, June 2012 (En. Striking a New Path with Green Economy) • “Licht in den Slums – zum Nulltarif”, March 2012 (En. Light in the Slums – for Free) • “Indiens Klimapolitik des 21. Jahrhundert: Chancen und Risiken”, February 2012 (En. India’s Climate Policy of the 21st Century: Opportunities and Risks)