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BORJA VILALLONGA
Comte Borrell, 128, 2-1
E-08015 Barcelona, CT, Spain
Phone: (+34) 934 545 396
E-mail: bvilallonga@mac.com
Webpage: http://www.borjavilallonga.net
ACADEMIC POSITIONS
2012-present:
Associate Research Fellow, Raymond Aron Center for Sociological and
Political Studies, École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales
2008-2012: Junior Research Fellow, Department of Modern History, Universitat
Autònoma de Barcelona
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OTHER POSITIONS
2011: Visiting Scholar, Department of History, Columbia University
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2011: Short-Term Visitor, Istituto Storico Italiano per il Medio Evo in Rome
EDUCATION
- Joint Ph.D. in History, École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales and Universitat
Autònoma de Barcelona, 2011
Dissertation: “Représenter la Nation. Histoire et mémoire de l’Espagne dans la
Catalogne du XIXème siècle” [To Represent the Nation. History and Memory of Spain in
Nineteenth-Century Catalonia]
Supervisors: Christophe Prochasson (EHESS) and Ricardo García Cárcel (UAB)
Très honorable avec félicitations / Excel·lent cum laude grades awarded
- M.A. in Comparative History, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 2008
- B.A. in History, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 2007
Matrícula d’Honor grade awarded (highest honors)
- International Baccalaureate Diploma, Jaume Vicens Vives Secondary School, Girona, 2003
Bilingual Diploma awarded
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HONORS, FELLOWSHIPS AND AWARDS
2013: Tikvah Advanced Institutes, Tikvah Fund
2012: Catalan Modern History Research Grant, Center for the Catalan Modern
History, Catalan Government
2011: Research Stay Grant, Spanish Ministry of Education
2010: Research Stay Grant, Spanish Ministry of Education
2008-2012: Predoctoral Fellowship, Spanish Ministry of Education
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2008: Postgraduate Fellowship, Catalan Agency for Administration of University
and Research Grants, Catalan Government (declined)
2007: UAB Graduation Prize for Exceptional Achievement 2007 (highest GPA)
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2006-2007: UAB Department of Modern History Undergraduate Research Scholarship
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
1. Catholic Modernity. Re-Imagining Catholicism in the Nineteenth Century (under contract
with the University of Pennsylvania Press)
2. “The Theoretical Origins of Catholic Nationalism in Nineteenth-Century Europe”, Modern
Intellectual History (forthcoming, 2014)
3. “Figuras de judaísmo” [Figures of Judaism], Revista de historia Jerónimo Zurita
(forthcoming, 2013)
4. “La nación católica: Balmes y la representación de España en el Ochocientos” [The
Catholic Nation: Balmes and the Representation of Spain in the Nineteenth Century],
Historia social, 72 (2012), 49-64
5. “Compitiendo en españolidad: el nacionalismo español de la intelectualidad catalana del
Ochocientos” [Striving for Spanishness: the Spanish Nationalism of the Catalan
Intelligentsia in the Nineteenth Century], Alcores, 12 (2011), 75-95
6. “La representació del ‘Gran Dia de Girona’ en el setge de 1809 durant el Vuit-cents” [The
Representation of the ‘Great Day of Girona’ in the Siege of 1809 during the Nineteenth
Century], Annals de l’Institut d’Estudis Gironins, LI (2010), 501-517
7. “Historiografía y mito nacional: los sitios de Gerona durante la
Restauración” [Historiography and National Myth: the Sieges of Girona during the
Spanish Restoration], Revista de historia Jerónimo Zurita, 83 (2008), 139-158
8. “La historiografia gironina de la Restauració” [The Historiography of the Spanish
Restoration in Girona], Annals de l’Institut d’Estudis Gironins, XLIX (2008), 619-641
9. “Mecenazgo político y estatuaria monumental: la obra de Miquel Blay en
Panamá” [Political Patronage and Monumental Statuary: the Work of Miquel Blay in
Panama], Diálogos. Revista electrónica de historia, special issue (2008), 2156-2178
10. “Inventariant els instruments científics de l’Institut Jaume Vicens Vives” [The inventory of
Scientific Instruments of the Jaume Vicens Vives Secondary School] (joint with Albert
Ruhí), Actes d’Història de la Ciència i de la Tècnica, 1, 1 (2008), 129-140
11. “Carles Rahola i el mite dels setges de Girona al 1808 i 1809” [Carles Rahola and the Myth
of the Sieges of Girona in 1808 and 1809], L’Avenç, 327 (2007), 36-39
12. “El patrimoni científic de l’Institut Jaume Vicens Vives de Girona: una aproximació
històrica” [The Scientific Legacy of Jaume Vicens Vives Secondary School: a historical
approach], in Grapí, P.; Massa, R. M., Actes de la II jornada sobre la història de la
ciència i l’ensenyament ‘Antoni Quintana Marí’ (Barcelona: Societat Catalana
d’Història de la Ciència, 2007), 137-143
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13. Rafael Masó a Llagostera [Rafael Masó in Llagostera] (Llagostera: Arxiu Municipal de
Llagostera, 2002)
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OTHER ACADEMIC ACTIVITIES
Member:
American Historical Association, Royal Historical Society, Societat
Catalana d’Estudis Històrics, Fundación Española de Historia Moderna
Research Projects: -“Memoria y Cultura Religiosa en el Mundo Hispánico,
1500-1835” [Memory and Religious Culture in the Spanish World,
1500-1835], (HAR2011-28732-C03-01), Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona,
2011-2013
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TEACHING EXPERIENCE
-“Grup de Recerca d’Estudis d’Història Cultural” [Cultural History Studies
Research Group] (2009SGR0329), Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona,
2009-2012
-“La Construcción de la Memoria Histórica de la Compañía de Jesús en el
Mundo Hispánico durante la Edad Moderna” [Historical Memory-
Building Process of the Society of Jesus in the Modern Spanish World]
(HAR2008-06048-C03-03), Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 2008-2011
-“La Recepción del Hispanismo Europeo y Americano Contemporáneo en
España” [Modern European and American Hispanism Reception in Spain]
(CEHI04), Fundación Carolina, 2006
1. Histoire Politique Contemporaine de l’Europe [Contemporary Political History of
Europe]. PhD Program, École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales. Fall 2010
2. Historiografia-IV [Modern Historiography]. Undergraduate Program, Universitat
Autònoma de Barcelona. Fall 2010
3. Historiografia-IV [Modern Historiography]. Undergraduate Program, Universitat
Autònoma de Barcelona. Spring 2010
4. Cultura i Mentalitats en l’Europa Moderna [Intellectual History and Mentalities in Early
Modern Europe]. Undergraduate Program, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Spring
2008
5. Història Contemporània d’Espanya-I [Spanish History in the Nineteenth Century].
Undergraduate Program, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Spring 2008
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PRESENTATIONS IN CONFERENCES
2013: I Jornades de Patrimoni Defensiu d’època moderna, Figueres, October
(Keynote Speech)
III Annual Symposium of the Nineteeenth-Century Hispanists Network, Paris,
May (Abstract)
2009: III Congrés d’Història de Girona ‘Guerra i poder a les terres de frontera
(1792-1823), Girona, November (Abstract)
VII Curso de Fortificación y Poliorcética, Madrid, May (Invited Speaker)
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2008: IX Congreso Centroamericano de Historia, San José, July (Keynote Speech)
2006: IX Trobada d’Història de la Ciència i de la Tècnica, Girona, November
(Poster)
2005: II Jornada sobre la història de la ciència i l’ensenyament ‘Antoni Quintana
Marí’, Barcelona, November (Abstract)
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INVITED SEMINARS
2012: University of Leeds, Universitat de Girona
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2009: École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales
PROFESSIONAL SERVICE
2013-present:
Op-ed contributor, Diari Ara
2010: Undergraduate adviser (volunteer position), Spring-fall
2008: Scientific Committee, Symposium “La Compañía de Jesús y su proyección
mediática en la Edad Moderna”, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona,
October
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LANGUAGES
Native Catalan and French; Near native-ability English and Spanish (written and spoken);
proficient Latin and Italian; proficient reading knowledge, German, Occitan and Portuguese;
basic Hebrew and Esperanto.
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