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Juan Carlos Sales, PhD

📧 juancsales1891@gmail.com  | 📞 +34 688 966 869
🔗 ORCID: 0000-0002-0984-271X


Education

  • PhD in History and Contemporary Studies – Universitat Jaume I (2022)
    Distinctions: Summa Cum Laude | International Doctorate

  • Master in Foreign Policy – Universidad Internacional de Valencia (2023)

  • Master in Contemporary Philosophical Thought – Universitat de ValĂšncia (2016)

  • Bachelor in Humanities: Intercultural Studies – Universitat Jaume I (2015)


Professional Experience

Project Assistant

Consulting & Development – Bureau d’études (2023–2024)

  • Consulting work in the Feminist Opportunities Now (FON) project, funded by the French Development Agency (AFD).

  • Certified in Project Management with Agile Methodologies and Lean Approaches.


Digital Editor

Revista de PolĂ­tica Exterior (2023)

  • Editorial review, translation, social media, and communication management.

  • SEO optimization and article publication on WordPress.


Teaching Staff

Department of History, Geography, and Art – Universitat Jaume I (2018–2021)
Taught courses in:

  • Translation and Languages (2021)

  • Labour Relations (2020)

  • Journalism (2020)

  • Advertising and Public Relations (2019)

  • History and Heritage (2018)


Pre-Doctoral Research Fellow

Universitat Jaume I (2017–2022)

  • Earned the University Teaching Accreditation Diploma.

  • Member of the HISCOM Educational Innovation Group.

  • Completed advanced training in digital teaching materials, mentoring, gamification, and English integration in virtual classrooms.


Publications (Selection)

  • Sales, J.C. & SĂĄnchez, C.F. (2024). “From SĂŁo Paulo to Puebla: The Ibero-American Left between Return and Transformation (1990–2024)”. Araucaria, Vol. 26(56).

  • Sales, J.C. (2024). “The Necessary Institutionalization of Charisma: Bureaucracy and Caudillismo under Francoism”. Studia Humanitatis Journal, 4(1).

  • Sales, J.C. (2023). “China’s Development Cooperation in Latin America and the Caribbean: Strategies of Action and Foreign Policy.” In R. DomĂ­nguez & G. Lo Brutto (eds.), International Cooperation at the Crossroads. University of Cantabria Press.

  • Sales, J.C. (2023). Book Review: “Space and Hierarchy. Notes for a Radical Geometry,” Revista de FilosofĂ­a, 48(1): 255–258.

  • Sales, J.C. (2022). “Vicente MartĂ­nez, a Solitary Hunter.” Exhibition catalog, FundaciĂłn Chirivella Soriano, Valencia.

  • Sales, J.C. (2021). “National-Liberalism: The Legitimation of Francoism between Late Capitalism and the Cold War.” Araucaria, Vol. 43(47).

  • Sales, J.C. (2021). “The Theological-Political Question in the Legitimation of Francoism.” Hispania Sacra, 73(148).

(Full publication list available upon request or via ORCID)


Conferences and Presentations

  • “From the Drama of Forgetting to the Problematics of Memory”, XIII Congress of the Spanish Association of Phenomenology, University of Seville (2021).

  • “The Immanent World: The Political Anthropology of Identity”, Academia Europaea, WrocƂaw Knowledge Hub, Poland (2019).

  • “Historical Memory and Francoism”, Department of Hispanic Philology, University of ƁódĆș, Poland (2019).

  • “Historical Keys in the Formation of New Cultural Forms”, VII International Symposium of Hispanists, University of ƁódĆș (2018).

  • “Publicity and Trust: Keys to Institutional Design”, 68th International Congress on the History of Parliamentarism, University of the Balearic Islands (2016).


Honors and Distinctions

  • RENACYT Level VII Researcher, Government of Peru (2024)

  • Guest Editor, Araucaria journal special issue “The Future of Ibero-America” (2023)

  • Peer Reviewer for indexed journals (Araucaria, La Colmena) (2022)

  • Teaching Excellence Award, Universitat Jaume I (2021)

  • Guest speaker for the international seminar “Beyond Identity? New Avenues for Interdisciplinary Research on Identity,” funded by the Academia Europaea, Wroclaw (Poland) (2019)

  • Research Stay, Leibniz Institute of European History, Mainz, Germany (2019)

  • Predoctoral Fellowship, Spanish Ministry of Education and Science (2017–2022)

  • DAAD Scholarship for Intensive German Studies, Marburg, Germany (2013)

  • Academic Excellence Awards, Universitat Jaume I (2011, 2012)


Languages

  • Spanish: Native

  • Valencian/Catalan: Native

  • English:  Highly Proficient

  • German: Proficient


References

  • Dr. Ricardo MartĂ­n de la Guardia
    Full Professor of Contemporary History, University of Valladolid
    📧 guardia@fyl.uva.es

  • Dr. Antonio Hermosa AndĂșjar
    Full Professor of Ancient Philosophy, University of Seville
    📧 hermosa@us.es | ☎ +34 954 55 77 90

  • Dr. Vicente Ordóñez Roig
    Associate Professor of Practical Philosophy and Politics, UNED (Madrid)
    📧 vordonez@fsof.uned.es | ☎ +34 964 72 98 73