Hervin Fernández Aceves is a historian and medievalist, a postdoctoral researcher at the Universidad Panamericana , and a professor and researcher at El Colegio de Jalisco. He holds a Ph.D. in History from the University of Leeds, a master’s degree in Comparative History and Interdisciplinary Medieval Studies from Central European University, and a bachelor’s degree in Political Science and Public Administration from UNAM. He completed postdoctoral fellowships at the British Academy in Rome and at Lancaster University.
His research focuses on the social and political history of the medieval Mediterranean, particularly rural societies, serfdom, and power structures. He also works with prosopography, digital humanities, and network analysis applied to historical sources, and studies the connections between the global Middle Ages and the formation of New Spain’s societies.
He is a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society and has published books with internationally renowned academic presses, such as Bloomsbury and Brill, as well as numerous articles in peer-reviewed scholarly journals in the United Kingdom, the United States, and Mexico. He is also the editor-in-chief of the scholarly journals *Letras Históricas* and *Esfera Pública*.
Research Areas
- Social, Political, and Cultural History of the Medieval Mediterranean
- Digital Humanities, Prosopography, and Network Analysis Applied to Historical Sources
- Connections Between the Global Middle Ages and the Formation of New Spain Societies