About us
A brief page about the historian behind the project and the idea behind México Medieval.
Dr. Hervin Fernández Aceves
Dr. Hervin Fernández Aceves
Historian, medievalist, and researcher in the humanities and social sciences.
Hervin studied Political Science and Public Administration at the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), completed MAs in Comparative History and Interdisciplinary Medieval Studies at Central European University, and earned his PhD in History from the University of Leeds. He was awarded CONACYT fellowships abroad and held postdoctoral positions at the British School at Rome and Lancaster University.
His work sits at the intersection of social and political history, pre-modern studies, and digital humanities. His academic output includes books published by internationally recognized academic presses, such as Bloomsbury and Brill, as well as several articles in peer-reviewed journals based in the United Kingdom, the United States, and Mexico. He is a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society and a National Researcher in Mexico’s SNII.
He is currently a part-time research professor at El Colegio de Jalisco and an adjunct lecturer at Universidad Panamericana. He is also the editor-in-chief of Esfera Pública and Letras Históricas, and contributes to public history projects, radio, and podcasts to bring medieval history to wider audiences.
About México Medieval
‘México Medieval’ is a platform for thinking about, teaching, and sharing the Middle Ages from Mexico. It brings together academic projects, publications, courses, seminars, podcasts, fairs, festivals, and activities for both university audiences and people interested in history beyond the classroom.
The project seeks to bring medieval history closer without reducing it to castles, crusades, and the names of kings. Here, the Middle Ages appear as a broad field of questions about culture, power, society, religion, writing, historical imagination, and contemporary uses of the medieval past.
What does México Medieval bring together?
Research and publications
Books, articles, chapters, and projects on medieval history, the Mediterranean, sources, power, and society.
Courses and seminars
Academic and educational activities for studying the Middle Ages inside and outside university settings.
Public history and gatherings
Podcasts, fairs, festivals, lectures, and experiences for bringing medieval history to wider audiences.