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'Julio Crespo MacLennan' (17 May 1970) is an academic and writer specialised in contemporary Spain, Europe and the history of international relations. At present he is regional director of Instituto Cervantesin the UK, Ireland and Sweden.

Biography

Julio Crespo MacLennan was born in Madrid. He was educated in Runnymede College and University College, Oxford where he graduated in Modern History in 1991. He took an MA in International Relations at the Ortega y Gasset University Institute and briefly studied at the Sorbonne in Paris. He also holds a D. Phil in History from St. Antony's College, Oxford and an MA in International Relations from the Ortega y Gasset University Institute in Madrid.

He has taught at several Spanish, British and American universities. He has been Santander Fellow in Iberian and European Studies at St. Antony's College, Oxford, Visiting Professor at the Prince of Asturias Chair in Tufts Univeristy and Associate Professor at IE Business School, among other academic posts.

Cultural diplomacy has been the other major sphere of Dr Crespo MacLennan's professional career. He has been director of Instituto Cervantes in Istanbul, Dublin and London. He has also been vice-president of EUNIC in London, the network of the European Union National Institutes of Culture.

He initially researched into contemporary Spanish history at the Iberian Studies Centre in Oxford that was originally founded by Sir Raymond Carr. He then focused on the history of Europeanism and over the last years he has focused on comparative imperial history, the legacy of Europe in the world and the role of Europe in the global civilisation which is the subject of his last book. His books on Great Europeanists and Eurosceptics in history and European imperial history have been critically acclaimed in Spain for their innovative and edifying interpretation of these subjects and engage readers form the wider public.

He and his wife Catherine Martinez Mielot live in London. They have two children.

Publications

He is has published five books and has written over one hundred articles and book reviews published in academic journals and the press. He is a regular contributor to the Spanish daily newspaper ABC and writes occasionally for the international press.

Bibliography

Spain and the process of European integration, Palgrave Macmillan, 1999 Spain and Ireland through the ages, Four Courts Press, 2007 Espana en Europa, del ostracismo a la modernidad, 1957-1886, Marcial Pons, 2004 Forjadores de Europa. Grandes europeistas y euroescepticos en el siglo XX, Destino, 2009 Imperios, Galaxia Gutenberg, 2012