Dr. Pelayo Fernández García
@pelayo-fergar.bsky.social
#earlymodern historian. PhD in History, PhD in Humanistic Research. Interested in cultural, war and diplomatic History, also network analysis. Cataloguing the manuscript collection of the IFESXVIII. FRHistS (He/him).
http://es.linkedin.com/in/pelayofergar
http://es.linkedin.com/in/pelayofergar
The volume Translation in Early Modern Diplomacy includes my chapter, "Diplomacy, languages, and the European balance: negotiations at the Congress of Soissons (1728–1729)". A small contribution to the role languages and translations played on this diplomatic forum: www.routledge.com/Translation-...
December 13, 2025 at 11:13 AM
The volume Translation in Early Modern Diplomacy includes my chapter, "Diplomacy, languages, and the European balance: negotiations at the Congress of Soissons (1728–1729)". A small contribution to the role languages and translations played on this diplomatic forum: www.routledge.com/Translation-...
SWESP, the International Research Network on Iberian–Nordic Contacts throughout History, is pleased to announce the call for papers for its fourth workshop to be held on 21–22 May 2026 at the University of Gothenburg in cooperation with Pompeu Fabra University & the University of Helsinki.
November 11, 2025 at 5:47 PM
SWESP, the International Research Network on Iberian–Nordic Contacts throughout History, is pleased to announce the call for papers for its fourth workshop to be held on 21–22 May 2026 at the University of Gothenburg in cooperation with Pompeu Fabra University & the University of Helsinki.
It's a pleasure to present this collective work (in Open Access), which I have coordinated with Juan Díaz Álvarez. On the occasion of the 3d centenary of the publication of the first volume of the Military Reflections by the 3rd Marquis of Santa Cruz de Marcenado.
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November 10, 2025 at 8:22 AM
It's a pleasure to present this collective work (in Open Access), which I have coordinated with Juan Díaz Álvarez. On the occasion of the 3d centenary of the publication of the first volume of the Military Reflections by the 3rd Marquis of Santa Cruz de Marcenado.
reunido.uniovi.es/index.php/AC...
reunido.uniovi.es/index.php/AC...
Indignante (¿es que hay de otro tipo) uso de la IA, y excelente vía para denunciarlo ante las autoridades competentes de nuestros medios públicos. Como historiadores (como cualquier gremio) no podemos dejar de señalar este tipo de papanateces que pretenden ser divulgación y/o enseñanza del pasado.
Le he visto esta noticia a @srtagalicia.bsky.social que ha compartido también el link para escribir a la Defensora de la Audiencia de RTVE: www.rtve.es/rtve-respond...
Esto es lo que le he escrito yo, por si alguien quiere copiarse/usarlo de borrador (texto completo en el ALT):
Esto es lo que le he escrito yo, por si alguien quiere copiarse/usarlo de borrador (texto completo en el ALT):
October 1, 2025 at 11:54 AM
Indignante (¿es que hay de otro tipo) uso de la IA, y excelente vía para denunciarlo ante las autoridades competentes de nuestros medios públicos. Como historiadores (como cualquier gremio) no podemos dejar de señalar este tipo de papanateces que pretenden ser divulgación y/o enseñanza del pasado.
These books from Brepols just arrived home today!
The second volume includes my paper "Donaires y desdoros. La proyección diplomática española durante el Congreso de Soissons (1728-1731)", which analyses the Spanish diplomatic representation at France during those years.
The second volume includes my paper "Donaires y desdoros. La proyección diplomática española durante el Congreso de Soissons (1728-1731)", which analyses the Spanish diplomatic representation at France during those years.
May 20, 2025 at 1:10 PM
These books from Brepols just arrived home today!
The second volume includes my paper "Donaires y desdoros. La proyección diplomática española durante el Congreso de Soissons (1728-1731)", which analyses the Spanish diplomatic representation at France during those years.
The second volume includes my paper "Donaires y desdoros. La proyección diplomática española durante el Congreso de Soissons (1728-1731)", which analyses the Spanish diplomatic representation at France during those years.
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Did you know that Glasgow Women's Library is the only Accredited Museum dedicated to women's history in the UK?
Happy International Women's Day from the whole @womenslibrary.bsky.social team!
Visit our website shop for all your intersectional, inclusive sisterhood needs! womenslibrary.org.uk/shop/
Happy International Women's Day from the whole @womenslibrary.bsky.social team!
Visit our website shop for all your intersectional, inclusive sisterhood needs! womenslibrary.org.uk/shop/
March 8, 2025 at 9:09 AM
Did you know that Glasgow Women's Library is the only Accredited Museum dedicated to women's history in the UK?
Happy International Women's Day from the whole @womenslibrary.bsky.social team!
Visit our website shop for all your intersectional, inclusive sisterhood needs! womenslibrary.org.uk/shop/
Happy International Women's Day from the whole @womenslibrary.bsky.social team!
Visit our website shop for all your intersectional, inclusive sisterhood needs! womenslibrary.org.uk/shop/
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it’s foundational stuff, right? GenAI doesn’t know what a source is. It just scrapes language chunks to form grammatical sentences. It doesn’t engage with sources as sources.
March 7, 2025 at 11:26 AM
it’s foundational stuff, right? GenAI doesn’t know what a source is. It just scrapes language chunks to form grammatical sentences. It doesn’t engage with sources as sources.
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We now have generative AI to hallucinate a past that never was, while simultaneously purging the digital archives of traces of a history that doesn't fit the white supremacist ideology of our new techno-fascist overlords. It‘s getting darker every day
The Pentagon has marked 26,000 photos for deletion to purge evidence of diversity.
The photos include the 1st black pilots in WWII, the 1st women to pass infantry training & the plane that dropped the Hiroshima bomb because it’s called the “Enola GAY”.
This is real. We’re living in a horror story.
The photos include the 1st black pilots in WWII, the 1st women to pass infantry training & the plane that dropped the Hiroshima bomb because it’s called the “Enola GAY”.
This is real. We’re living in a horror story.
War heroes and military firsts are among 26,000 images flagged for removal in Pentagon's DEI purge
References to a World War II Medal of Honor recipient, the Enola Gay aircraft that dropped an atomic bomb on Japan and women and minorites are among the tens of thousands of photos and online posts ma...
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March 7, 2025 at 8:11 AM
We now have generative AI to hallucinate a past that never was, while simultaneously purging the digital archives of traces of a history that doesn't fit the white supremacist ideology of our new techno-fascist overlords. It‘s getting darker every day
El Instituto Feijoo de Estudios del S. XVIII y la Sociedad Española de Estudios del S. XVIII convocan las V JORNADAS DE INVESTIGACIÓN DE JÓVENES DIECIOCHISTAS, que tendrán lugar en la Universidad de Oviedo los días 11 y 12 de junio de 2025. Las propuestas han de ser presentadas antes del 10 DE MARZO
March 7, 2025 at 7:58 AM
El Instituto Feijoo de Estudios del S. XVIII y la Sociedad Española de Estudios del S. XVIII convocan las V JORNADAS DE INVESTIGACIÓN DE JÓVENES DIECIOCHISTAS, que tendrán lugar en la Universidad de Oviedo los días 11 y 12 de junio de 2025. Las propuestas han de ser presentadas antes del 10 DE MARZO
En la segunda parte de este enlace podéis escucharme en la reciente entrevista que me han hecho en la RPA, sobre el marqués de Santa Cruz de Marcenado.
www.rtpa.es/audio:Un-bue...
www.rtpa.es/audio:Un-bue...
Audio RPA a la carta: Un buen día para viajar, del domingo 23 de febrero de 2025
Audio del programa de RPA 'Un buen día para viajar, del domingo 23 de febrero de 2025''
www.rtpa.es
February 23, 2025 at 4:01 PM
En la segunda parte de este enlace podéis escucharme en la reciente entrevista que me han hecho en la RPA, sobre el marqués de Santa Cruz de Marcenado.
www.rtpa.es/audio:Un-bue...
www.rtpa.es/audio:Un-bue...
Hoy me han hecho una extensa entrevista en otro podcast, sobre el marqués de Santa Cruz de Marcenado.
Creo que para finales del mes que viene estará disponible para compartirla con vosotros.
Creo que para finales del mes que viene estará disponible para compartirla con vosotros.
February 5, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Hoy me han hecho una extensa entrevista en otro podcast, sobre el marqués de Santa Cruz de Marcenado.
Creo que para finales del mes que viene estará disponible para compartirla con vosotros.
Creo que para finales del mes que viene estará disponible para compartirla con vosotros.
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Esta semana en el podcast @warchaeology.bsky.social publicamos un nuevo episodio.
El tema: la investigación arqueológica de una batalla del siglo XVIII.
Estad atentos que el siglo XVIII vuelve a estar de moda 😁
El tema: la investigación arqueológica de una batalla del siglo XVIII.
Estad atentos que el siglo XVIII vuelve a estar de moda 😁
February 4, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Esta semana en el podcast @warchaeology.bsky.social publicamos un nuevo episodio.
El tema: la investigación arqueológica de una batalla del siglo XVIII.
Estad atentos que el siglo XVIII vuelve a estar de moda 😁
El tema: la investigación arqueológica de una batalla del siglo XVIII.
Estad atentos que el siglo XVIII vuelve a estar de moda 😁
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No soy amante de la Historia, soy una investigadora de la Historia.
Solo amo a mi marido, familia, gatos y la música 🤩
No hay que mezclar el trabajo con el placer, aunque me lo pase muy bien trabajando.
Hay que intentar buscar la objetividad y con oxitocina no se puede.
Solo amo a mi marido, familia, gatos y la música 🤩
No hay que mezclar el trabajo con el placer, aunque me lo pase muy bien trabajando.
Hay que intentar buscar la objetividad y con oxitocina no se puede.
January 28, 2025 at 7:21 PM
No soy amante de la Historia, soy una investigadora de la Historia.
Solo amo a mi marido, familia, gatos y la música 🤩
No hay que mezclar el trabajo con el placer, aunque me lo pase muy bien trabajando.
Hay que intentar buscar la objetividad y con oxitocina no se puede.
Solo amo a mi marido, familia, gatos y la música 🤩
No hay que mezclar el trabajo con el placer, aunque me lo pase muy bien trabajando.
Hay que intentar buscar la objetividad y con oxitocina no se puede.
Here I was today, receiving my extraordinary PhD award with my esteemed colleagues.
www.elcomercio.es/asturias/uni...
www.elcomercio.es/asturias/uni...
La Universidad de Oviedo premia mejores tesis doctorales del año pasado | El Comercio: Diario de Asturias
La institución académica ha celebrado la festividad de Santo Tomás de Aquino
www.elcomercio.es
January 27, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Here I was today, receiving my extraordinary PhD award with my esteemed colleagues.
www.elcomercio.es/asturias/uni...
www.elcomercio.es/asturias/uni...
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Trying to get some traction on Bluesky as I move from X any reposts of my pub research /work much appreciated @matthew-wright.bsky.social
I don’t drink alcohol so why am I passionate about #ukpubs. The answer is because they provide communities with unique social spaces. They are economically, socially and culturally important. They are sites of our national and local history and heritage
January 1, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Trying to get some traction on Bluesky as I move from X any reposts of my pub research /work much appreciated @matthew-wright.bsky.social
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It's always struck me how remarkably easy it seems to have been to "cross-dress" in previous centuries. The notion that "you can always tell" seems to have been disproven at every level from short-term ruses to literal lifespans.
One wonders how far people ever actually looked hard at each other...
One wonders how far people ever actually looked hard at each other...
Soldiers dressing as women to infiltrate a city. Welcome to #earlymodern warfare.
June 1625. Brandenburger colonel Wallraven von Gent, apparently employed by the Dutch Republic, takes the Westphalian town of Bielefeld from the Spanish by infiltrating the town gates with soldiers disguised as peasant women.
This was a common ruse during the Thirty Years War.
This was a common ruse during the Thirty Years War.
January 24, 2025 at 1:59 PM
It's always struck me how remarkably easy it seems to have been to "cross-dress" in previous centuries. The notion that "you can always tell" seems to have been disproven at every level from short-term ruses to literal lifespans.
One wonders how far people ever actually looked hard at each other...
One wonders how far people ever actually looked hard at each other...
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Monday 27 January, 13:00 CET. I will be talking about the Agata, a Dutch ship hired by a group of Spanish merchants in 1747 and captured by a British privateer squadron. It's a microhistpry of migration, and a mix between local and global histrory
🗃️ #18c
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🗃️ #18c
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January 24, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Monday 27 January, 13:00 CET. I will be talking about the Agata, a Dutch ship hired by a group of Spanish merchants in 1747 and captured by a British privateer squadron. It's a microhistpry of migration, and a mix between local and global histrory
🗃️ #18c
www.eventbrite.com/e/the-prize-...
🗃️ #18c
www.eventbrite.com/e/the-prize-...
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I understand that ChatGPT is down and fortunately this is not a problem for me as I have spent considerable time developing a local language model that I am able to run autonomously, fueled by Coke Zero and snacks
January 23, 2025 at 4:18 PM
I understand that ChatGPT is down and fortunately this is not a problem for me as I have spent considerable time developing a local language model that I am able to run autonomously, fueled by Coke Zero and snacks
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NEXT WEEK! The #EarlyModern takes Mile End.
17.15 on 28 January 2025: Fara Dabhoiwala (Princeton), ‘In Search of Francis Williams’
Queen Mary University of London, Mile End, Francis Bancroft Building Room 1.01.1.
*IN-PERSON ONLY*
Please read www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4... or view (www.youtube.com/watch?v=eZEA... before the seminar.
Queen Mary University of London, Mile End, Francis Bancroft Building Room 1.01.1.
*IN-PERSON ONLY*
Please read www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4... or view (www.youtube.com/watch?v=eZEA... before the seminar.
Fara Dabhoiwala · A Man of Parts and Learning: Francis Williams Gets His Due
The only certainty about the picture is that it shows Francis Williams. No one has ever been able to discover who...
www.lrb.co.uk
January 23, 2025 at 1:45 PM
NEXT WEEK! The #EarlyModern takes Mile End.
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And this just popped into my feed:
AI struggles to understand human history and fails miserably when tested
www.earth.com/news/ai-stru...
hat tip to @sterlingfluharty.bsky.social
bsky.app/profile/ster...
AI struggles to understand human history and fails miserably when tested
www.earth.com/news/ai-stru...
hat tip to @sterlingfluharty.bsky.social
bsky.app/profile/ster...
January 23, 2025 at 1:47 PM
And this just popped into my feed:
AI struggles to understand human history and fails miserably when tested
www.earth.com/news/ai-stru...
hat tip to @sterlingfluharty.bsky.social
bsky.app/profile/ster...
AI struggles to understand human history and fails miserably when tested
www.earth.com/news/ai-stru...
hat tip to @sterlingfluharty.bsky.social
bsky.app/profile/ster...
For my inaugural post here I thought of sharing with you this interview by Paul O'Neil (from @rusi.bsky.social) & Professor Beatrice Heuser, recorded last year. I talk about the Marquis of Santa Cruz de Marcenado, one of the greatest military writers of the 18th century.
www.rusi.org/podcasts/tal...
www.rusi.org/podcasts/tal...
Episode 5: Santa Cruz De Marcenado: Spain's Clausewitz
The 3rd Marquess of Santa Cruz de Marcenado (1684–1732), soldier, diplomat and scholar, pioneered humanist ways to prevent or suppress insurgencies in his Military Reflections.
www.rusi.org
January 21, 2025 at 9:04 PM
For my inaugural post here I thought of sharing with you this interview by Paul O'Neil (from @rusi.bsky.social) & Professor Beatrice Heuser, recorded last year. I talk about the Marquis of Santa Cruz de Marcenado, one of the greatest military writers of the 18th century.
www.rusi.org/podcasts/tal...
www.rusi.org/podcasts/tal...