Xosé Manoel Núñez Seixas (born 1966) is a Spanish historian who specializes in nationalism studies, the cultural history of war and violence, and migration studies.
Xosé Manoel Núñez
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| Born | Xosé Manoel Núñez Seixas (1966-03-15) 15 March 1966 (age 58) |
| Nationality | Spanish |
| Occupation(s) | Historian and university professor |
Born in Ourense, Galicia, in 1966,[1] he studied at the University of Santiago de Compostela (USC) and at the University of Burgundy. He earned a PhD in contemporary history from the European University Institute in 1992,[2] reading a dissertation titled El problema de las nacionalidades en la Europa de entreguerras: El Congreso de Nacionalidades Europeas (1925-1938) supervised by Heinz-Gerhard Haupt and Stuart J. Woolf[3] Senior lecturer at the USC since 1994, he obtained a chair of contemporary history at the USC in 2007. Following a hiatus as a full professor of Modern European History at the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich from 2012 to 2017, he returned to his post at the USC.[3] Since July 2018, he is vice-president of the Council of Galician Culture [gl]. Fluent in several European languages, he is also a member of the editorial board of the history journals Historia Social and Passato e Presente, as well as a member of the International Advisory Board of European History Quarterly, Ayer, Anuario del IEHS, Estudos Iberoamericanos, Spagna Contemporanea and Historia y Política, among others.