Education
- Ph.D. in History. Pompeu Fabra University (Spain).
Specialty
- Early Modern Philippine History
- History of the Spanish presence in East Asia and Southeast Asia (16th and 17th centuries)
Selected Publications
- Monographs
- 2017. Comercio y diplomacia entre Japón y Filipinas en la era Keichō (1596-1615) [Trade and Diplomacy between Japan and the Philippines during the Keichō Era (1596-1615)] (East Asian Maritime History, vol. 13) (Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, 2017). ISBN: 978-3-447-10763-1
- Articles, Essays and Chapters in Books
- 2017. “«The Centre of a Circle»: Manila’s Trade with East Asia and Southeast Asia at the Turn of the Sixteenth Century”, Crossroads. Studies on the History of Exchange Relations in the East Asian World, 16 (Oct. 2017) 99-120. Special Issue (The “Indo-Pacific” Crossroads: The Asian Waters as Conduits of Knowledge, People, Cargoes, and Technologies). ISSN: 2190-8796
2017. “Conquistadors of the Celestial Empire: The Spanish Policy toward China at the End of the 16th Century”, in Robert Antony, and Angela Schottenhammer (eds.), Beyond the Silk Roads. New Discourses on China’s Role in East Asian Maritime History (East Asian Maritime History, 14) (Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, 2017), pp. 77-98. ISBN: 978-3-447-10944-4
2017. “La Flota de Filipinas e il contrasto agli olandesi in Insulindia nella prima metà del secolo XVII: un caso di interazione «globale» tra Napoli, Madrid e Lisbona ai margini dell’«impero dove non tramonta mai il sole»” [The ‘Fleet of the Philippines’ and the fight against the Dutch in the Malay Archipelago in the first half of the 17th century: a case of ‘global’ interaction between Naples, Madrid and Lisbon at the edge of the ‘Empire on which the sun never sets’], in Rosaria de Marco (ed.), L’Orientalistica a Napoli (Napoli: Università degli Studi Suor Orsola Benincasa, 2017), pp. 343-354. ISBN: 978-88-96055
2017. “Il rapporto conflittuale tra Macao e Manila durante il Periodo delle Corone Unite: i casi di Cina e Giappone (secoli XVI-XVII)” [The conflicting relationship between Macau and Manila during the Iberian Union: the cases of China and Japan (16th-17th centuries)], in Rosaria de Marco (ed.), L’Orientalistica a Napoli (Napoli: Università degli Studi Suor Orsola Benincasa, 2017), pp. 245-258. ISBN: 978-88-96055
2014. “Merchants, Missionaries, and Marauders: Trade and Traffics between Kyūshū (Japan) and Luzon (Philippines) in the Late-16th and Early-17th Centuries”, Crossroads, 10 (2014) 155-196. ISSN: 2190-8796
2015. “Spanish Diplomacy in the China Seas at the Turn of the 16th Century”, in Birgit Tremml-Werner, and Eberhard Crailsheim (eds.), Audienzen und Allianzen Interkulturelle Diplomatie in Asien und Europa vom 8. bis zum 18. Jahrhundert (Wien: Mandelbaum, 2015), pp. 90-107. ISBN: 978-3-85476-450-2
2013. “El papel del Galeón de Manila en el Japón de Tokugawa Ieyasu (1598-1616)” [The role of the Manila Galleon in Tokugawa Ieyasu’s Japan (1598-1616)], in Salvador Bernabéu Albert, and Carlos Martínez Shaw (eds.), Un océano de seda y plata: el universo económico del Galeón de Manila (Seville: Consejo Superior Investigaciones Científicas, 2013), pp. 133-154. ISBN: 978-84-00-09699-1
2012. “Prime relazioni ispano-giapponesi: dalla fondazione di Manila (1570) alla morte di Toyotomi Hideyoshi (1598)” [First Hispano-Japanese relations: from the founding of Manila (1570) to the death of Toyotomi Hideyoshi], in Giorgio Amitrano, and Silvana De Maio (eds.), Nuove prospettive di ricerca sul Giappone, Proceedings of the 34th AISTUGIA Conference (Napoli, September 16-18, 2010) (Napoli: Università degli Studi di Napoli “L’Orientale”, 2012), pp. 329-340. ISBN: 978-88-6719-006-5
2012. “L’incidente del galeone Espíritu Santo (1602): un nuovo San Felipe?” [The incident of the galleon Espíritu Santo (1602): a new San Felipe?], Il Giappone, 49 (2009) [2012], 5-19. ISSN: 0390-6647
2011. “The ‘Galleon System’ and Chinese Trade in Manila at the Turn of the 16th Century”, Ming Qing Yanjiu, 16 (2011) 93-127. ISSN: 1724-8574
2009. “La missione di Juan Pablo de Carrión contro il «pirata» giapponese Taifuza (1582)” [The Mission of Juan Pablo de Carrión against the Japanese ‘pirate’ Taifuza (1582)], in Franco Mazzei, and Patrizia Carioti (eds.), Oriente, Occidente e dintorni… Scritti in onore di Adolfo Tamburello, 5 vols. (Napoli: Università degli studi di Napoli “l’Orientale”, 2009), vol. 3, pp. 1353-1358. ISBN: 978-88-95044-66-8
2008. “Alessandro Valignano e la missione Cobo (1592)” [Alessandro Valignano and the Cobo Mission (1592)], in Adolfo Tamburello, Marisa Di Russo, and M. Anthony J. Üçerler, S.J., (eds.), Alessandro Valignano, S.I. Uomo del Rinascimento: Ponte tra Oriente e Occidente (Bibliotheca Instituti Historici S.I., 67), Proceedings of the International Conference of Chieti: 27-28 October 2007 (Roma: Institutum Historicum Societatis Iesu, 2008), pp. 129-143. ISBN: 978-88-7041-365-6
2008. “1609: l’affaire della «Nossa Senhora da Graça»” [1609: the incident of the ship ‘Nossa Senhora da Graça’], in Maria Luisa Cusati (ed.), Atti del Convegno Internazionale “Portogallo e Asia” (Napoli: 3-4 marzo 2006) (Napoli: Università degli Studi di Napoli “L’Orientale”, 2008), pp. 121-144 (CD-ROM). ISBN: 978-88-95044-47-7
2009. “Il Giappone e le Filippine spagnole, 1598-1603: le aperture di Tokugawa Ieyasu” [Japan and the Spanish Philippines, 1598-1603: Tokugawa Ieyasu’s openness], Il Giappone, 48 (2008) [2009] 31-44. ISSN: 0390-6647
2008. “Manila as an International Entrepôt: Chinese and Japanese Trade with the Spanish Philippines at the Close of the 16th Century”, Bulletin of Portuguese/Japanese Studies, 16 (2008) 71-81. ISSN: 0874-8438
2008. “Il Giappone e le Filippine spagnole, 1592-1594: la minaccia di Hideyoshi” [Japan and the Spanish Philippines, 1592-1594: Toyotomi Hideyoshi’s threat], Il Giappone, 46 (2006) [2008] 5-32. ISSN: 0390-6647
2007. “Il Giappone e le Filippine spagnole, 1571-1591: il primo intercorso” [Japan and the Spanish Philippines, 1571-1591: the first relations], Il Giappone, 45 (2005) [2007] 23-54. ISSN: 0390-6647 - Conference Papers
- “The ‘Boxer Codex’: A Sino-Hispanic Source of Knowledge in the Late Sixteenth Century Philippines”. Paper presented at the International Symposium, The Book in Transition. The East and the West, held in Tokyo (Japan), at Keiō University (慶應義塾大学), on December 9, 2017.
“The Macao-Manila Route under the Iberian Union (1580-1640)”. Paper presented at the Fifth International Conference on Macaology — Macaology and the Development of Macao 第五屆 “澳門學” 國際學術研討會 — 澳門學與澳門發展, held in Guangzhou (China), at Jinan University (暨南大学), on November 24-26, 2017.
“Early Spanish Intruders in China: The Mission of Fr. Pedro de Alfaro O.F.M. of 1579”. Paper presented at the International Conference, Michele Ruggieri: Portrait of a Jesuit Missionary at the Dawn of the Dialogue between China and Europe, held in Rome and Napoli (Italy), at “Sapienza” University of Rome and “L’Orientale” University of Napoli, on September 25-27, 2017.
“The Sino-Japanese Trade in the Philippines and its Actors Between the 16th and 17th Centuries”. Paper presented at the International Conference, Seafaring, Trade, and Knowledge Transfer: Maritime Politics and Commerce in Early Middle Period to Early Modern China and beyond, held in Ghent (Belgium), at the University of Ghent (Universiteit Gent), on July 3-4, 2017.
“Japanese Diplomatic Letters sent to Manila at the Turn of the 16th Century: A Comprehensive Overview”. Paper presented at the International Meeting, Xibanya suocang Taiwan yu Dongya shiliao shuweihua xiankuang yu zhanwang 西班牙所藏臺灣與東亞史料數位化現況與展望, held in Taipei (Taiwan), at the Academia Sinica (中央研究院), on April 14, 2017.
“Sangleyes, Japones, and Casados: an Overview on the Actors of the Sino-Japanese Trade in the Philippines between the 16th and 17th Centuries”. Paper presented at the International Conference, Monsoon Asia: Spain and East Asia in Early Modern Era (季風亞洲：近代初期的西班牙與東亞), held in Taipei (Taiwan), at the Academia Sinica (中央研究院), on June 20-21, 2016.
“Conquistadors of the Celestial Empire. The Spanish Policy toward China at the End of the Sixteenth Century”. Paper presented at the International Conference, Beyond the Silk Road: Asian Maritime History and Culture (絲路的延伸: 亞洲海洋歷史及文化), held in Shanghai (China) at the China Maritime Museum (中國航海博物館), on August 19-22, 2015.
“The Project of the ‘Nao del Japón’: Attempts of Cooperation between Tokugawa Ieyasu and the Spaniards in Manila during the Keichō Era (1596-1615)”. Paper presented at the International Conference, Maritime East Asia in the Light of History, 16th-18th Century. Sources, Archives, Researches: Present Results and Future Perspectives, held in Naples and Procida, at “L’Orientale” University of Napoli, on September 30-October 2, 2013.
“‘The Center of a Circle’: Manila and its Overseas Trade at the beginning of the 17th Century”. Paper presented at the International Conference, Crossroads between Empires and Peripheries. Knowledge Transfer, Product Exchange and Human Movement in the Indian Ocean World, held in Ghent (Belgium), at the University of Ghent (Universiteit Gent), on June 21-23, 2012.
