Francisco Rodríguez-Jiménez, PhD
Dr. Francisco Rodríguez-Jiménez works at the Instituto de Ciências Sociais in Lisbon. Formerly, he was a postdoctoral researcher at Harvard University, a Fulbright Scholar at American University and George Washington University; and visiting scholar at Universitá di Bergamo, Wake Forest University, and Johns Hopkins University–Bologna. Dr. Rodríguez-Jiménez has edited the volumes U.S. Public Diplomacy Strategies in Latin America during the Sixties (Routledge, forthcoming, 2024); Estados Unidos y América Latina, entre Modernización y Contrainsurgencia; Mujeres Universitarias en España y América Latina; U.S. Public Diplomacy and Democratization in Spain; and El Portugal Salazarista Frente a la Democracia.
He collaborates with various media including the Georgetown podcast ‘Y Esto No es Todo’; Fair Observer; NTN24; RTP2-Portugal; Cadena Cope; La Sexta TV; El Mundo; Canal Extremadura.
SIT Courses Taught
Educational Practice and Policy in Spain
Select Publications
TIME FOR PERSUASION. U.S. Public Diplomacy Strategies in Latin America during the Sixties. London, Routledge, 2023. Co-edited with Lorenzo Delgado and Benedetta Calandra (in press).
EL AMERICANO IMPOSIBLE. Estados Unidos y América Latina: entre Modernización y Contrainsurgencia. Madrid, Sílex, 2023. Co-edited with Lorenzo Delgado and Benedetta Calandra
TRUMP. Breve historia de una presidencia singular. Granada, Comares, 2022 (contributions by Carmelo Mesa-Lago and Pablo Pardo)
“Atlantic Gap or Network of Opportunities? Spanish-American Cultural Relations, Women, and Diplomacy (1959-1975)”, Culture & History Digital Journal vol. 8, No 1 (2019) With Moisés Rodríguez.
“Women and universities in El País (1977-2011): A methodological proposal for use of the TICs for historical analysis” Culture & History Digital Journal, vol. 8, No 1 (2019) [ISSN-2253-797X]. With Carlos Figuerola and Tamar Groves.
El Portugal Salazarista Frente a la Democracia. El Asesinato de Humberto Delgado y sus Implicaciones Internacionales, Badajoz, Diputación de Badajoz, 2016. Co-edited with Antonio Muñoz and Guillermo León.
“The engaging power of English language promotion in Franco’s Spain” Contemporary European History, vol. 24 (2015/3), pp. 415-433. [ISSN: 0960-7773]. With Óscar J. Martín.
U.S. Public Diplomacy and Democratization in Spain. Selling Democracy? New York, Palgrave Macmillan, 2015. Co-edited with Lorenzo Delgado and Nicholas Cull.
¿Mujeres sabias? Mujeres universitarias en España y América Latina. Limoges, Pulim, 2015. Co-edited with Josefina Cuesta and Mª Luz de Prado,
Estrategias de Diplomacia Cultural en un Mundo Interpolar. Madrid, Ramón Areces, 2015. Co-edited with Elisa Gavari.
Select Presentations
Francisco Rodríguez Jiménez: “Influencia estadounidense en la modernización de las Escuelas de Magisterio en España” in the Conference: La Historia habitada. Sujetos, procesos y retos de la Historia Contemporánea del siglo XXI. Córdoba, 17/09/2020
Francisco Rodríguez Jiménez: “TAN LEJOS, TAN CERCA…La Diplomacia estadounidense en México, 1939-1969” in the Conference: XIX Congreso Internacional-Asociación Española de Americanistas. Córdoba, 17/09/2020. Santiago de Compostela, 08/06/2020
Francisco Rodríguez Jiménez and Paula Suárez: “Los desafíos de la universidad global en el espacio euro-norteamericano” in the Conference: Primer Congreso Bianual de Estudios Norteamericanos: ¿Somos Región?” México D.F., Mexico (on-line event) 18/05/2020
Francisco Rodríguez Jiménez: “LA BUENA VECINDAD…”? Diplomacia pública estadounidense en México y Brasil” in the III SIMPOSIO INTERNACIONAL PARA JÓVENES INVESTIGADORES EXTREMADURA Y AMÉRICA. Cáceres 25/10/2019
Francisco Rodríguez Jiménez y Francesco Ragno: “La Diplomacia Pública estadounidense en México y Brasil, 1959-68″ Name of the conference: Atravesando fronteras: las relaciones culturales latinoamericana: Berlín, 31/01/2019
Francisco Rodríguez Jiménez: “MAKING FRIENDS?” U.S. Public Diplomacy Toward Latin America
Reasons for participation:” in Temple University. Philadelphia, 11/09/2019 (guest speaker)
Francisco Rodríguez Jiménez: “ Causas estructurales y coyunturales de la Guerra civil española”
In the Conference: 80 años de la Guerra Civil española-Homenaje a Eduard Malefakis” Atenas, 04/04/2019
Francisco Rodríguez Jiménez: “Spain, Latin America, and the Trans-Atlantic Cold War. Panel II: Imagining a Third Way” in the Conference: “Latin American Studies in a Globalized World” LASA, Barcelona, 24/05/2018
Francisco Rodríguez Jiménez: “Imperio informal” norteamericano: captación de líderes y redes de influencia” Name of the conference: El nuevo orden científico mundial: Estados Unidos y la investigación en España y otros países desde 1945 Alcalá de Henares 16/02/2018
Francisco Rodríguez Jiménez: “Entangled Neighbours” US Public Diplomacy Strategies in Latin America” Wake Forest University. North Carolina, 07/09/2017 (guest speaker)
Research Interests
U.S. public diplomacy strategies in Latin American during the Cold War, with an emphasis on how international organizations (mainly UNESCO) strove to influence national education policies.
Education
- PhD, Contemporary History, Cum Laude, University of Salamanca
- MA, History, Cum Laude, University of Salamanca
- BA, Humanities, Cum Laude, University of Extremadura
