Curriculum Vitae
Charles Jonathan Wilson
Identification
Personal identification
- Full name
- Charles Jonathan Wilson
Citation names
- Wilson, Charles
- Jonathan Wilson
Author identifiers
- Ciência ID
- DB1C-9D88-87DA
- ORCID iD
- 0000-0003-3223-3514
Knowledge fields
- Humanities - History and Archaeology - History
Languages
| Language | Speaking | Reading | Writing | Listening | Peer-review |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| English | Advanced (C1) | Advanced (C1) | Advanced (C1) | Advanced (C1) | |
| Portuguese | Advanced (C1) | Advanced (C1) | Advanced (C1) | Advanced (C1) | |
| Spanish; Castilian | Intermediate (B1) | Advanced (C1) | Intermediate (B1) | Intermediate (B1) | |
| French | Beginner (A1) | Advanced (C1) | Intermediate (B1) | Beginner (A1) | |
| German | Beginner (A1) | Beginner (A1) | Beginner (A1) | Beginner (A1) |
Education
| Degree | Classification | |
|---|---|---|
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2016
Concluded
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PhD (Doktor (PhD))
University of Liverpool, United Kingdom
"Contextualising the De Expugnatione Salaciae Carmen, the development of Crusading Ideology in the Portuguese Reconquista" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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N/A |
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1996
Concluded
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LLM (Master of Law) (Mestrado)
University of Cambridge, United Kingdom
"N/A" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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II i |
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1994
Concluded
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LLB (honours degree in Law) (Licenciatura)
Queen Mary University of London - Charterhouse Square Campus, United Kingdom
"N/A" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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II i |
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1984
Concluded
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BA (hons) Bachelor of Arts with honours (Licenciatura)
Bangor University, United Kingdom
"N/A" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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II ii |
Affiliation
Science
| Category Host institution |
Employer | |
|---|---|---|
| 2020/10/01 - 2022/09/30 | Contracted Researcher (Research) | Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal |
| Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Estudos Medievais, Portugal |
Teaching in Higher Education
| Category Host institution |
Employer | |
|---|---|---|
| 2011/09/30 - 2019/03/01 | Assistant (University Teacher) | University of Liverpool Department of History, United Kingdom |
Other Careers
| Category Host institution |
Employer | |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 - 2010 | Técnico Superior (Técnico Superior) | Various Institutions and Organisations, Portugal |
Others
| Category Host institution |
Employer | |
|---|---|---|
| 2023/09/01 - 2024/01/31 | Beatriu de Pinos Fellow | Universidad de Lleida Facultad de Letras, Spain |
| 1996/09/20 - 1999/04/20 | Barrister at Law | 11 Stone Buildings Chambers of Edward Cohen, United Kingdom |
Projects
Contract
| Designation | Funders | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021/11/01 - 2024/12/01 | Books, Rituals, and Space in a Cistercian Nunnery, praying and reading in Lorvão, 13th-16th centuries
PTDC/ART-HIST/0739/2020
Researcher
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Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
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| 2020/10/01 - 2022/09/30 | Cistercian Horizons, Studying and Characterising a Medieval Scritporium, the Monastery of Alcobaça
Post-doc
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Estudos Medievais, Portugal
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Outputs
Publications
| Book |
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| Book chapter |
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| Journal article |
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Activities
Oral presentation
| Presentation title | Event name Host (Event location) |
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| 2022/09/29 | Cistercians of the Western Edge - Adventus - Notes on Portuguese Beginnings | Cistercian Horizons, International Symposium,
Instituto de Estudos Medievais (Lisbon, Portugal)
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| 2021/10/18 | Crusader Objections to Fighting in Iberia | II Seminario Internacional sobre Cruzadas e Ordens Militares
Universidade de Buenos Aires and Univerisdade de Evora et al. (Buenos Aires, Argentina)
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| 2021/07/01 | The Early Private Documents of Santa Maria de Alcobaca | Cistercian Worlds Conference
York Centre for Medieval Studies and The Wolfson Foundation (United Kingdom)
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| 2019/11/06 | Curing Souls on Crusader Ships: Maritime Clergy in the Portuguese Reconquista | Medieval Europe in Motion, Monastery of Santa Maria da Vitória, Batalha
Instituto de Estudos Medievaus/Mosteiro de Batalha (Batalha, Portugal)
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| 2019/06/25 | The Song of the Conquest of Alcácer (1217) and its Author’ | International Medieval Meeting, University of Lleida
University of Lleida (Lleida, Spain)
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| 2019/06/12 | The Templar Connection: Bernard of Clairvaux, Afonso Henriques and the Conundrum of Letter 308 | VIII Encontro sobre Ordens Militares
GESOS-Camara Municipal de Palmela (Lleida, Portugal)
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| 2019/05/29 | Searching for Gosuinus, a Brabantine Cistercian in Lisbon? - the Song of the Conquest of Alcácer (1217) and its Author | Seminário de Estudos Medievais
FCSH, Universidade Nova de Lisboa (Lisboa, Portugal)
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| 2018/12/07 | 'The Feast for the Liberation of Santarém? – Liturgical Creativity and the Cistercians on the Portuguese Frontier; twelfth and thirteenth centuries. | Church Powers Territories Conference
University of Porto, Faculdade das Letras, IF (Porto, Portugal)
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| 2018/06/25 | Alcobaça and the Liturgy of the Portuguese Reconquista in the Twelfth and Thirteenth Centuries | International Medieval Meeting, Universitat de Lleida
Universitat de Lleida (Lleida)
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| 2017/06/26 | Crusading East and West, a Tale of Two Frontiers; Berenguer Ramon II of Barcelona and Afonso Henriques of Portugal, perspectives on Christian Holy War in eleventh/twelfth-century Hispania | International Medieval Meeting Lleida, Universitat de Lleida
Universitat de Lleida (Lleida, Spain)
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| 2017/06/22 | The Conquest of Alcácer-do-Sal, 1217; the monk, the bishop and the pope’s proviso | Medieval Culture and War Conference, Spaces, Images, Mentalities
Faculdade de Letras, Universidade de Lisboa (Lisboa, Portugal)
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| 2017/05/18 | Soeiro (II) Viegas of Lisbon and the First Portuguese Crusade | Colóquio Internacional da conquista de Lisboa à conquista de Alcácer: definição e dinâmicas de um território de fronteira
GESOS Palmela Sesimbra Alcácer CIDEHUS FCT (Palmela , Portugal)
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| 2016/03/14 | Enemies and Friends in the Portuguese Reconquista; a Cistercian point-of-view | Historians of Medieval Iberia - International Symposium
Stockholm University, Stockholm (Stockholm, Sweden)
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| 2015/10/14 | The Crusades and Portugal | VII Encontro Internacional sobre Ordens Militares
GESOS-Camara Municipal de Palmela (Palmela, Portugal)
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| 2014/10/20 | O Bispo Soeiro Viegas de Lisboa e a Palmeira Milagrosa de São Vicente de Fora | Colóquio: O culto medieval de São Vicente. Textos, Imagens, Problemas
Instituto de Estudios Medievais, FCSH, Lisboa (Lisboa)
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| 2014/06 | Suerius, fighting bishop of Lisbon, reasons for inspiration and a strange commission in the Portuguese Reconquista | Leeds International Medieval Congress
Leeds International Medieval Congress, University of Leeds (Leeds, United Kingdom)
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| 2013/11/04 | Tactics of Attraction; Saints Pilgrims and Warriors in the Portuguese Reconquista | Institute of Historical Research, Crusades Seminar
Institute of Historical Research, Crusades Seminar (London)
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| 2013/06/05 | Portuguese Formation and Cistercian Influence in the Twelfth Century | North West Universities Medieval History Seminar Group (M6), University of Manchester
North West Universities Medieval History Seminar Group (M6), University of Manchester (Manchester)
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| 2013/04/19 | The Alvor Massacre; Occupying Space in the Strategy of Sancho I of Portugal and the Identity of his Crusader Helper | The Alvor Massacre; Occupying Space in the Strategy of Sancho I of Portugal and the Identity of his Crusader Helper
Trinity College, Dublin (Dublin, Ireland)
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| 2013/01/08 | The Alvor Massacre, the Conquest of Silves and Sancho I | Public Lecture, SB de Alportel, Lagoa
Algarve Archaeological Association (SB de Alportel e Lagoa, Portugal)
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| 2012/06/23 | Convivencia, is it dead yet? | Possessing the Past; Themes in Historiography
Department of Classics, University of Liverpool (Liverpool, United Kingdom)
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| 2012/06/11 | Questions raised by the Gosuini de Expugnatione Salaciae Carmen’ | New Research Seminar Series
Department of History, University of Liverpool (Liverpool, United Kingdom)
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| 2010/03/02 | The Siege and Conquest of Silves 1189’ | Public Lecture, SB de Alportel, Lagoa
Algarve Archaeological Association (SB de Alportel e Lagoa, Portugal)
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Event organisation
| Event name Type of event (Role) |
Institution / Organization | |
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| 2022/09/30 - 2022/10/01 | Member of Organising Committee for Conference, Cistercian Horizons (2022/09/30 - 2022/10/01)
Conference (Co-organisor)
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Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Estudos Medievais, Portugal |
Consulting
| Activity description | Institution / Organization | |
|---|---|---|
| 2000/06/30 - 2010/09/30 | Specialist Translator: Portuguese/Italian/Spanish/French/Latin to English. Independent Consultant: Academic Editing. I have for the past 10 years acted and continue to act, officially or unofficially, as an Academic Translation and Editing expert in Medieval History and I have undertaken many projects of translation and editing with my work appearing in numerous publications, incl. Journal of Medieval History, Citeaux, and Journal of Medieval Iberian Studies, and books incl. for Routledge, Brepols, Oxford University Press, Peter Lang, and Brill. |
Course / Discipline taught
| Academic session | Degree Subject (Type) | Institution / Organization | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017/10 - 2019/05 | Uses of History - - BA - examination of the contemporary uses of history including the work of archivists and curators; audience reception of “popular” history (in film, television, heritage sites, games, novels and the internet). Also, the uses and misuses of his-tory by policymakers with emphasis on history in the present along with a consideration of the ways in which historical knowledge, and historians’ skills, are used in professions such as journalism and the heritage sector. | Uses of History (Bachelor) | |
| 2017/09 - 2019/05 | Animals, Beasts and Monsters in the Middle Ages - - BA, MA, encouraging an ability to read, analyse and reflect critically and contextually upon secondary evidence, including interpretations of historians; an understanding of the development of history as a discipline and awareness of different historical methodologies; the role of animals in medieval society. | Animals, Beasts and Monsters in the Middle Ages | University of Liverpool Department of History, United Kingdom |
| 2016/10 - 2019/05 | Neighbours or Friends, Muslims and Christians at the Time of the Crusades BA exploration of the history of the relationships between Christians and Muslims, encouraging them to analyse case stud-ies in detail and investigate the ways in which Western Christians perceived Islam. Also, enhancement of skills of essay writing, source criticism, conceptual thinking and historiographical evaluation. | ||
| 2016/09 - 2019/05 | History Dissertation (Student Supervision) (Year three undergraduate BA and MA) - - supervision of student dissertation assignments. Encouragement of ability to read, analyse and reflect critically and contextually upon primary sources and secondary evidence, including historical writings and the interpretations of historians and the ability to design, research and present a sustained and independently conceived piece of historical writing, inculcating confidence, independence of mind, responsibility, organisation and time-management. | (Bachelor) | University of Liverpool Department of History, United Kingdom |
| 2011/09 - 2019/05 | Conquest and Encounter from Rome to The Americas | Conquest and Encounter from Rome to The Americas | University of Liverpool Department of History, United Kingdom |
| 2016 - 2019 | • Presenting the Past (Year one undergraduate BA) - - introduction of a variety of transferable skills building towards the preparation of a historical group project with emphasis upon inculcating clear and accurate written and oral presentation skills; developing ability to read, analyse, and reflect critically and contextually upon contemporary texts and other primary sources. | Presenting the Past (Bachelor) | University of Liverpool Department of History, United Kingdom |
| 2016 - 2019 | Reviewing History (Museum Methods and Policy) (Year three undergraduate BA) - - encouraging students to think about the issue of applied history by examining the way the past is used, interpreted, and presented in a contemporary context. Students were familiarised with current debates regarding 13/30 | (Bachelor) | |
| 2011/09 - 2018/05 | Religion, Politics and Society, c.800-c.1700 | Religion, Politics and Society, c.800-c.1700 (Bachelor) | University of Liverpool Department of History, United Kingdom |
Distinctions
Award
| 2022 | Routlegde/Taylor & Francis, Best Scholarly Article of 2022 Award - Maria Joana Gomes and Francesco Renzi, “Miro, King of the
Suevi (d. 583), and ecclesiastical identities in northwestern Hispania (eleventh-twelfth centuries)” - edited by Jonathan
Wilson
Taylor & Francis Group, United Kingdom
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| 2018 | Routlegde/Taylor & Francis, Best Scholarly Article of 2017 Award, 'Enigma of the De Expugnatione Lyxbonensi', Jonathan Wilson,
Journal of Medieval Iberian Studies, 9.1 (pp. 99-129)
Routledge, United Kingdom
Taylor & Francis Group LLC New York, United States |
| 1993 | Barlow, Lyde and Gilbert Prize for Common Law |
Other distinction
| 2023 | Beatriu de Pinos Award
Generalitat de Catalunya Agència de Gestió d'Ajuts Universitaris i de Recerca, Spain
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