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Pablo Martín Asuero (born
San Sebastián San Sebastian, officially known as Donostia–San Sebastián (names in both local languages: ''Donostia'' () and ''San Sebastián'' ()) is a city and Municipalities of Spain, municipality located in the Basque Country (autonomous community), B ...
, 1967) is a Spanish scholar from the Basque Country. He specialises in Middle Eastern history, and has directed the
Cervantes Institute Instituto Cervantes (the Cervantes Institute) is a worldwide nonprofit organization created by the Spanish government in 1991. It is named after Miguel de Cervantes (1547–1616), the author of ''Don Quixote'' and perhaps the most important figur ...
in Istanbul and Damascus.


Education

Martín Asuero graduated from Sandia Preparatory High School in
Albuquerque, New Mexico Albuquerque ( ; ), ; kee, Arawageeki; tow, Vakêêke; zun, Alo:ke:k'ya; apj, Gołgéeki'yé. abbreviated ABQ, is the most populous city in the U.S. state of New Mexico. Its nicknames, The Duke City and Burque, both reference its founding in ...
and studied Hispanic Philology at the
University of Deusto The University of Deusto ( es, Universidad de Deusto; eu, Deustuko Unibertsitatea) is a Spanish private university owned by the Society of Jesus, with campuses in Bilbao and San Sebastián, and the Deusto Business School branch in Madrid. The Un ...
(Spain). From 1991 to 1993 he learned Turkish at the
University of Istanbul , image = Istanbul_University_logo.svg , image_size = 200px , latin_name = Universitas Istanbulensis , motto = tr, Tarihten Geleceğe Bilim Köprüsü , mottoeng = Science Bridge from Past to the Future , established = 1453 1846 1933 ...
, having been awarded a scholarship from the Foreign Ministry of Spain. He obtained his Ph.D. in 1997 from the
University of the Basque Country The University of the Basque Country ( eu, Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea, ''EHU''; es, Universidad del País Vasco, ''UPV''; UPV/EHU) is a Spanish public university of the Basque Autonomous Community. Heir of the University of Bilbao, initially ...
(Spain) with a thesis ''Constantinopla 1783-1916. La imagen española de Estambul durante la cuestión de Oriente'' directed by
Jon Juaristi Jon Juaristi Linacero (born in Bilbao in 1951) is a Spanish poet, essayist and translator in Spanish and Basque, as well as a self-confessed former ETA militant.
.


Career

A year after graduation, Martín Asuero began working for the Spanish General Consulate as a teacher of Spanish at the
Istanbul Technical University Istanbul Technical University ( tr, İstanbul Teknik Üniversitesi, commonly referred to as ITU or The Technical University) is an international technical university located in Istanbul, Turkey. It is the world's third-oldest technical university ...
, and later as ''maître de lange'' at the
University of Picardie Jules Verne The University of Picardy Jules Verne (French: ''Université de Picardie Jules Verne''; UPJV) is a public university located in the former Picardy region of France (now part of Hauts-de-France). It consists of several campuses located in the t ...
in
Beauvais Beauvais ( , ; pcd, Bieuvais) is a city and commune in northern France, and prefecture of the Oise département, in the Hauts-de-France region, north of Paris. The commune of Beauvais had a population of 56,020 , making it the most populous ...
(France). In 2000 he was appointed as a teacher at the
Instituto Cervantes Instituto Cervantes (the Cervantes Institute) is a worldwide nonprofit organization created by the government of Spain, Spanish government in 1991. It is named after Miguel de Cervantes (1547–1616), the author of ''Don Quixote'' and perhaps the ...
in
Beirut Beirut, french: Beyrouth is the capital and largest city of Lebanon. , Greater Beirut has a population of 2.5 million, which makes it the third-largest city in the Levant region. The city is situated on a peninsula at the midpoint o ...
(Lebanon). Two years later he was appointed director of the Cervantes Institute in
Istanbul Istanbul ( , ; tr, İstanbul ), formerly known as Constantinople ( grc-gre, Κωνσταντινούπολις; la, Constantinopolis), is the List of largest cities and towns in Turkey, largest city in Turkey, serving as the country's economic, ...
until 2007, then at the Cervantes Institute in
Damascus )), is an adjective which means "spacious". , motto = , image_flag = Flag of Damascus.svg , image_seal = Emblem of Damascus.svg , seal_type = Seal , map_caption = , ...
, and from September 2012 until August 2017 he was again Director of the Cervantes Institute of Istanb

then he went back to Lebanon until 2021 at the present is based in San Sebastián, Spain. Martín Asuero has been editor of the proceedings of several conferences related to the
Sephardim Sephardic (or Sephardi) Jews (, ; lad, Djudíos Sefardíes), also ''Sepharadim'' , Modern Hebrew: ''Sfaradim'', Tiberian: Səp̄āraddîm, also , ''Ye'hude Sepharad'', lit. "The Jews of Spain", es, Judíos sefardíes (or ), pt, Judeus sefar ...
, the relations between Spain and the Ottoman Empire, and literature written by diplomats. He is an adviser for the Cuadernos del Bósforo for the Isis Press in Istanbul (Turkey). His works have been translated into
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, Serbian and
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.


Awards

Pablo Martín Asuero is an honorary member of the ''Asociación Española de Orientalistas''. He has been inducted into the
Order of Civil Merit The Order of Civil Merit ( es, Orden del Mérito Civil) was established by King Alfonso XIII of Spain in 1926. The order recognizes "the civic virtue of officers in the service of the Nation, as well as extraordinary service by Spanish and fore ...
and the
Order of Isabella the Catholic The Order of Isabella the Catholic ( es, Orden de Isabel la Católica) is a Spanish civil order and honor granted to persons and institutions in recognition of extraordinary services to the homeland or the promotion of international relations a ...
in Spain and the
Order of Merit The Order of Merit (french: link=no, Ordre du Mérite) is an order of merit for the Commonwealth realms, recognising distinguished service in the armed forces, science, art, literature, or for the promotion of culture. Established in 1902 by K ...
given by the Chilean government.


Works


Books

* ''Mavi sütunlu saray'', Ankara, Dost, 2003. * ''Estambul, el ejército otomano y los sefardíes'', Istanbul, Isis, 2003. * ''España y el Líbano 1788-1910. Viajeros, diplomáticos, peregrinos e intelectuales'',Madrid, Miraguano, 2003. * ''Descripción del Damasco otomano (1807-1920), según las crónicas de viajeros españoles e hispanoamericanos'', Madrid, Miraguano, 2004. * ''Viajeros hispánicos en Estambul'' Istanbul, Isis, 2005. * ''Descripción del Egipto otomano, según las crónicas de viajeros españoles, hispanoamericanos y otros textos'', Madrid, Miraguano, 2007. * ''El Consulado de España en Estambul y la protección de sefardíes entre 1804 y 1930'', Istanbul, Isis, 2011. * '' Representantes españoles en la legación española en Estambul 1833-1930'',Saarbrücken, Alemania, Editorial Académica Española, 2016.


Chapters in books

* "Le Voyage en Orient de Lamartine, sa traduction en espagnole et son influence sur les auteurs hispaniques" en DURUSOY Gertrude (ed) ''Actes du colloque international sur Lamartine.'' Izmir, 2004 pp 189–194. * "El reencuentro de los españoles con los sefardíes de Estambul (1784-1915)", in ''Expresiones de la identidad de las tres culturas'' Murcia 2005, Universidad de Murcia, 2005 pp 15–26. * "Ispanya-Türkiye 1700-1923", Pablo Martín Asuero (ed) in ''İspanya-Türkiye 16. Yüzyıldan 21. Yüzyıla Rekabet Ve Dostluk'' Istanbul, Kitap Yayinevi, 2006, pp 261–274. * "Los diplomáticos españoles y el redescubrimiento del Imperio Otomano" in the ''Catálogo de la exposición La aventura española en Oriente 166-2006'. Madrid, Ministerio de Cultura, 2006. pp 133–142. * "Ispanyol seyyahatlarin gözüyle inperatorlugun deniz kiyisindan baskenti Istanbul 1784-1916" Özlem Kumrular (ed)in ''Türkler ve Deniz'', Istanbul, Kitap Yayinevi, 2007, pp 467–478. * "Ispanyol seyyahalari gözüyle Istanbul (1784-1915), in ''Las relaciones turco-españolas a lo largo de la historia Tarih bocunya Türk-Ispanyol iliskileri'', Madrid, Embajada de Turquía, 2008, pp 73-85. *-“The count of Ballobar and the Consulate of Spain in Jerusalem during Word War I”, in ''The International Colloquium, al-Quds in History on the Occasion of al-Quds the Araba Capital of Culture 2009'', Damascus, Ministry of Culture, 2009, pp. 25-33. * "la lucha contra el turco, de los almogávares a Lepanto" in ''Los enemigos de España : imagen del otro, conflictos bélicos y disputas nacionales, siglos XVI-XX :'' actas del IV Coloquio Internacional de Historia Política, 5-6 de junio de 200 in Xosé M Núñez Seixas; Francisco Sevillano Calero; Jaime Contreras (Eds), Madrid : Centro de Estudios Políticos y Constitucionales, 2010. pp 89–116. * "The New Image of the Turks in Some Late 18th Century Spanish texts" Keyfi Kenan (ed) ''Erken klasik dönemden XVIII Yüzyıl sonuna kadar Osmanlılar ve Avrupa, seyahat, Karşılaşma ve etkileşim. The Ottomans and Europe. Travel, encounters and interaction (from the early classical period until the end of the 18th Century.'' Istanbul, İslâm Araştırmaları Merkezi (İSAM) 2010, pp 563–576. * "Le Liban vu par les voyageurs, diplomates, pèlerins et intellectuels espagnols (1860 -1910)" Salim Daccache, Carla Edde, Stefan Knost, Bruno Paoli et Souad Slim (Sous la direction de) ''Cohabitation et conflits dans le Bilâd al-Châm à l’époque ottomane musulmans et chrétiens à travers les écrits des chroniqueurs et des voyageurs'' Beyrouth, University of Balamand - Ifpo - Université Saint-Joseph - Orient Institut (Beirut), 2014. pp 153–170. * "Hispanic observers of Istanbul" Herzog, CHristoph and Wittman, Richard, (Eds) ''Istanbul-Kushta-Constantinople, Narratives of identity in the Ottoman Capital 1830-1930'' Routledge, LOndon and New York, 2019, pp. 91-101.


Edited publications

* ''Actas del congreso internacional España-Turquía, del enfrentamiento al análisis mutuo, organizado por el Instituto Cervantes de Estambul'' (31 de octubre al 2 de noviembre del 2002), Istanbul, Isis, 2003. * ''Diego de Coello y Quesada y la Cuestión de Oriente (1882-1897), Artículos sobre Turquía, Egipto, Sudán, Rumania, Serbia, Bulgaria, Grecia y los patriarcas orientales''. Istanbul, Isis, 2003 *Adolfo de Mentaberry, ''Impresiones de un viaje a la China'', Madrid, Miraguano, 2008. *Antonio de Zayas, ''A orillas del Bósforo'', Madrid, Miraguano, 202
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Co-edited publications

* MARTIN ASUERO Pablo, YAYCIOGLU Mukkader & TOLEDO Paulino: ''Cervantes y el Mediterráneo hispano-otomano''. Estambul, Isis, 2006. * BERNARDINI Michele, SANCHEZ Encarnación & MARTIN ASUERO Pablo: ''España y el Oriente árabo-musulmán'' (Actas del congreso organizado por la Universidad l’Orientale de Nápoles y el Instituto Cervantes de Nápoles en octubre de 2004) Estambul, Isis, 2007. * MARTIN ASUERO Pablo & GERSON ŞARHON Karen: ''Ayer y hoy de la prensa en judeoespañol'' Actas del simposio organizado por el Instituto Cervantes de Estambul en colaboración con el Sentro de Investigasiones Sovre la Cultura Sefardi Otomana Turka los días 29 y 30 de abril de 2007, Istanbul, Isis, 2007. * BADENAS DE LA PEÑA, Pedro & MARTIN ASUERO Pablo: Carlos Ibáñez de Ibero Grandchamp ''D'Athènes à Constantinople, La situation politique en Orient '', 2015, Istanbul, Isis. * BADENAS DE LA PEÑA, Pedro & MARTIN ASUERO Pablo: Carlos Ibáñez de Ibero ''De Atenas a Constantinopla: La situación política en Oriente (otoño-invierno de 1914-1915)'' 2016, Madrid, Marcial Pons.


Articles on line


Representantes españoles en el imperio Otomano, entre la diplomacia, la crónica y la literatura (1864-1886).



La imagen española del ejército Otomano (1784-1907)

Los poetas Turcos y la batalla de Gallipoli

Balat y Hasköy: Dos barrios judíos de Estambul a la luz de varios observadores españoles (1784-1905)

El Consulado de España en Estambul y la protección de sefardíes (1804-1913)

The Spanish Consulate in Istanbul and the Protection of the Sephardim (1804-1913)

El encuentro de los españoles con los sefardíes de Marruecos a la luz de Pedro de Alarcón


* ttp://www.ehumanista.ucsb.edu/sites/secure.lsit.ucsb.edu.span.d7_eh/files/sitefiles/ehumanista/volume33/9%20ehum33.asuero.pdf Catalina de Oviedo y Murat III; lo que pudo ser y no fue
Blasco Ibáñez camino de Oriente

Blasko Ibanjes na putu za istok



References

*''Gran Enciclopedia de España'', 22 vols., S.L. Valatenea, ed. (2003). Global ISBN for the 22 volumes:

''El Diario Vasco'', 25 January 2006. * ttp://esefarad.com/?p=8791 ''España y los sefardíes de Turquía'' eSefarad.com, 7 February 2010. *
Pablo Martín Asuero in Google Scholar


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''Centre de Recherche sur la Littérature des Voyages'' {{DEFAULTSORT:Martin Asuero, Pablo Spanish orientalists Spanish male writers University of Deusto alumni 1967 births Living people