Santos Juliá Díaz (16 September 1940 – 23 October 2019) was a Spanish historian and sociologist.

Biography

Born in Ferrol in 1940, he spent some of his first years in

Vigo Vigo (, ; ) is a city and Municipalities in Spain, municipality in the province of province of Pontevedra, Pontevedra, within the Autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community of Galicia (Spain), Galicia, Spain. Located in the northwest ...

, moving soon to

Seville Seville ( ; , ) is the capital and largest city of the Spain, Spanish autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community of Andalusia and the province of Seville. It is situated on the lower reaches of the Guadalquivir, River Guadalquivir, ...

, where he studied at the ''Instituto San Isidoro''. He took studies in

Theology Theology is the study of religious belief from a Religion, religious perspective, with a focus on the nature of divinity. It is taught as an Discipline (academia), academic discipline, typically in universities and seminaries. It occupies itse ...

, but graduated in Sociology. He was a strong admirer of

Manuel Azaña Manuel Azaña Díaz (; 10 January 1880 – 3 November 1940) was a Spanish politician who served as Prime Minister of Spain, Prime Minister of the Second Spanish Republic (1931–1933 and 1936), organizer of the Popular Front in 1935 and the la ...

. Juliá joined the

Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia The National Distance Education University (, UNED) is a distance learning and research university founded in 1972 and is the only university run by the government of Spain. The headquarters is located in Madrid, with campuses in all Spanish ...

(UNED) as lecturer in 1979, earning a PhD in Political Science and Sociology at the

Complutense University of Madrid The Complutense University of Madrid (, UCM; ) is a public research university located in Madrid. Founded in Alcalá in 1293 (before relocating to Madrid in 1836), it is one of the oldest operating universities in the world, and one of Spain's ...

with a dissertation elaborated in the 1980s. Since 1980, Juliá wrote pieces as

columnist A columnist is a person who writes for publication in a series, creating an article that usually offers commentary and opinions. Column (periodical), Columns appear in newspapers, magazines and other publications, including blogs. They take the ...

for ''

El País (; ) is a Spanish-language daily newspaper in Spain. is based in the capital city of Madrid and it is owned by the Spanish media conglomerate PRISA. It is the second-most circulated daily newspaper in Spain . is the most read newspaper in ...

''. He obtained the Chair of

Social History Social history, often called history from below, is a field of history that looks at the lived experience of the past. Historians who write social history are called social historians. Social history came to prominence in the 1960s, spreading f ...

and

Political Thought Political philosophy studies the theoretical and conceptual foundations of politics. It examines the nature, scope, and legitimacy of political institutions, such as states. This field investigates different forms of government, ranging from ...

at the UNED in 1989. He died on 23 October 2019 in

Majadahonda Majadahonda () is a municipality in Spain, situated northwest of Madrid, in the Community of Madrid. It lies alongside the motorway A6 Madrid- A Coruña. The Puerta de Hierro university (public) hospital was relocated to Majadahonda from the ...

(Madrid).

Works

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References

;Informational notes ;Citations Spanish sociologists 20th-century Spanish historians Complutense University of Madrid alumni 1940 births Academic staff of the National University of Distance Education 2019 deaths Historians of the Spanish transition to democracy Historians of the Second Spanish Republic 20th-century Spanish male writers 21st-century Spanish historians 21st-century Spanish male writers Spanish male non-fiction writers Historians of the labour movement in Spain {{Spain-academic-bio-stub