Aguilera-López A. Jorge

Description

A. Jorge Aguilera-López is a doctoral researcher at the University of Helsinki, specialising in Early Modern Maritime History. His dissertation examines the construction of galleys in the Royal Shipyard of Barcelona during the sixteenth century, focusing on their environmental, technological, and social dimensions. He is also a research associate at the University of Coimbra. Jorge holds a BA in History from the University of Barcelona (2013) and an inter-university MA in Early Modern Mediterranean History with honours (2015). He has collaborated with leading institutions on research projects, including the Maritime Museum of Barcelona, the Norwegian Maritime Museum, and the University of Helsinki. An active member of Red Columnaria (Crown of Aragon Node), The Spanish Monarchy and Eastern Europe Project (HISTERN), and the Military Labour History Working Group (MLHWG), Jorge is also a founding member of the Swedish-Spanish Research Network (SWESP). His research interests include the early political and commercial connections between the Baltic and Iberian regions, extending beyond the Mediterranean. Jorge has co-authored a monograph, published multiple scientific papers, and actively participates in academic activities such as conferences, workshops, and collaborative research on both national and international levels.

Keywords

Early Modern History, Maritime History, Environmental History, Shipbuilding, Labour History

Affiliations

University of Helsinki
Primary
2019 - present
Primary
Source: University of Helsinki
University of Coimbra
Research Associate
Centre for Functional Ecology: History, Territories and Communities
2023 - present
Source: ORCID
Universidad Complutense de Madrid
Researcher
Project: The Spanish Monarchy and Eastern Europe: Imagined Visions and Real Articulation of Poland and Russia in Early Modern Age (HISTERN)
2023 - 2025
Source: ORCID
University of Helsinki
Research Assistant
Department of Philosophy, History and Art Studies
2018 - 2019
Source: ORCID
Apip-Acam Foundation
Teacher for asylum seekers
2018
Source: ORCID
Museu Marítim de Barcelona
Researcher
2016 - 2018
Source: ORCID
Universitat de Barcelona
Department Assistant fellow
Early Modern History Department
2014 - 2015
Source: ORCID

Education (1)

PhD in History and Cultural Heritage
2019 - present
University of Helsinki

Publications (14)

2025
A dissimulated trade: Northern European timber merchants in Seville (1574–1598)

2023
“[They] Are Not of Any Service, Except for Wasting Wages and Burning a Lot of Timber”: The Soldiers of the Guard of the Royal Shipyard of Barcelona (1575–1600)

“In all this kingdom there is no timber” Wood for the king’s galleys

Granted funding (5)

Doctoral research
Jenny ja Antti Wihurin Rahasto
2023 - 2024

2022 - 2023
Doctoral research
Jenny ja Antti Wihurin Rahasto
2022 - 2023

2021 - 2022
Doctoral research
Suomalainen Tiedeakatemia
2021 - 2022

Activities and awards (5)

Membership
Asociación de Científicos Españoles en Finlandia
2023
International collaboration: No

Membership
Spain-North Africa Project (SNAP)
2022
International collaboration: No

Membership
Uuden ajan alun tutkimus
2021
International collaboration: No