José Marín Riveros

José Alejandro Marín Riveros (born 18 September 1966) is a Chilean historian specializing in Middle Ages, with a special emphasis on Late Antiquity and the Byzantine period.

Marín has taught at major Chilean universities, with a recognized professional career at universities such as the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile (PUC). He was also dean and secretary general of his alma mater, the Pontifical Catholic University of Valparaíso (PUCV), where he was a student of Héctor Herrera Cajas.

He has participated in the inauguration of doctoral courses, as well as in national and international seminars. Marín has also been a columnist for media outlets such as El Mostrador.

Biography Professor Marín joined the PUCV History Institute in 1985, where he earned his degree as teacher of History and Geography in the early 1990s. Then he also completed there his Master of Arts on History.

Since 1993, he has been a professor of Medieval History at his alma mater, where he remains a full professor to this day. In 1995, he joined the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile (UC).

In 1996, he received a scholarship from the Republic of Greece and other private institutions to study Modern Greek at the Faculty of Philosophy of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, where he also conducted research in its library.

After his time in Greece, he continued as a professor at the PUCV and the UC during the 2000s. However, during this period, he began a doctorate in Medieval History at the Autonomous University of Barcelona, which he completed in 2008.

In 2013, he was invited by the 'Carmen' International Society for Medieval Studies, representing the Chilean chapter, to its annual meeting held in Portugal.

Works Books Textos históricos del imperio romano hasta el siglo VIII (2003). RIL Editores Cruzada, guerra santa y Yihad. La Edad Media y Nosotros (2003). Ediciones Universitarias de Valparaíso La Crónica de Monemvasía, texto y contexto, una revisión a partir de las fuentes visigodas del siglo VII (2010). Ediciones Universitarias de Valparaíso