José Luis Rodríguez Jiménez (born 1961) is a Spanish historian, considered an expert in the history of
right-wing extremism
Far-right politics, often termed right-wing extremism, encompasses a range of ideologies that are marked by ultraconservatism, authoritarianism, ultranationalism, and nativism. This political spectrum situates itself on the far end of the ...
in Spain.
Biography
Born in 1961 in
Madrid
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, he earned a licentiate degree in history at the
Complutense University of Madrid
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; he later obtained a PhD in the same centre in 1992 under the doctoral supervision of Antonio Fernández García reading a thesis dealing with the positions espoused by the Spanish far-right and the further evolution it experienced during the late francoist period and the
Spanish transition to democracy
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. He is professor of Contemporary History at the
King Juan Carlos University
Rey Juan Carlos University (RJC University) (, URJC) is a Spanish public research university located in the southern area of the Community of Madrid (Spain), with five campuses at Móstoles, Alcorcón, Vicálvaro, Aranjuez and Fuenlabrada.
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(URJC).
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1961 births
Academics and writers on far-right politics
Historians of the Spanish transition to democracy
Historians of Francoist Spain
Complutense University of Madrid alumni
Historians from Madrid
Living people
Academic staff of King Juan Carlos University