Felipe Fernández-Armesto

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Sex, bugs and video tapes

Debate: September 7th, 2010
The Middle East peace process is a charade

Debate: September 21st, 2010
Assisted suicide should be legalised

Debate: October 19th, 2010
Stop bashing Christians!

Debate: November 3rd, 2010
Don't eat animals

Debate: December 9th, 2010

Felipe Fernández-Armesto

William P Reynolds Professor of History, the University of Notre Dame

Felipe Fernández-Armesto formerly held chairs at Tufts University and the University of London (Queen Mary College). He taught at Charterhouse from 1976 to 1981, and spent most of his career teaching at Oxford, where he was an undergraduate and doctoral student. He has had visiting appointments at many universities and research institutes in Europe and the Americas, and has honorary doctorates from la Trobe University and the Universidad de los Andes, as well as a number of prizes, including Spain’s national prizes for research and writing in geography and gastronomy.

Fernández-Armesto's books include The Americas (2003), Ideas that changed the World (2003), The World: A Brief History (2007) and - just out – 1492: The Year our World Began (2009). He is also a Professorial Fellow of Queen Mary, University of London.