Biography

After studying History at the Universities of St Andrews and Oxford, I have worked at the University of Limerick since 2001, and have published extensively in English and Spanish on the subject of early modern Spanish culture and politics. My current projects are for a general study of the effects of court favouritism on policy-making in Spain, as well as a book on Spanish policy covering the middle decades of the seventeenth century that takes the views and actions of the count of Peñaranda, one of the most important ministers of Philip IV and Carlos II, as its central focus. I am also working in collaboration with other scholars on smaller projects relating to the diplomatic community in Madrid during the seventeenth century. My approach to the writing of History is one intended to appeal to specialists and general readers alike.

Research Interests

My research concentrates on elite culture within the Spanish Habsburg monarchy, with particular reference to the largely unstudied period between 1640 and 1700. As such, it is concerned not just with Iberian history, but with the history of elites in the Netherlands, Italy and the Holy Roman Empire. I am interested in examining the repercussions arising in court politics and foreign policy from the rulers' tendency to delegate their authority to minister-favourites. However, my research also seeks to understand the history of families within the titled nobility, and to reconstruct their ties of patronage and kinship.

Professional Activities

Award

  • 2020 - Appointed Fellow of the Royal Historical Society

Consultancy

  • 2011 British Academy - External assessor for British Academy mid-career fellowship.
  • 2006 Arts Humanities and Research Council Research (AHRC) of Great Britain - Peer reviewer for the Arts Humanities and Research Council Research (AHRC) of Great Britain Leave Scheme

Employment

  • 2001 University of Limerick -
  • 1998 Manchester University - Post-doctoral research fellow

Education

  • 1999 University of Oxford - D.Phil
  • 1992 University of St. Andrews - MA

Association

  • Member, IHR: Institute of Historical Research.
  • member, ARTES: Association for Specialists in the Art History of Spain
  • Member, The Renaissance Society of America
  • member, The Society for Court Studies
  • Fellow, Royal Historical Society

Language

  • Italian
  • Spanish
  • French

Outreach

  • Our Centre for Early Modern Studies (CEMS) organises public lectures, seminars and workshops in order to promote the study and research of history, literature, and music before 1800

Publications

Peer Reviewed Journals

Books

Book Chapters

2022

‘Reputación y realidad. Intercambios aristocráticos y la representación del poder en la Monarquía Hispánica durante el siglo XVII'

Alistair Malcolm (2022) ‘Reputación y realidad. Intercambios aristocráticos y la representación del poder en la Monarquía Hispánica durante el siglo XVII'. Mexico City : Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana-Unidad Azcapotzalco Diálogos sobre la cultura: Irlanda y México, ed. by Armando Cisneros Sosa and Alistair Malcolm (Mexico City: Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana-Unidad Azcapotzalco, 2022) :105-141

2020

‘Sir Richard Fanshawe: The Restoration Tragedy of a Cavalier Aesthete'

Alistair Malcolm and Piers Baker-Bates (2020) ‘Sir Richard Fanshawe: The Restoration Tragedy of a Cavalier Aesthete'. Madrid : Centro de Estudios Europa Hispánica (CEEH) Ambassadors in Golden Age Madrid: The Court of Philip IV ‘The Planet King' through Foreign Eyes, ed. by Jorge Fernández-Santos and José Luis Colomer :272-303

2013

Ponce de León, Luis. Conde de Villaverde (IV)

Alistair Malcolm (2013) Ponce de León, Luis. Conde de Villaverde (IV). Madrid : Real Academia de la Historia Diccionario Biográfico Español (Madrid: Real Academia de la Historia, 2013), vol. XLI. :935-939

2011

‘En los márgenes de la parentela de Olivares: Don Luis de Haro y el mecenazgo literario de un jóven cortesano, 1621-1648'

Malcolm, A (2011) ‘En los márgenes de la parentela de Olivares: Don Luis de Haro y el mecenazgo literario de un jóven cortesano, 1621-1648'. Madrid : Centro de Estudios Europa Hispánica Poder y Saber: Bibliotecas y bibliofilia durante la época del conde-duque de Olivares, ed. by O. Noble Wood, J. Roe and J Lawrance (Madrid: Centro de Estudios Europa Hispánica, 2011) :71-95

2011

‘La embajada del Conde de Peñaranda a Praga y a Fráncfort del Meno en 1657-1658'

Malcolm, A (2011) ‘La embajada del Conde de Peñaranda a Praga y a Fráncfort del Meno en 1657-1658'. Madrid : Ediciones Polifemo La dinastía de los Austria: Las relaciones entre la Monarquía Católica y el Imperio, ed. by José Martínez Millán and Rubén González Cuerva, 3 vols. (Madrid: Ediciones Polifemo, 2011), iii :1437-1462

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Book Reviews

2020

Review of Silvia Z. Mitchell, Queen, Mother, and Stateswoman: Mariana of Austria and the Government of Spain (University Park: Pennsylvania State University Press, 2019)), Bulletin of Spanish Studies, 97/8 (October 2020), pp. 1402-3.

Alistair Malcolm (2020) Review of Silvia Z. Mitchell, Queen, Mother, and Stateswoman: Mariana of Austria and the Government of Spain (University Park: Pennsylvania State University Press, 2019)), Bulletin of Spanish Studies, 97/8 (October 2020), pp. 1402-3.. :1402-1403

2020

Review of Monarchy Transformed: Princes and their Elites in Early Modern Western Europe, edited by Robert von Friedeburg and John Morrill (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2017), Renaissance Quarterly, 73/2 (summer 2020), pp. 643-645.

Alistair Malcolm (2020) Review of Monarchy Transformed: Princes and their Elites in Early Modern Western Europe, edited by Robert von Friedeburg and John Morrill (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2017), Renaissance Quarterly, 73/2 (summer 2020), pp. 643-645.. : Renaissance Quarterly :643-645

2007

Review of Paola Volpini, Lo spazio politico del ‘letrado': Juan Bautista Larrea, magistrato e giurista nella monarchia di Filippo IV (Bologna: Il Mulino, 2004). The English Historical Review, cxxii, no. 495 (February 2007), pp. 251-252.

Malcolm, A (2007) Review of Paola Volpini, Lo spazio politico del ‘letrado': Juan Bautista Larrea, magistrato e giurista nella monarchia di Filippo IV (Bologna: Il Mulino, 2004). The English Historical Review, cxxii, no. 495 (February 2007), pp. 251-252.. :251-252

2004

Review of Letters from the Pyrenees: Don Luis Méndez de Haro's Correspondence to Philip IV of Spain, July to November 1659, ed. by Lynn Williams (Exeter: Exeter University Press, 2000). Modern Language Review, 99 / 3 (July 2004), pp. 813-814.

Malcolm, A (2004) Review of Letters from the Pyrenees: Don Luis Méndez de Haro's Correspondence to Philip IV of Spain, July to November 1659, ed. by Lynn Williams (Exeter: Exeter University Press, 2000). Modern Language Review, 99 / 3 (July 2004), pp. 813-814.. Leeds : Maney Publishing :813-814

Other Publications

2020

Review of Silvia Z. Mitchell, Queen, Mother, and Stateswoman: Mariana of Austria and the Government of Spain (University Park: Pennsylvania State University Press, 2019)), Bulletin of Spanish Studies, 97/8 (October 2020), pp. 1402-3.

Alistair Malcolm (2020) Review of Silvia Z. Mitchell, Queen, Mother, and Stateswoman: Mariana of Austria and the Government of Spain (University Park: Pennsylvania State University Press, 2019)), Bulletin of Spanish Studies, 97/8 (October 2020), pp. 1402-3.. :1402-1403

2020

Review of Monarchy Transformed: Princes and their Elites in Early Modern Western Europe, edited by Robert von Friedeburg and John Morrill (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2017), Renaissance Quarterly, 73/2 (summer 2020), pp. 643-645.

Alistair Malcolm (2020) Review of Monarchy Transformed: Princes and their Elites in Early Modern Western Europe, edited by Robert von Friedeburg and John Morrill (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2017), Renaissance Quarterly, 73/2 (summer 2020), pp. 643-645.. : Renaissance Quarterly :643-645

2007

Review of Paola Volpini, Lo spazio politico del ‘letrado': Juan Bautista Larrea, magistrato e giurista nella monarchia di Filippo IV (Bologna: Il Mulino, 2004). The English Historical Review, cxxii, no. 495 (February 2007), pp. 251-252.

Malcolm, A (2007) Review of Paola Volpini, Lo spazio politico del ‘letrado': Juan Bautista Larrea, magistrato e giurista nella monarchia di Filippo IV (Bologna: Il Mulino, 2004). The English Historical Review, cxxii, no. 495 (February 2007), pp. 251-252.. :251-252

2004

Review of Letters from the Pyrenees: Don Luis Méndez de Haro's Correspondence to Philip IV of Spain, July to November 1659, ed. by Lynn Williams (Exeter: Exeter University Press, 2000). Modern Language Review, 99 / 3 (July 2004), pp. 813-814.

Malcolm, A (2004) Review of Letters from the Pyrenees: Don Luis Méndez de Haro's Correspondence to Philip IV of Spain, July to November 1659, ed. by Lynn Williams (Exeter: Exeter University Press, 2000). Modern Language Review, 99 / 3 (July 2004), pp. 813-814.. Leeds : Maney Publishing :813-814