Biography
I graduated in History at the Universities of St Andrews and Oxford. I am a specialist in the cultural and political history of Spain during its Golden Age. My current projects are for (1.) a general study of the effects of court favouritism on policy-making in Spain during the seventeenth century, and (2.) for a book that analyses the Spanish Monarchy's struggle to maintain its position of hegemony, taking as its focus the career of the count of Peñaranda (1596-1676).
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.
Teaching Interests
I specialise in the teaching of political, social and cultural history of the early modern period in Great Britain and Europe, with particular emphasis on Britain, France and the Spanish Monarchy.
I am currently responsible for the following modules:
HI4066 Absolutes and Revolutionaries: Europe, 17151815 (third year)
HI4207 The First Global Empire: Spain, Europe, and America, 14791598 (final-year elective).
HI4227 Golden Age: Politics, Culture, and Warfare in the Spanish Monarchy, 15981746 (final-year elective).
HI6121 Art and Power in the Age of the Tudors and Stuarts (MA)
My approach emphasises interaction as a core component of undergraduate education, as well as the delivery of detailed and supportive feedback.
Professional Activities
Award
- 2020 - FRHistS
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
Education
- 1999 University of Oxford - D.Phil
- 1992 University of St. Andrews - MA
Employment
- 1998 Manchester University - Post-doctoral research fellow
Association
- Fellow, Royal Historical Society
- member, The Society for Court Studies
- Member, The Renaissance Society of America
- member, ARTES: Association for Specialists in the Art History of Spain
- Member, Association of Hispanists of Great Britain and Ireland (AHGBI)
- Member, IHR: Institute of Historical Research.
- Member, ASPHS: Association for Spanish and Portuguese Historical Studies
Outreach
- Director for the UL Certificate in the History of Art & Design, an Art History evening programme for adult learners, which I coordinated between 2003 and 2012.
Language
- Spanish
- Italian
- French
Publications
Books
El Valimiento y el gobierno de la Monarquía Hispánica, 1640-1665 (Madrid: Macial Pons: CEEH, 2019)
Alistair Malcolm
(2019)
El Valimiento y el gobierno de la Monarquía Hispánica, 1640-1665 (Madrid: Macial Pons: CEEH, 2019)
Madrid :
Marcial Pons; Centro de Estudios de Europa Hispánica
Royal Favouritism and the Governing Elite of the Spanish Monarchy, 1640-1665 (Oxford: OUP, 2017)
Alistair Malcolm
(2017)
Royal Favouritism and the Governing Elite of the Spanish Monarchy, 1640-1665 (Oxford: OUP, 2017)
Oxford :
Oxford University Press
Book Chapters
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'
In José Luis Colomer and Jorge Fernández-Santos (eds.)Ambassadors in Golden Age Madrid: The Court of Philip IV The Planet King' through Foreign Eyes, pp. 272303.;
José Luis Colomer and Jorge Fernández-Santos(Ed.)
Madrid :
Centro de Estudios Europa Hispánica (CEEH)
Pretending to be Catholic? Sir Henry Bennet, the Alliance with Spain, and Stuart Dalliance with Rome, 1656-62'
Alistair Malcolm
(2020)
Pretending to be Catholic? Sir Henry Bennet, the Alliance with Spain, and Stuart Dalliance with Rome, 1656-62'
In Sir Henry Bennet, earl of Arlington, and his world: Restoration court, politics and diplomacy ;
Robin Eagles and Coleman A. Dennehy(Ed.)
London and New York :
Routledge
Spanish Narratives of the Westphalian Peace Process: Congress Diplomacy as Eternalisation of War'
Alistair Malcolm
(2019)
Spanish Narratives of the Westphalian Peace Process: Congress Diplomacy as Eternalisation of War'
In Dorothée Goetze and Lena Oetzel (eds.), Warum Friedenschliessen so shwer ist: Frühneuzeitliche Friedensfindung am Beispiel des Westfälischen Friedenskongresses, pp. 5163.;
Dorothée Goetze and Lena Oetzel(Ed.)
Münster :
Aschendorff Verlag
'Intercesor de escritores: las dedicatorias de libros a don Luis de Haro y su relación con los autores (1625-1662)
Alistair Malcolm
(2016)
'Intercesor de escritores: las dedicatorias de libros a don Luis de Haro y su relación con los autores (1625-1662)
In Rafael Valladares (ed.). El mundo de un valido. Don Luis de Haro y su entorno, 1643-1661, pp. 263302.;
Madrid :
Marcial Pons
Ponce de León, Luis. Conde de Villaverde (IV)
Alistair Malcolm
(2013)
Ponce de León, Luis. Conde de Villaverde (IV)
In Diccionario Biográfico Español (Madrid: Real Academia de la Historia, 2013), vol. XLI, 935-9. ;
Madrid :
Real Academia de la Historia
En los márgenes de la parentela de Olivares: Don Luis de Haro y el mecenazgo literario de un jóven cortesano, 16211648'
Malcolm, A
(2011)
En los márgenes de la parentela de Olivares: Don Luis de Haro y el mecenazgo literario de un jóven cortesano, 16211648'
In 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), pp. 71-95.;
Madrid :
Centro de Estudios Europa Hispánica
La embajada del Conde de Peñaranda a Praga y a Fráncfort del Meno en 16571658'
Malcolm, A
(2011)
La embajada del Conde de Peñaranda a Praga y a Fráncfort del Meno en 16571658'
In 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, pp. 1437-1462.;
Madrid :
Ediciones Polifemo
Serving the King at Home and Abroad: The Tangier Garrison under Charles II, 16621684'
Malcolm, A
(2011)
Serving the King at Home and Abroad: The Tangier Garrison under Charles II, 16621684'
In Power in History: From the Medieval to the Post-Modern World , ed. by Anthony McElligott, Liam Chambers, Ciara Breathnach and Catherine Lawless (Dublin: Irish Academic Press, 2011), pp. 109-124.;
Dublin :
Irish Academic Press
'Public Morality and the Closure of the Theatres in the Mid-Seventeenth Century: Philip IV, the Council of Castile and the Arrival of Mariana of Austria'
Malcolm, A
(2006)
'Public Morality and the Closure of the Theatres in the Mid-Seventeenth Century: Philip IV, the Council of Castile and the Arrival of Mariana of Austria'
In Rhetoric and Reality in Early Modern Spain, ed. by Richard J. Pym (London: Tamesis, 2006), pp. 92112.;
London :
Tamesis
Spanish Queens and Aristocratic Women at the Court of Madrid, 1598-1665
Malcolm, A
(2005)
Spanish Queens and Aristocratic Women at the Court of Madrid, 1598-1665
In Studies on Medieval and Early Modern Women, 4: Victims or Viragos?, ed. by Christine Meek and Catherine Lawless (Dublin: Four Courts, 2005), pp. 160180.;
Dublin :
Four Courts Press
Arte, diplomacia y política de la corte durante las embajadas del Conde de Sandwich a Madrid y Lisboa (1666-1668)
Malcolm, A
(2003)
Arte, diplomacia y política de la corte durante las embajadas del Conde de Sandwich a Madrid y Lisboa (1666-1668)
In Arte y Diplomacia de la Monarquía Hispánica en el Siglo XVII, ed. by José Luis Colomer (Madrid: Fernando Villaverde Ediciones, 2003), pp. 160175.;
Madrid :
Fernando Villaverde Ediciones
Peer Reviewed Journals
La práctica informal del poder. Política de la corte y el derecho de acceso a la familia real durante la segunda mitad del reinado de Felipe IV.
Malcolm, A
(2001)
La práctica informal del poder. Política de la corte y el derecho de acceso a la familia real durante la segunda mitad del reinado de Felipe IV.
In Reales Sitios: Revista Del Patrimonio Nacional;
Madrid :
Conference Publications
45-minute keynote lecture delivered by invitation at the international conference Philip IV's Instruments of Power, held at University College London, 10-11 May 2019.
Alistair Malcolm
(2019)
45-minute keynote lecture delivered by invitation at the international conference Philip IV's Instruments of Power, held at University College London, 10-11 May 2019.
30-minute research paper delivered by invitation at the international colloquium Voices of Conscience in Early Modern Europe, held at the University of St Andrews, 9 March 2018.
Alistair Malcolm
(2018)
30-minute research paper delivered by invitation at the international colloquium Voices of Conscience in Early Modern Europe, held at the University of St Andrews, 9 March 2018.
45-minute research paper delivered by invitation to the Department of History Research Seminar in conjunction with The Centre for European and Eurasian Studies, NUI Maynooth
Alistair Malcolm
(2017)
45-minute research paper delivered by invitation to the Department of History Research Seminar in conjunction with The Centre for European and Eurasian Studies, NUI Maynooth
The Difficulties of Peacemaking: The Westphalian Peace Congress from an Interdisciplinary Perspective
Alistair Malcolm
(2017)
The Difficulties of Peacemaking: The Westphalian Peace Congress from an Interdisciplinary Perspective
Lena Otzel and Dorothée Goetze(Ed.)
Castelo Melhor e os seus tempos (1636-1720
Angela Barreto Xavier and Nuno Monteiro
(2017)
Castelo Melhor e os seus tempos (1636-1720
40-minute research paper delivered by invitation to the Department of History at the Universidad Pablo de Olavide, Seville
Alistair Malcolm
(2016)
40-minute research paper delivered by invitation to the Department of History at the Universidad Pablo de Olavide, Seville
45-minute research paper delivered by invitation to the Department of History Universidade Nova, Lisbon
Alistair Malcolm
(2016)
45-minute research paper delivered by invitation to the Department of History Universidade Nova, Lisbon
symposium held in honour of Geoffrey Parker by the School of History at the University of St Andrews
Alistair Malcolm
(2016)
symposium held in honour of Geoffrey Parker by the School of History at the University of St Andrews
Henry Bennet, Earl of Arlington and his World
Alistair Malcolm
(2016)
Henry Bennet, Earl of Arlington and his World
30-minute research paper delivered by invitation at the international conference ¿Decadencia o Reconfiguración? Las Monarquías de España y Portugal en el cambio de los siglos, 16401724, held at ....
Alistair Malcolm
(2015)
30-minute research paper delivered by invitation at the international conference ¿Decadencia o Reconfiguración? Las Monarquías de España y Portugal en el cambio de los siglos, 16401724, held at ....
45-minute research paper delivered by invitation to the Reformation and Early Modern History Seminar, School of History, University of St Andrews
Alistair Malcolm
(2014)
45-minute research paper delivered by invitation to the Reformation and Early Modern History Seminar, School of History, University of St Andrews
30-minute research paper delivered by invitation at the workshop-seminar El mundo de un valido. Don Luis de Haro y su entorno, 16431661', Centro de Estudios Políticos y Constitucionales, Madrid
Alistair Malcolm
(2014)
30-minute research paper delivered by invitation at the workshop-seminar El mundo de un valido. Don Luis de Haro y su entorno, 16431661', Centro de Estudios Políticos y Constitucionales, Madrid
1-hour research paper presented by invitation to the Centre for Historical Research at the University of Limerick
Alistair Malcolm
(2014)
1-hour research paper presented by invitation to the Centre for Historical Research at the University of Limerick
45-minute research paper delivered by invitation to the History Department Seminar, University of York
Alistair Malcolm
(2012)
45-minute research paper delivered by invitation to the History Department Seminar, University of York
Early Modern Europe Research Seminar, University of Cambridge
Malcolm, A
(2010)
Early Modern Europe Research Seminar, University of Cambridge
Early Modern Europe Research Seminar, University of Cambridge
Religion in the Hispanic Baroque: The First Atlantic Culture and its Legacy
Malcolm, A
(2010)
Religion in the Hispanic Baroque: The First Atlantic Culture and its Legacy
University of Liverpool
Historians of Ireland Conference
Alistair Malcolm
(2009)
Historians of Ireland Conference
History Research Seminar
Alistair Malcolm
(2008)
History Research Seminar
History Research Seminar, Lehrstuhl für Neuere Geschichte, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg
Malcolm, A
(2008)
History Research Seminar, Lehrstuhl für Neuere Geschichte, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg
Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg
Cultures of Political Counsel
Malcolm, A
(2007)
Cultures of Political Counsel
University of Liverpoll
History Research Seminar
Alistair Malcolm
(2007)
History Research Seminar
Research Seminar of the Department of Modern History at the University of St Andrews
Malcolm, A
(2007)
Research Seminar of the Department of Modern History at the University of St Andrews
University of St Andrews
Cultures of Political Counsel
Alistair Malcolm
(2007)
Cultures of Political Counsel
Conference Contributions
Public Lecture to Studies in Art Ltd
Alistair Malcolm
(2006)
Public Lecture to Studies in Art Ltd
Medical Society of London
Public Lecture, Prado Museum, Madrid
Alistair Malcolm
(2002)
Public Lecture, Prado Museum, Madrid
Prado Museum, Madrid
Book Reviews
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.
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
DOI: 10.1017/rqx.2020.36
Review of Nicole Reinhardt, Voices of Conscience: Royal Confessors and Political Counsel in Seventeenth-Century Spain and France (Oxford: OUP, 2016), The English Historical Review, cxxxiv, no. 567 (April 2019), pp. 461-463.
Alistair Malcolm
(2019)
Review of Nicole Reinhardt, Voices of Conscience: Royal Confessors and Political Counsel in Seventeenth-Century Spain and France (Oxford: OUP, 2016), The English Historical Review, cxxxiv, no. 567 (April 2019), pp. 461-463.
Review of Richard J. Pym, The Gypsies of Early Modern Spain (Basingstoke and New York: Palgrave, 2007). The English Historical Review, cxxiii, no. 504 (October 2008), pp. 1296-1297.
Malcolm, A
(2008)
Review of Richard J. Pym, The Gypsies of Early Modern Spain (Basingstoke and New York: Palgrave, 2007). The English Historical Review, cxxiii, no. 504 (October 2008), pp. 1296-1297.
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.
Review of Glyn Redworth, The Prince and the Infanta: The Cultural Politics of the Spanish Match (New Haven and London: Yale, 2003). Journal of Early Modern History, vol. 11, nos. 1-2 (April 2007), pp. 106-108.
Malcolm, A
(2007)
Review of Glyn Redworth, The Prince and the Infanta: The Cultural Politics of the Spanish Match (New Haven and London: Yale, 2003). Journal of Early Modern History, vol. 11, nos. 1-2 (April 2007), pp. 106-108.
Review of Thomas James Dandelet, Spanish Rome, 1500-1700 (New Haven and London: Yale, 2001). Bulletin of Hispanic Studies (Liverpool), 82 / 1 (January 2005), pp. 109111.
Malcolm, A
(2005)
Review of Thomas James Dandelet, Spanish Rome, 1500-1700 (New Haven and London: Yale, 2001). Bulletin of Hispanic Studies (Liverpool), 82 / 1 (January 2005), pp. 109111.
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
DOI: 10.2307/3739073
Review of Elizabeth R. Wright, Lope de Vega and the Court of Philip III 15981621 (Lewisburg: Bucknell University Press; London: Associated University Presses, 2001). Modern Language Review, 98 / 4 (October 2003), pp. 1012-1014.
Malcolm, A
(2003)
Review of Elizabeth R. Wright, Lope de Vega and the Court of Philip III 15981621 (Lewisburg: Bucknell University Press; London: Associated University Presses, 2001). Modern Language Review, 98 / 4 (October 2003), pp. 1012-1014.
Review of Manuel Herrero Sánchez, El acercamiento hispano-neerlandés (Madrid: CSIC, 2000). European History Quarterly, vol. 33, no. 3 (July, 2003), pp. 390-392.
Malcolm, A
(2003)
Review of Manuel Herrero Sánchez, El acercamiento hispano-neerlandés (Madrid: CSIC, 2000). European History Quarterly, vol. 33, no. 3 (July, 2003), pp. 390-392.
Review of Raymond Carr (ed.), Spain: A History (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2000). The English Historical Review, cxvi / 469 (November 2001), p. 1242.
Malcolm, A
(2001)
Review of Raymond Carr (ed.), Spain: A History (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2000). The English Historical Review, cxvi / 469 (November 2001), p. 1242.
Review of Don Francisco Gutiérrez de los Ríos y Córdoba, Conde de Fernán Núñez, El hombre práctico, o discursos varios sobre su conocimiento y enseñanza (Brussels, 1686), ed. by Jesús Pérez ....
Malcolm, A
(2001)
Review of Don Francisco Gutiérrez de los Ríos y Córdoba, Conde de Fernán Núñez, El hombre práctico, o discursos varios sobre su conocimiento y enseñanza (Brussels, 1686), ed. by Jesús Pérez ....
Dissertations/Thesess
Don Luis de Haro and the Political Elite of the Spanish Monarchy in the Mid-Seventeenth Century
Malcolm, A
(1999)
Don Luis de Haro and the Political Elite of the Spanish Monarchy in the Mid-Seventeenth Century