Researchers
Ramon Josep Pujades i Bataller
He was born in Barcelona, in 1972. He is currently Head of Section of the Royal Heritage of the Arxiu de la Corona d’Aragó (Barcelona) and member, since 2001, of the Professional Body of Archivists, Librarians and Archaeologists. Degree in geography and history specialized in medieval history, University of Valencia (1995). Bachelor's degree with the thesis: In the eyes of God, in the eyes of men: moral stereotypes and social perception of some professional status in the late medieval Valencia. PhD in Geography and History, University of Valencia (2005) with the thesis: Writing in the late medieval space: cartographic production in the western Mediterranean in the 13th, 14th and 15th centuries. He was appointed associate professor in the Department of Ancient History and Written Culture (Palaeography and Diplomatic Teaching Unit), University of Valencia, from 18 February to 18 July 1998. Senior researcher in Valencia Philology University Institute, between 7 October and 7 December 2002, attached to the project: The language of the Royal Chancellery of the Crown of Aragon (1291-1516). He also took part of the exhibition: Mediterraneum: the splendour of the medieval Mediterranean in the 13th-14th centuries, held in Barcelona, between 18 May and 27 September 2004, as part of the Universal Forum of Cultures.
Publications
- Pujades i Bataller, R. J.: “Memòries d’una mar solcada: el dibuix i l’escripturació del litoral valencià en la cartografia portolana medieval, Afers. Fulls de recerca i pensament, 40 (2001).
- Les cartes portolanes: la representació medieval d’una mar solcada, Barcelona, Institut Cartogràfic de Catalunya, l’Institut d’Estudis Catalans i l’Institut Europeu de la Mediterrània, 2007.
- Pujades i Bataller, R. J.: La carta de Gabriel de Vallseca de 1439. Estudi i edició, Barcelona, Lumenartis, 2009.
- Pujades i Bataller, R. J.: “Espais viscuts i espais imaginats: les representacions del món de la baixa edat mitjana”, Studium medievale. Revista de cultura visual-cultura escrita, num. 3 (2010), p. 27-41. [PDF]
- Pujades i Bataller, R. J., “De Génova a Venecia y Mallorca: la emigración de cartógrafos ligures y la expansión mediterránea de las cartas de navegar (s. XIV)”, Circolazione di uomini e scambi culturali tra città (sec. XII-XIV). XXIII Convegno Internazionale di Studi, Pistoia, 2011, (en premsa).