Miguel Soto Garrido

Miguel Soto Garrido holds a PhD in Early Modern History from the University of Málaga and the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC), and an MA from the Autonomous University of Madrid. His doctoral research examined the role of the 7th Duke of Medina Sidonia in the defence of the Strait of Gibraltar (1578–1603), combining the study of intercultural diplomacy with the Maghrebi sultanates and the logistics of naval warfare.

His main lines of research address intercultural diplomacy in the Mediterranean, the role of religious minorities (Moriscos and Jews) in frontier societies, and the dynamics of slavery and captivity in the western Mediterranean. His current postdoctoral work at the University of Oxford, within the ERC project UNSEEN: Unveiling Networks: Slavery and the European Encounter with Islamic Material Culture (1580–1700), explores the cultural transfers facilitated by enslaved Muslims between Iberia and North Africa, particularly in medical expertise, and material culture.

He has conducted archival research in the principal repositories of the Hispanic Monarchy (Simancas, Madrid, Lisbon, Toledo), major noble archives (Medina Sidonia, Medinaceli), and regional collections, complemented by work in French and especially Tuscan archives (Florence, Pisa, Livorno). His international training includes research stays at EHESS (École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales), Sorbonne Université, CHAM–Universidade Nova de Lisboa, and the Medici Archive Project in Florence.

 
Academia.edu profile:  https://oxford.academia.edu/MiguelSotoGarrido