Francisco Veiga

Francisco Veiga
Francisco José Veiga Rodríguez
Born1958 (age 67–68)
OccupationsHistorian, writer
Board member ofProfessor at the Department of Contemporary History at the Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB)
Academic work
EraInterwar period, Cold War, Post-Cold War, Arab Spring, Russian Revolution, Balkans, Turkey
Main interestsMiddle East, Oriental studies, Eurasia, Yugoslav Wars, History of Turkey
Notable works(see § Work, below)

Francisco José Veiga Rodríguez (born 1958 in Madrid) is a Spanish historian, journalist and writer. He is a doctor and professor in the Department of Contemporary History at the Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB), where he has been a professor since 1983, with a focus on Eastern Europe, the countries of the former Soviet Union, the countries of the Balkan Peninsula and Turkey. He is an author of newspaper articles for El Periódico de Catalunya and El País.