Javier Moscoso, Ph.D.

Moscoso is a research professor of history and philosophy of science at the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC). His book, “His Pain: A Cultural History,” was published in French in October 2011 and later published in English in 2012. The French edition received the French booksellers’ Libr’à Nous prize for the best history book of 2015 and is now being translated into Arabic. Critics considered the text an example of cultural history and medical humanities. Throughout his career, Moscoso has lectured all over the world. He has been a visiting scholar at the University of Harvard, the Georges Lurcy visiting professor at the University of Chicago and a visiting professor at the Sorbonne. His latest book, “Arc of Feeling: A History of the Swing,” explores the similarity between rituals and mythologies of the swing across history and the planet.