Alfred Bosch

Alfred Bosch was born and raised in Barcelona, where he lives. Aside from Catalan and Spanish, he masters English, French and Portuguese and speaks basic German and Italian. Professor and researcher in academic institutions at home and abroad: Pompeu Fabra University, Autonomous University of Barcelona, Open University of Catalonia, Rovira i Virgili University, CIDOB, University of Chicago (USA), CEAN Bordeaux (France), University of London (UK), University of Ibadan (Nigeria), University of Witwatersrand (South Africa) and Hood College (Washington). He also chaired the African Studies Centre and completed a PhD dissertation on Nelson Mandela and the ANC.

Lucky to have a multi-faceted background. He was deeply involved in the organization of the 1992 Olympics of Barcelona. Columnist for various newspapers, he covered war conflicts around the globe. As a writer, he has published 20 different titles –including fiction and non-fiction- on a range of topics from African societies to the debate on European and Catalan issues. In politics, he has been congressman in Madrid, leader of his group in Barcelona City Council, vice- president of Metropolitan Barcelona in charge of International Affairs and Foreign Minister of the Catalan (Autonomous) Government. Glad to return to the world of knowledge.