Francisco de Segovia

Designer and historian. He studied at the Faculty of Architecture, Design, and Urban Studies and at the Institute of History at the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile. He has been a faculty member at the University of Chile, Pontifical Catholic University of Chile, and Diego Portales University. During his undergraduate studies, he took courses and workshops focused on curatorial projects, theoretical subjects, and visual communication. He has conducted research in Chile, Peru, and Spain. He is a researcher at numerous institutions such as the National Library of Madrid, the Archiepiscopal Archive of Lima, and the General Archive of the Indies in Seville. He has specialized in the history and theory of design and, in the historical field, in the society and culture of Spain during the Ancien Régime (15th – 19th centuries). Between 2016 and 2020, he was advised by Gabriel Guarda Geywitz O.S.B. † (National History Prize, Chile) for historical research in southern Chile. He is a full member of the Chilean Institute of Genealogical Research and has authored several publications in the Revista de Estudios Históricos, the official journal of that institution. He has developed theses on urban history and material culture. Currently, he also explores photography, portraiture, and biography as formats for historical and social studies.

Francisco de Segovia has positioned himself internationally as an expert advisor on research and history topics. He is the Chief Genealogist at Apparcel Uriarte Abogados – AIM GLOBAL (Chile – Portugal). He has also been an advisor and researcher for the Heritage Architecture Consulting Firm “PARES” (Heritage, Architecture, and Restoration – Chile) and the audiovisual production company “Tormento Films”.