Welcome! I'm Igor Sosa Mayor

Dr. Dr.

My name is Igor Sosa Mayor. I hold a doctorate in Linguistics from the University of Erlangen-Nürnberg and a doctorate in History from the European Institute Universitario in Florence. My areas of interest include global transformations in religions in the early modern period. In addition, I have extensive knowledge of digital humanities methods (GIS, LLMs, etc.).

Research Areas

Early Modern History

My main period of research is the early modern history, specially religious changes and their relationships with social and geopolitical changes.

Global History

I'm interested in global phenonoma related to religious developments in the early modern period. Above all the relationships between religion, geopolitics and culture in Eurasia.

Digital Humanities

I'm interested in Geographical Information Systems, Large Language Models, topic modelling, and other topics in the field.

Digital Humanities Skills

GIS

I am a very experienced GIS programmer. I used frequently PostGIS, QGIS and OpenLayers.

Frontend/Backend

I develop frontend and backend applications using the newest javascript frameworks.

Databases

I am a very experienced SQL programmer and an enthusiast of PostgreSQL.