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Listen - ESPAÑOL

Peter Frankopan in conversation with Mariana Núñez

 
Panamá 2025, 

Peter Frankopan (Croatia / United Kingdom) is Professor of Global History at Oxford University, where he directs the Centre for Byzantine Research, and is a Senior Researcher at Worcester College. He is also UNESCO Professor of Silk Roads Studies and a bye-fellow at King's College, Cambridge. Called a “literary star” by The Times and a “rock star don” by the BBC, his work has been acclaimed internationally, particularly his book The Silk Roads, named one of the best books of the decade by The Sunday Times. His latest work, The Earth Transformed. An Untold Story, has been praised for its wide-ranging and erudite analysis of how the environment has moulded global history.

Simultaneous interpretation from English to Spanish available

Peter Frankopan in conversation with Mariana Núñez