Judit Vidal Bonavila

Bio:

Judit Vidal Bonavila has a degree and a doctorate in History from the Rovira i Virgili University. Since 2017, she has been a professor at the URV and a collaborator at the Open University of Catalonia (UOC).

UNIVERSITY RESEARCH:

Specialist in the modern era and in economic and social relations in the Mediterranean. She presented his doctoral thesis in June 2015 on the theme of the almadravas in the Crown of Aragon as a whole, with the titleThe use of the sea in the 16th-17th centuries: Comparative study of the almadravas of the Crown of Aragon. The thesis was done with a European mention, with an international stay at the University of Sassari. The thesis resulted in several articles in indexed journals and also two monographs; a global one published by the Noguera Foundation (2018) and a specific one on Catalan traps (2019). The thesis database was incorporated into the international project dedicated to the conservation of Atlantic tuna: ICCAT Atlantic-Wide Research Programme for Bluefin Tuna (GBYP (2016-2017)).

UNIVERSITY TEACHING:

Degree in History:

• SOCIETY AND CULTURE IN THE MODERN ERA (First)
• MODERN HISTORY (Second)
• THE CROWN OF ARAGON IN THE MODERN AGE (third)

UNIVERSITY MANAGEMENT:

Mobility Coordinator of History, Art History and Archeology degrees

MOST RELEVANT MERITS (sorted by type)

Publications
Latest most relevant publications (2016-2024):

• VIDAL BONAVILA, JUDIT (2024): "L'oli de ginebre: producció i comerç a la Catalunya d'època moderna. Estudi dels fons de ginebre a les Terres de l'Ebre". Estudis d'Història Agrària, num. 36, pp. 187-214.
• VIDAL BONAVILA, JUDIT (2023): "Los trabajadores de las almadrabas y sus familias en Valencia y Cataluña, siglos XVI-XVII" en GARCÍA GONZÁLEZ, FRANCISCO Y ORTEGA DEL CERRO, PABLO [Ed.] Los hogares de los mares. La familia en la España marítima, siglos XVI-XIX. Editorial Trea, pp. 193-214. ISBN: 978-84-19823-71-7
• VIDAL BONAVILA, JUDIT (2021): "El comerç de tonyina al mediterrani occidental a l'època moderna" a DANTÍ, JAUME (coord.): Història connectada entre Catalunya i la Mediterrània (segles XVI-XVIII), Rafael Dalmau editor, pp.87-116.
• VIDAL BONAVILA, JUDIT (2020): "El impacto político, económico y social de la pesca del atún con almadrabas en el Levante de la Península Ibérica". Estudios Atacameños, Revista de Arqueología y Antropología, 64, pp.67-84. ISSN: 0716-0925.
• VIDAL BONAVILA, JUDIT (2019): L'almadrava de l'Hospitalet de l'Infant. Paradigma de les almadraves catalanes en època moderna. Ajuntament de Vandellòs i l'Hospitalet de l'Infant: Cossetània edicions. 978-84-9034-843-7
• VIDAL BONAVILA, JUDIT (2018): L'aprofitament del mar en els segles XVI-XVII: Estudi comparatiu de les almadraves de la Corona d'Aragó. Col·lecció Estudis, núm. 76. Pagès editors, Fundació Noguera. ISBN: 978-84-1303-016-6.
• VIDAL BONAVILA, JUDIT (2018): "Las almadrabas del Reino de Valencia entre finales del siglo XVI e inicios del XVII". Estudis. Revista d'Història Moderna, 44, pp.107-134 ISSN: 0210-9093.
• VIDAL BONAVILA, JUDIT (2017): "Las almadrabas de la Corona de Aragón en los siglos XVI y XVII". ICCAT Col Vol. Sci. Pap. Vol. 74. ISSN: 1021-5212
• FÀBREGAS ROIG, JOSEP; VIDAL BONAVILA, JUDIT (2017): "El Camp de Tarragona, un segle de lluita contra les epidèmies, 1720-1819", Pedralbes, núm. 35, pp. 235-270.
• GONZALVO CIRAC, MARGARITA; FÀBREGAS ROIG, JOSEP; VIDAL BONAVILA, JUDIT (2016): "Evolución demográfica del camp de Tarragona (Cataluña, España) 1570-1880: las grandes crisis de mortalidad" Población y Salud en Mesoamérica. Universidad de Costa Rica, Vol. 14, núm. 1, articulo 2.
• MORENO ALMÁRCEGUI, ANTONIO; FÀBREGAS ROIG, JOSEP; SÁNCHEZ BARRICARTE, JESUS; GOLZALVO CIRAC, MARGARITA; VIDAL BONAVILA JUDIT (2016): "Demographic reconstruction of the Camp de Tarragona area (Spain), 1547-1877", Annales de Démographie Historique, Universidad Carlos III, nº1 (131), pp. 171-203.

Projects

• Familia, dependencia y conflicto en España, 1700-1860 (2025-2029)
• Agentes e instituciones en la red catalana del Mediterráneo (siglos XVI-XVIII) (2022-2025)
• Espacios conectados a lo largo del tiempo. Cataluña y el mundo mediterráneo en los siglos XVII y XVIII (2018-2021)
• Relaciones dinámicas entre mortalidad y fecundidad en las primeras fases de la Transición Demográfica. (2013-2016)

Various
She has also worked on other lines of research, including the project on juniper oil ovens in Riba-roja d'Ebre, which resulted in a book published by the Diputació de Tarragona and the Ajuntament de Riba-roja d'Ebre (2018). She has been a member of a historical demography project and has written articles on demography and historical health.
She has also directed several research projects. Of particular note is the thesis of Ricard Cantano. Contribution of Canet and the Province of Marina de Mataró to Catalan maritime trade in the 18th century. From Mediterranean cabotage to the Race to the Indies (1740-1778)(2022), but also final degree projects and their committees. He also has experience in organizing R&D&I conferences and other university extension or transfer teaching activities.