Ferran de Vargas

I am a political scientist and UKRI Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) fellow at the University of Edinburgh. I work on the intersection of Comparative Political Theory and Political History while fostering new indedisciplinary frameworks that encompass critical discourse analysis of cultural productions, and engaging in the much-needed task of decentring Comparative Fascist Studies from Critial Theory approaches. 

I completed a master's degree in Chinese and Japanese Studies at Open University of Catalonia (Special Award), and a PhD in Intercultural Studies at Autonomous University of Barcelona (Special Prize). Then I became a Juan de la Cierva postdoctoral grant holder (Spanish Government - NextGenerationEU) at Open University of Catalonia. Additionally, I have conducted research stays at Kobe University (Japan), the JF Japanese Language Institute, Kansai (Japan Foundation Program for Specialists in Cultural and Academic Fields) and Kyoto University (Japan).

I authored the book Izquierda y revolución. Una historia política del Japón de posguerra (Edicions Bellaterra, 2020) and co-edited the volume Political Thought and Japan's New Left Movements (Bloomsbury, 2025). I have also published articles in academic journals such as positions, Modern Asian Studies, Comparative Political Theory, Fascism: Journal of Comparative Fascist Studies, Japan Forum, Las Torres de Lucca: International Journal of Political Philosophy, The Sixties, Arts and Film-Philosophy.