Doctor in archaeology, history teacher in Tarragona (Catalonia), writer, researcher and orientalist, expert in poliorcetics and polemology.
Online video channel of short archaeological documentaries, an educative project of cultural interest, by Dr. Víctor Pérez and Margaretha Wendy.
We explore fascinating monuments from exotic worldwide locations in a quest to reveal the architectural heritage of the past. From the ancient Mediterranean civilizations and medieval Europe to the lost cities of the Mayans and the most famous sites of East, South and Southeast Asia.
Independent publishing imprint created in Tarragona by Víctor Pérez.
We publish literary fiction (historical adventure and sword-and-sorcery fantasy), historical, cultural and archaeological guides (especially on ancient fortifications), as well as studies on ancient technical treatises (mainly military and erotic), both in Catalan language and in English.
CURRICULUM VITAE
Personal data
Birthplace and year of birth: Tarragona, 1980
Nationality: Catalan
Academic formation
Languages: Catalan, Spanish, English, Italian, Japanese, French, Malay-Indonesian and Latin.
Educational qualifications: Licentiate in History with Extraordinary Final Studies Award (URV = Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Tarragona, 2002), Superior Graduate in Archaeology (URV, 2003), Master in Classical Archaeology (URV, 2008), Postgraduate in East Asian Societies (UOC = Universitat Oberta de Catalunya, Barcelona, 2009), Master in East Asian Studies (UOC, 2010), Ph.Doctor with highest honour in Archaeology with the thesis Fortifications and urban space in the Roman era in the Conventus Tarraconensis (URV, 2011), Master in Foreign Language Teaching – English speciality (URV, 2014).
Professional experience
Teaching: Public servant of the Generalitat de Catalunya secondary education since 2005. History tenured professor at Institut Tarragona. Several lectures and seminars on East Asia art and archaeology at Universitat Rovira i Virgili.
Archaeology: Participation in several excavations of Roman and Medieval sites in Catalonia and collaboration in projects of traditional architecture restoration and protection of the cultural heritage in East and South East Asia.
Literature: Writing, translating and publishing novels, monographs and academic articles.
Research
Grants: Initiation to the Research predoctoral grant by the Catalan Institute of Classical Archaeology (2003), Research Staff Training grant by the Management of University and Research Assistance Agency of Catalonia (2004-2005), Mobility Grant for predoctoral researchers at Università degli Studi di Roma La Sapienza (2004), and grants for literary creation.
Postdoctoral researcher at the Ancient Topography Seminary Research Group Setopant of the Universitat Rovira i Virgili (Tarragona): http://setopant.com
Research field: Roman and East Asian archaeology.
Research lines: Fortifications, city walls, castles and war in Antiquity.
PUBLICATIONS
Academic research
PÉREZ GARCIA, Víctor Lluís (2009): “Introducció a les religions de l’Àsia Oriental i Meridional” (=Introduction to East and South Asian religions), D’Orient a Occident. Saviesa ancestral, Vision Libros, Madrid, pp. 15-42 (ISBN 978-84-9886-423-6)
* Spanish translation (2009): “Introducción a las religiones de Asia Oriental y Meridional”, De Oriente a Occidente. Sabiduría ancestral, Vision Libros, Madrid, pp. 15-42 (ISBN 978-84-9886-183-9)
PÉREZ GARCIA, Víctor Lluís (2009): “El ioga i la meditació oriental hinduista, budista i taoista” (=Yoga and Hindu, Buddhist and Taoist oriental meditation), D’Orient a Occident. Saviesa ancestral, Vision Libros, Madrid, pp. 55-76 (ISBN 978-84-9886-423-6)
* Spanish translation (2009): “El yoga y la meditación oriental hinduista, budista y taoísta”, De Oriente a Occidente. Sabiduría ancestral, Vision Libros, Madrid, pp. 55-76 (ISBN 978-84-9886-183-9)
PÉREZ I GARCIA, Víctor Lluís (2009): “Shaolín: el bressol de les arts marcials de l’Àsia Oriental” (=Shaolin: the cradle of East Asian martial arts), D’Orient a Occident. Saviesa ancestral, Vision Libros, Madrid, pp. 165-203 (ISBN 978-84-9886-423-6)
* Spanish translation (2009): “Shaolín. La cuna de las artes marciales de Asia Orienal”, De Oriente a Occidente. Sabiduría ancestral, Vision Libros, Madrid, pp. 165-204 (ISBN 978-84-9886-183-9)
PÉREZ GARCIA, Víctor Lluís (2010): Anàlisi comparativa dels feudalismes japonès i europeu: aspectes militars i fortificacions (=Comparative analysis of Japanese and European Feudalism: Military aspects and fortifications), Vision Libros, Madrid (ISBN 978-84-9886-866-1).
PÉREZ GARCIA, Víctor Lluís (2011): Fortificacions i espai urbà al Conventus Tarraconensis: Els sistemes defensius fortificats del Conventus Tarraconensis en el context de la infraestructura militar de l’Imperi Romà (=Fortifications and urban space in the Conventus Tarraconensis: The fortified defensive systems of the Conventus Tarraconensis in the context of the military infrastructure of the Roman Empire), Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Tarragona, Tesis Doctorals en Xarxa (https://www.tdx.cat/handle/10803/34751).
PÉREZ GARCIA, Víctor Lluís (2011): “La problemàtica de les torres de guaita romanes a l’àmbit del Conventus Tarraconensis” (=The problem of the Roman watchtowers in the area of Conventus Tarraconensis), Butlletí Arqueològic Tarraconense, època V, núm. 33, pp. 25-79 (ISSN 1695-5862).
PÉREZ GARCIA, Víctor Lluís (2011): “El Tibet y su cultura: pasado y presente” (=Tibet and its culture: past and present), Tíbet en el corazón, Sunya, Barcelona, pp. 19-140 (ISBN 978-84-938362-3-8).
PÉREZ GARCIA, Víctor Lluís (2012): “Late Roman and Visigothic military fortifications in Conventus Tarraconensis (Hispania): The organization of border defence”, Aquila Legionis. Cuadernos de estudios sobre el Ejército Romano 15, Universidad de Murcia, pp. 165-202 (ISSN 1578-1578).
PÉREZ GARCIA, Víctor Lluís (2014): The First Civilizations. CLIL History ESO 1, master's thesis, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Tarragona, on-line publication:
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/305626851_The_First_Civilizations_CLIL_History_ESO_1
PÉREZ GARCIA, Víctor Lluís (2016): “La difusión de la planta urbana ortogonal china en los siglos VI-VIII: Corea y Japón” (=The spread of Chinese urban grid plan in the 6th and 8th centuries: Korean and Japan), ArqueoWeb 17, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, pp. 1-23 (ISSN 1139-9201).
PÉREZ GARCIA, Víctor Lluís (2016): “South-East Asian fortified stone walls: Angkor Thom (Cambodia), Ho citadel (Vietnam) and Ratu Boko (Indonesia)”, Humaniora. Journal of Culture, literature and linguistics, n. 28, vol. 3, Universitas Gadjah Mada, Yogyakarta, pp. 238-253 (ISSN 0852-0801 & 2302-9269).
PÉREZ GARCIA, Víctor Lluís (2017): “Fortificacions i la defensa de les capitals permanents coreanes: Kumsông, Kaesông i Hanyang” (= Fortifications and the defence of the permanent Korean capitals: Kumsông, Kaesông and Hanyang), Asiadémica 9, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, pp. 149-176 (ISSN 2341-233X).
PÉREZ GARCIA, Víctor Lluís (2017): “Las interpretaciones arqueológicas y la aparición de fortificaciones en el período protohistórico de Corea (300 aC–300 dC)” (=The archaeological interpretations and the emergence of fortifications in the Protohistoric period of Korea, 300 BC-300 AD), Revista Espacio, tiempo y forma. Serie I. Prehistoria y arqueología 10, Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia, Madrid, pp. 95-131 (ISSN 1131-7698, E-ISSN 2340-1354).
PÉREZ GARCIA, Víctor Lluís (2017): “Gunung Padang y el megalitismo indo-malayo: Arqueología y pseudoarqueología” (=Gunung Padang and the Indo-Malay megalithism: Archaeology and pseudoarchaeology), ArqueoWeb 18, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, pp. 62-104 (ISSN 1139-9201).
PÉREZ GARCIA, Víctor Lluís (2017): “Fortificaciones de piedra de Koguryô a la luz de las excavaciones arqueológicas. Siglos IV-VII” (=Stone fortifications of Koguryô in the light of the archaeological excavations. 4th-7th c.), Cuadernos de Arquitectura y Fortificación 4, Ediciones La Ergástula, Madrid, pp. 47-84 (ISSN 2255-1086, ISBN 978-84-16242-46-7).
PÉREZ GARCIA, Víctor Lluís (2018): “El sable abisinio y otras espadas-hoz africanas. Estudio comparativo” (=The Abbysinian saber and other African sickle-swords. Comparative study), Armi Antiche. Bollettino dell'Accademia di San Marciano, Torino, pp. 99–146.
PÉREZ GARCIA, Víctor Lluís (2019): Historical texts on the Roman military camp (300 BC–AD 500), Military Classics 1, Edicions Excalibur, Tarragona (ISBN: 978-84-17793-05-0).
* Catalan translation (2019): Textos històrics sobre el campament militar romà (300 AC–500 DC), Clàssics Militars 1, Edicions Excalibur, Tarragona (ISBN: 978-84-17793-09-8).
PÉREZ GARCIA, Víctor Lluís (2020): “Analysis of the Khmer walled defensive system of Vimayapura (Phimai city, Thailand): symbolism or military effectivity?”, Manusya: Journal of Humanities, vol. 23, nº 2, Chulalongkorn University / Brill, Bangkok / Leiden, pp. 253–285 (ISSN: 0859-9920).
PÉREZ GARCIA, Víctor Lluís (2022): El Kamasutra català i altres manuals de sexe medievals, Clàssics Eròtics 1, Edicions Excalibur, Tarragona (ISBN: 978-84-17793-14-2).
* English translation (2022): The Catalan Kamasutra and other medieval sex manuals, Erotic Classics 1, Edicions Excalibur, Tarragona (ISBN: 978-84-17793-16-6).
Narrative
PÉREZ GARCIA, Víctor Lluís (2009): La venjança d’al-Mansur (=Al-Mansur’s revenge), Vision Libros, Madrid (ISBN 978-84-9886-561-5)
* Finalist of the 24th Ramon Llull Novel Award in Catalan language (2004, Barcelona).
PÉREZ GARCIA, Víctor Lluís (2009): “Roses of blood”, Catalonia Today 322 (September), Barcelona, p. 44 (EAN 8437006148405-09362)
* Winning work of the Write On! short story competition in English, advanced level category, awarded by Catalonia Today magazine.
PÉREZ GARCIA, Víctor Lluís (2018): The quest for Shambhala, Edicions Excalibur, Tarragona (ISBN 978-84-17793-01-2).
Novel translation
CONNELL, Paul & GARY, David & TREMAYNE, Georgina et alii (2011): Big magic. All angles 1, Arola Editors, Tarragona (ISBN 978-84-15248-19-4).
CONNELL, Paul & GARY, David & TREMAYNE, Georgina et alii (2011): Big magic. All angles 2, Arola Editors, Tarragona (ISBN 978-84-15248-55-2).
SALGARI, Emilio (2024): El Corsari Negre 3. La princesa del Darién, Excalibur, Tarragona (in press).
Novel editor
SALGARI, Emilio (2021): El Corsari Negre 1. Els filibusters de la Tortuga, Edicions Excalibur, Tarragona (ISBN 978-84-17793-24-1).
SALGARI, Emilio (2022): El Corsari Negre 2. El jurament de la venjança, Edicions Excalibur, Tarragona (ISBN 978-84-17793-28-9).