Antumi Pallás Valencia

Antumi Toasijé is an historian, writer, and artist. He is a professor of Global History at New York University in Madrid and at IE University. He is also president of the Council for the Elimination of Racial or Ethnic Discrimination (CEDRE), the main official body dedicated to the fight against racism in Spain, which is linked to the Spanish Ministry of Equality.

PhD in History, Culture and Thought from the University of Alcalá, with a thesis on the African presence in the Iberian Peninsula and the Balearic Islands from the Iron Age to the present day, Degree in General History from the University of the Balearic Islands, PhD courses in International Relations and African Studies at the Autonomous University of Madrid.

Antumi Toasijé is the author of three history books and a novel, as well as several academic and informative articles, and he has promoted a wide range of political, cultural, and social initiatives for the defense of the rights of the African and Afro-descendant communities in Europe, Africa, and Latin America.

Corporate Experience

• Educator and Arts Instructor for the Respuesta Social Siglo XXI Foundation, Madrid, Spain. Task: Education of youths in detention aged 14 to 23, 2006 - 2014

Academic Experience

• Adjunct Professor: IE University. Global History from a non-Eurocentric perspective (Spring semester), 2024 - Present

• Global Instructor at the University of New York in Madrid. Course: Migration and Cultural Diversity in Spain (Spring), 2024 - Present

• Global Instructor at the University of New York in Madrid. Field: Global History. Courses: Global Works and Society: Antiquity (Fall semester) and GWS in a Changing World (Spring semester), 2021 - Present

• Adjunct Faculty Lecturer: Alfonso X El Sabio University. Course: International Cooperation for Development, 2022 - 2023

• Independent Scholar and lecturer at various NGOs, Universities, and institutions. Conferences delivered in Spain, Portugal, Ghana, UK, France, Belgium, the Netherlands, 2003 - 2021

• Director of Degree Final Projects and master’s Thesis. International University of La Rioja UNIR. Areas: Social Education, Social Intervention, and International Cooperation, 2022

Academic Background

• IE University Fellow, Gurus & Griots Academic Accelerator for African and Afro-descendant Leaders, 2022 - 2023

• Credited Assistant University Professor by the Spanish National Accreditation Agency (ANECA), 2019

• PhD in History, Culture and Though. History, Prehistory and Philosophy Departments, University of Alcalá, Spain, 2019

• High Schools Teaching Certificate (CAP), University of Extremadura, Spain, 2004

• Ph.D. coursework Certificate on International Relations and African Studies, Autonomous University of Madrid, Spain, 2004

• Licentiate in General History, equivalent to Bachelor’s plus master’s degrees. Balearic Islands University, Spain, 2003