Francisco Rodríguez Chaparro

Francisco J. R. Chaparro teaches Art History, Cultural Heritage, and Aesthetics at IE University, while also serving at the Learning Innovation unit, Adjunct & Visiting Faculty Department. Francisco has also taught at other institutions, including NYU’s College of Arts and Sciences, New Jersey City University, and more recently, Saint Louis University and Syracuse University (Madrid Campus).

Francisco has an extensive career as an art writer, contributing to and acting as an editorial member of Descubrir el Arte (since 2007) and other publications. In the museum sector, he has trained and worked in various capacities at the Peggy Guggenheim Collection, MoMA, Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, Hispanic Society Library & Museum, and The Metropolitan Museum of Art. His experience culminated with his participation in the groundbreaking exhibition Goya’s Graphic Imagination at the Metropolitan Museum as a researcher and contributor to its catalogue (2021).

Francisco’s academic production focuses on the transitional period between the 18^th and 19^th centuries from the perspective of social art history, covering topics such as print culture and the pre-photographic period, arts and politics, and the work of Francisco Goya, to which he devoted his doctoral dissertation. Other interests include Art Theory and Aesthetics, as well as the history of museums and the institutionalization of culture in the modern state.

As a Fulbright Program scholar (2011-2013) and recipient of the Polonsky Foundation Digital Humanities Fellowship (2014), Francisco’s background and career reflect his passion for international education, as well as his commitment to innovation and technology as tools for creating enriching and memorable learning experiences.

ACADEMIC AND PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

• IE University (Adjunct and Visiting Faculty Department), 2019

• Adjunct Professor, IE University, 2022

• Adjunct Professor, Syracuse University, Madrid Campus, 2022

• Adjunct Professor, Saint Louis University, Madrid Campus, 2019

• Metropolitan Museum of Art, Curatorial Studies Fellow, 2017

• Hispanic Society Museum & Library, 2016/2017, Research Associate

• Adjunct Professor, New Jersey City University, Arts Department, 2014 - 2015

• Recitation Leader, NYU College of Arts and Sciences, 2013-2015

• Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Graduate Researcher, Goya: Order & Disorder show, 2014

• The Museum of Modern Art, Curatorial intern, Photo Department, 2013

• Fulbright Program, 2011 - 2013

• Peggy Guggenheim Collection, Venice, International Internship Program, 2008

ACADEMIC BACKGROUND

• PHD, New York University, Institute of Fine Arts, 2019

• Certificate in Curatorial Studies, The Metropolitan Museum of Art / IFA, 2017

• MA, MPhil, New York University, Institute of Fine Arts, 2013

• Máster Europeo en Conservación y Gestión de Bienes Culturales, Universities of Siena, Salamanca, Cassino, Caen and Venice, 2009

• Licenciado en Historia del Arte, Universidad de Granada, 2006