Jean-Frédéric Schaub is professor of the School of Advanced Studies in Social Sciences. Reputed historian, among his publications about The Jews of the King of Spain. Oran, 1507-1669 (1999), Portugal in the time of the Count-Duke of Olivares, 1621-1640 (2001), Portugal na Monarquia Hispânica, 1580-1640 (2001), Spanish France. The Hispanic roots of French absolutism (2003) and Oroonoko, prince and slave. Colonial novel of uncertainty (2008).