Joseba Louzao Villar is a Full Professor at the Centro Universitario Cardenal Cisneros (University of Alcalá). He is currently investigating the relationship between nation and religion in today’s world and religious minorities during Franco’s dictatorship. He is the author of Soldados de la fe o amantes del progreso, Catolicismo y modernidad en Vizcaya (1890-1923) (Logroño, 2011) and articles in various collective publications. His work has also been published in prestigious journals such as European History Quaterly, Ayer, Historia y Política, Historia Social and Hispania Sacra.