Jorge Garrido López (Medieval History PhD) is a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Granada, holding a Contrato-Puente. He is member of the Research Group of the Andalusian Government HUM1035 "Production,
Exchange and Materiality".
His area of expertise are Economy and Production in the Middle Ages. His works particularly focuses on textile and leather production in the late period of al-Andalus (the Nasrid Kingdom of Granada). He focuses on characterizing how production formulas developed during this specific period in a transitional society like the Nasrid, analyzing the impact of the fundamental commercial demand placed on these goods. He is currently specifically focused on silk production.