Full Professor of Contemporary History. University of Cadiz
- Extraordinary Prize of Bachelor “Asunción Comes-End-of-Career Award 1984”. Octavio Comes Foundation. 04/12/1984.
- Extraordinary Degree Award for the Degree in Philosophy and Letters. University of Cadiz. 28/01/1988.
- Agustín de Horozco Historical Research Award 1986. Municipal Foundation of Culture of Cádiz. 15/05/1987.
- Second Prize in Section B (Edited Teaching Materials) of the “Emilia Pardo Bazán” National Award. Secretary of State of the Ministry of Edication and Science (collective award). 20/02/1990.
- Correspondent Member of the Royal Academy of Science, Fine Arts and Noble Arts of Cordoba. 20/05/2004.
- “Adolfo de Castro” Historical Research Award 1991. Municipal Foundation of Culture of Cádiz. 02/06/1992.
- Excellence in Research Award of the University of Cadiz 2010. Modality A: Research Groups. Category: Humanities and Social and Legal Sciences. 19/01/2011.
- HUMAN Award 2011 for knowledge transfer in the area of Social Sciences and Humanities. University of Cadiz. 21/12/2011.
- Excellence in Research Award of the University of Cadiz 2020. Modality: Authors of the most relevant monographs. 29/04/2022.
- Excellence in Research Award of the University of Cadiz 2021. Modality: Authors of the most relevant monographs. 22/05/2023.