Full CV - Department of Sociology

Thomas Jeffrey Miley
Free School Lane
Cambridge CB2 3RQ, United Kingdom
E-mail: [email protected]
Education
Ph.D., Political Science, Yale University, 2004: “The Politics of Language and Nation: The Case of
the Catalans in Contemporary Spain.” Committee: Juan J. Linz, Rogers M. Smith, and David
Cameron. Awarded a mark of Distinction by the faculty and nominated for the Gabriel Almond
Prize for the best dissertation in the field of Comparative Politics (2005).
B.A., Summa Cum Laude, Political Science, U.C.L.A., 1995
Employment
Lecturer of Political Sociology, Department of Sociology, University of Cambridge (Fall 2009Present)
García Pelayo Research Fellow, Centro de Estudios Políticos y Constitucionales, Madrid (Spring
2007-Fall 2009)
Visiting Professor of Political Science, Department of Social Sciences and Humanities, Saint Luis
University, Madrid Campus (Fall 2007-Summer 2009, Summer 2010)
Visiting Assistant Professor of Government, Department of Government, Wesleyan University (Fall
2006)
Lecturer, Program of Ethics, Politics, and Economics, Yale University (2006)
Lecturer, Department of Political Science, Yale University (2004–06)
Publications
Books
Nacionalismo y política lingüística: El caso de Cataluña (Madrid: Centro de Estudios Políticos y
Constitucionales, 2006).
With José Ramón Montero. Editors, Juan J. Linz. Obras escogidas. Volumen 1. Fascismo: Perspectivas
históricas y comparadas (Madrid: Centro de Estudios Políticos y Constitucionales, 2008). Awarded the
Prize for Best Monograph by the Unión de Editoriales Universitarias (Spain), November 2009.
With José Ramón Montero. Editors, Juan J. Linz. Obras escogidas. Volumen 2. Nacion, Estado y lengua
(Madrid: Centro de Estudios Políticos y Constitucionales, 2008). Awarded the Prize for Best
Monograph by the Unión de Editoriales Universitarias (Spain), November 2009.
With José Ramón Montero. Editors, Juan J. Linz. Obras escogidas. Volumen 3. Regímenes totalitarios y
autoritarios (Madrid: Centro de Estudios Políticos y Constitucionales, 2009).
With José Ramón Montero. Editors, Juan J. Linz. Obras escogidas. Volumen 4. Democracias: quiebras,
transiciones y retos (Madrid: Centro de Estudios Políticos y Constitucionales, 2009).
With José Ramón Montero. Editors, Juan J. Linz. Obras escogidas. Volumen 5. Economía y empresarios en
España (Madrid: Centro de Estudios Políticos y Constitucionales, 2013).
With José Ramón Montero. Editors, Juan J. Linz. Obras escogidas. Volumen 6. Partidos y élites políticas en
España (Madrid: Centro de Estudios Políticos y Constitucionales, 2013).
With José Ramón Montero. Editors, Juan J. Linz. Obras escogidas. Volumen 7. Historia y sociedad en
España (Madrid: Centro de Estudios Políticos y Constitucionales, 2013).
Articles and Book Chapters
“Unsolvable Problems,” in Houchang Chehabi, ed. Juan J. Linz: Scholar, Teacher, Friend (Cambridge,
Mass: Ty Aur Press, 2014).
“Problemas insolubles” in J.R. Montero, T.J. Miley, et. al., “Juan J. Linz (1926-2013): un homenaje
caleidoscópico,” Revista de Estudios Políticos, no. 164 (2014): 123-138.
With Juan J. Linz, “Algunas reflexiones precautorias y no ortodoxas sobre la democracia hoy,” Revista
de Estudios Políticos, no. 164 (2014): 1-23.
With Xavier Coller and Enric Martínez, “Identidad y conciencia colectiva,” in X. Coller et. al.., eds.,
El poder político en España (Madrid: Centro de Investigaciones Sociológicas, 2014).
“Democratic Representation and the National Question in Catalan and Basque Politics,” International
Journal of Politics, Culture, and Society, October 2013.
“Blocked Articulation and Nationalist Hegemony in Catalonia,” Regional and Federal Studies, Volume
23, Issue 1 (2013): 7-26.
With Roberto Garvía, “'Linguistic Immersion' and Political Conflict in Contemporary Catalonia,”
European Journal of Language Policy, Number 1 (Spring 2013).
With Xavier Coller, “La visión de algunos intelectuales,” and “Conclusiones,” in X. Coller, ed.,
Perspectivas sobre la identidad andaluza. Polítiocs, intelectuales y ciudadanía (Sevilla: Centro de Estudios
Andaluces, 2013).
With Juan J. Linz, “Cautionary and Unorthodox Thoughts about Democracy Today,” in Douglas
Chalmers and Scott Mainwaring, eds., Institutions and Democracy: Essays in Honor of Alfred Stepan (South
Bend, Ind: University of Notre Dame Press, 2012), pp. 227-252.
“Adaptation linguistique et assimilation culturelle en Catalogne contemporaine,” in Alicia Fernández
and Mathieu Petithomme, eds., Les nationalisms dans l’Espagne contemporaine depuis la transition démocratique
(1975-2010) (Prais: Armand Colin, 2012), pp. 354-378.
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With Enric Martínez, “The Defeat of ETA and the Prospects for Basque Secessionism,” in The
Ruritanian. Newsletter for the Study of Ethnicity and Nationalism, Autumn 2011.
“Franquism as Authoritarianism: Juan Linz and his Critics,” Politics, Religion and Ideology, Volume 12,
Issue 1, No. 1, 27-50, March 2011.
With Enric Martínez, “Cria cuervos. CiU Gobierna España,” en Viejo Topo, no. 278, March 2011.
“Spain: Federalism in Comparative Perspective,” in Rekha Saxena, ed., Varieties of Federal Governance:
Major Contemporary Models (Foundation Books, Cambridge University Press, 2010), pp. 378-429.
With Enric Martínez, “The Constitution and the Politics of National Identity in Contemporary
Spain,” Nations and Nationalisms Vol. 16, Issue 1: 6-30 (2010).
“Quiénes son los catalanes: Lenguaje, identidad y asimilación en la Cataluña contemporánea” in
Pérez de la Fuente, O. and Oliva Martinez, J. D. (eds.), Una discusión sobre identidad, minorías y solidaridad
(Madrid: Dykinson, Coleccion Debates, 2010), pp. 55-82.
With Casiano Hacker-Cordón, “Una teoría anti-monopolio de reconocimiento de grupos,” in Pérez
de la Fuente, O. and Oliva Martinez, J. D. (eds.), Una discusión sobre identidad, minorías y solidaridad
(Madrid: Dykinson, Coleccion Debates, 2010), pp. 19-53.
With Ken Dubin, “Reflexiones sobre la discriminación por edad y sus implicaciones,” in Jesús R.
Mercader Urguina, dir., Trabajadores maduros. Un análisis multidisciplinar de la edad en el ámbito social
(Valladolid, Spain: Lex Nova, 2009), pp.141-152.
With Luis de la Calle, “Analyzing the Dynamics of Assimilation in Nationalist Contexts: Is There
Really More Assimilation in Catalonia than in the Basque Country?,” European Journal of Political
Research, 47: 710-736 (2008).
“Les politiques de mobilisation nationaliste en Catalogne,” in Mohammad-Saïd Darviche and William
Genieys, eds., Penser le dynamique des régimes politiques avec Juan Linz (Paris: L’Harmattan, 2008), pp.141162.
“Ayrilikçi Siddet ve ‘Baris Süreçleri’: Ispanya’nin ETA Deneyimi” (“Separatist Violence and ‘Peace
Processes’: The Spanish Experience with ETA”) in Türkiye’de Kürtler. Baris Süreci Icin Temel
Gereksinimler (The Kurds in Turkey: Main Requirements for a Peace Process) (Istanbul: Heinrich Foundation,
2008), pp.75-89.
“Ispanya’nin Katalonya Bölgesinde ‘Dilse Normalizasyon’ Politikasi” (“The Politics of ‘Linguistic
Normalization’ in Catalonia, Spain”) in Türkiye’de Kürtler. Baris Süreci Icin Temel Gereksinimler (The Kurds
in Turkey: Main Requirements for a Peace Process) (Istanbul: Heinrich Böll Foundation, 2008), pp.201-220.
“Juan Linz on State and Nation: The Case of Spain in Comparative Perspective,” in Joan Marcet, ed.,
Roads to Democracy: A Tribute to Juan J. Linz (Barcelona: Institut de Ciències Polítiques i Socials, 2007).
“Against the Thesis of the Civic Nation: The Case of Catalonia in Contemporary Spain,” Nationalism
and Ethnic Politics 13 (1): 1-37 (January-March 2007).
“Identité(s) en mouvement. Le cas des catalans dans l’Espagne contemporaine,” Pôle Sud. Revue de
Science Politique 23: 147-174 (Fall 2005).
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“The Discourse of Language and Nation in Catalonia,” The Berkeley Journal of Sociology 46: 46-78
(2002).
Manuscripts and Articles in Progress or Under Review
Forging Nationalist Hegemony: Basque and Catalan Politics in Spain and Europe. In process of revision for
Cambridge University Press.
With Enric Martínez-Herrera, eds. Public Opinion and the Politics of Migration in Europe.
Juan J. Linz. An Intellectual Biography.
With Enric Martínez-Herrera, “Neoliberalism and Nationalist Polarization in Spain and the UK”
“The Political Consequences of the Referendum in Scotland”
With Stephen Casmier, “Subliminal Consciousness in the Killing Fields of Spain”
With Enric Martínez-Herrera. Immigrant Identities, Attitudes, and Behavior: The Case of Spain in Europe.
“Crisis of Democratic Representation in Spain”
“Self-Determination for Catalonia? Secessionist Politics as a Dilemma for Democratic Theory”
With Enric Martínez-Herrera, “Independence for Catalonia? Class, Ethnicity, and the Recent Surge
in Secessionism.”
With Enric Martínez-Herrera, “How Nations Are Built by the Democratic State: Evidence from
Spain and Beyond,” to be submitted to Theory and Society.
With Enric Martínez-Herrera and Joan Barceló Soler, “Reactions of Migrants and Natives to Political
Context: A Comparison across Western Europe.”
Other Publications, Working Papers, and Mass Media Interventions
With Stephen Casmier, “Consciousness and Emancipation in an Orwellian World,” King’s Review,
December 2014.
“La Revolución no será transmitida en directo: Reflexiones sobre la Asamblea-Espectáculo de
PODEMOS en Vista Alegre,” El Viejo Topo, Nov. 2014.
With Enric Martínez, “Las consecuencias políticas del referéndum de Escocia,” TEMAS para el
debate, November 2014, #240: pp. 49-51.
With Enric Martínez, “PODEMOS en la encrucijada catalana: crisis orgánica, austeridad y
secesionismo,” Oct. 13, 2014. http://www.lamarea.com/2014/10/13/podemos-en-la-encrucijadacatalana-crisis-organica-austeridad-y-secesionismo/
“Este resultado en Escocia no resuelve para nada el problema.” Intervention on morning radio
program Hoy por Hoy, Cadena Ser, Sept. 19, 2014.
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http://www.cadenaser.com/internacional/audios/thomas-jeffrey-miley-resultado-escocia-resuelvenada-problema/csrcsrpor/20140919csrcsrint_8/Aes/
With Enric Martínez, “Austerity Politics, Organic Crisis, and Nationalist Polarization in Spain,” the
London School of Economics’ EUROPP - European Politics and Policy Blog, August 2014.
http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/europpblog/2014/08/22/podemos-and-the-spanish-left-risk-alienating-theirown-support-base-if-they-ally-with-independence-movements-in-catalonia/
“Citizens of the Flow.” Profile Interview for the University of Cambridge’s research magazine,
Research Horizons, (http://www.cam.ac.uk/research/features/citizens-of-the-flow), February 2014.
With José Ramón Montero, “Juan José Linz: la pasión por conocer y enseñar,” Claves de Razón
Práctica, No. 232, Enero-Febrero 2014: 154-159.
With Alfred Stepan, “Obituary for Juan Linz,” in American Political Science Asoociation. Comparative
Democratization, Vol. 11, No. 3, October 2013: 3, 25.
With Enric Martínez, “Independentismo catalán y representación,” Agenda Pública. El Diario,
(http://www.eldiario.es/agendapublica/reforma-constitucional/Independentismo-catalanrepresentacion_0_150135481.html), June 4, 2013.
With Jordi Domenech, “Structural Change, Collective Action, and Social Unrest in 1930s Spain,”
Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Working Papers in Economic History, WP 13 – 05 (June 2013).
With Roberto Garvia. “Language Policies and Language Ideologies in Contemporary Catalonia,”
Estudio/Working Paper 143/2012. Departamento de Ciencia Política y Relaciones Internacionales,
Universidad Autónoma de Madrid.
With Enric Martínez, “¿Qué destino para el País Vasco?,” in Le Monde Diplomatique, January 2012.
“Franquism as Authoritarianism: Juan Linz and his Critics,” in Juan José Linz, Ein autoritäres Regime
Der Fall Spanien. Herausgegeben von Raimund Krämer und Christoph Sebastian Widdau (Potsdam: Potsdamer
Textbücher, 2011), pp. 99-111.
“Ethnic Nationalism within the Existing System,” in Russian Journal, No. 1 (57), February 4, 2011,
p.11.
“ЭТНОНАЦИОНАЛИЗМ В РАМКАХ СИСТЕМЫ,” in Ньюслеттер Русского Журнала No.1
(57), February 2, 2011, p.11.
With Kerman Calvo (and signed by 25 other University Professors), “An Open Letter to the
Distinguished Senators of Argentina on the Right to Same-Sex Marriage,” distributed by the
Federación Argentina LGTB to all Argentine Senators and published as “Carta abierta a Senadoras y
Senadores de Argentina,” in Artemisa Noticias,
(http://www.artemisanoticias.com.ar/site/notas.asp?id=32&idnota=7063), June 30, 2010.
“Recusal and the Question of Judicial Independence: Reflections on the Current Spanish
Controversy in Comparative and Theoretical Perspective,” Centro de Estudios Políticos y Constitucionales,
Working Papers Series, #1 (March 2008).
“Who Are the Catalans? Language, Identity, and Assimilation in Contemporary Catalonia,” Working
Papers Series, Center for European Studies, Harvard University, #158 (February 2008).
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With Casiano Hacker-Cordón: “Operationalizing and Reconstructing the Theory of Nationalism,”
Centro de Investigaciones y Docencia Económicas, División de Estudios Políticos, Documentos de Trabajo, SDTEP
#198 (December 2007).
With Casiano Hacker-Cordón: “An Antitrust Theory of Group Recognition,” Centro de Investigaciones y
Docencia Económicas, División de Estudios Políticos, Documentos de Trabajo, SDTEP #197 (December 2007).
“The Constitutional Politics of Language Policy in Catalonia, Spain,” in Adalah. The Legal Center for
Arab Minority Rights in Israel. Monthly Newsletter (Volume 29, October 2006).
“Power Politics, Class Conflict, and Nationalist Hegemony in Contemporary Catalonia."
Unpublished manuscript, delivered at the VII Congreso Español de Ciencia Política y de la Administración:
Democracia y Buen Gobierno, September 2005. Accessible online:
(http://www.aecpa.es/uploads/files/congresos/congreso_07/area06/GT26/JEFFREY-MILEYThomas(YaleUniversity).pdf).
Participation in Research Networks and Funded Research Projects
Member of the Cambridge Migration Network (CAMMIGRES).
Principal Investigator for Immigrant Identities, Attitudes and Behaviour in the European Union. Cambridge
Humanities Research Grants Scheme (Fall 2011-Spring 2013) (£19,833).
Framing Attitudes towards Migration and Asylum: Effects of Immigration Politics and Policies in 15 EU Countries.
Financed by the Spanish Ministerio de Educación y Ciencia (Spring 2008 – Spring 2012). P.I.: Enric
Martínez Herrera.
Elites Políticas Autonómicas en España, Financed by Spain’s Centro de Investigaciones Sociológicas (Spring
2009-Fall 2010). P.I.: Francesc Xavier Coller Porta.
Conflicto y consenso parlamentario: el caso de la España de las autonomías (1980-2010). F inanced by the
Spanish Ministerio de Ciencia e Inovacion (Spring 2009-Spring 2010). P.I.: Francesc Xavier Coller Porta.
Desarrollo de técnicas de docencia en la asignatura: Técnicas de investigación en Ciencia Política. Financed by the
Junta de Castilla y León (Spring 2007 - Spring 2008). P.I.: Natalia Ajenjo.
Invited Talks, Lectures, Workshops, and Conferences
November 2014: Talk titled, “Austerity Politics and the Assault on Freedom, Equality and the
University.” Delivered at the Cambridge Defend Education Teach-In for Free Education. Held at
the Cambridge University Graduate Union. 12th.
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November 2014: “The Politics of Belonging in Europe.” Lecture given at the Darwin College
Arts/Humanities and Social Sciences Seminar. Cambridge. 11th.
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November 2014: “The Politics of Belonging in Europe.” Public lecture and roundtable discussion
with Dr. Philippe Borbeau and Dr. David Howarth (former MP) at the Cambridge Migration
Research Forum’s Public Launching Event. 4th.
https://www.cammigres.group.cam.ac.uk/images/forum-launch-poster.png.
October 2014: “Podemos y la crisis: El desafío de la politicización,” Public lecture and roundtable
discussion organized by PODEMOS Inter-Círculos, held in Abrera, 17th.
October 2014: “Podemos y la Crisis: Indignación y austericidio.” Public lectura and roundtable
discussion organized by PODEMOS, Círculo La Selva Maresme. Held in Calella, Barcelona, 16th.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xYwi64OPNUM
October 2014: Talk titled, “Neoliberalism and Nationalist Polarization in Spain and the UK,” for
plenary panel on “The Great Recession and Varieties of Social and Political Responses,” at
conference on Crisis and Social Change: Towards Alternative Horizons. Organized by the Sociology
Department, The University of Cambridge, 4th-5th.
July 2014: Presentation of paper with Dr. Stephen Casmier titled, “Subliminal Consciousness in the
Killing Fields of Spain,” in panel on “Responses to Spain,” at the 16th Annual Conference of the
Multidisciplinary Society, The Space Between: Literature and Culture 1914-1945, School of Advanced
Study, University of London, 17th-19th.
May 2014: Lecture titled, “The Latin American Left and Resistance to Neoliberalism,” delivered at
the Open Research Seminar of the Centre for Latin American Studies, University of Cambridge, 12th.
May 2014: Lecture with Dr. Enric Martínez titled, “¿Independencia para Cataluña? Movilización,
polarización y conflicto de clases.” Organized by the civil society group, Alternativa Ciudadana
Progresista (ACP). Held at the Centro Cultural Metropolitana Tecla Sala, L’Hospitalet de Llobregat,
Barcelona. 8th.
April 2014: Lecture titled, “The Theory of Democracy. A Tribute to Juan J. Linz.” Organized by the
Society of Spanish Researchers in the United Kingdom. Held at the Department of Sociology,
Cambridge, 30th.
April 2014: Participation as a member of the Cambridge Migration Network in an “Interactive
Engagement with Policy Stakeholders and Practitioner Stakeholders: Knowledge Exchange Trials.
Integration and Migration.” Sponsored by the University of Manchester’s Institute for Social
Change. Held at RAND Europe, Cambridge, 29th.
April 2014: Participation as member of the Cambridge Migration Network in Symposium held in the
U.K. Parliament on the subject of migration. Attendees included David Hanson MP, the Shadow
Minister for Immigration, and the Rt Hon Sir Andrew Stunell MP, Head of the Liberal Democratic
Working Group on Migration. Westminster, 9th.
March 2014: Chair of panel on “Resurrecting Political Extremes,” at the Council for European
Studies’ 21st International Conference for Europeanists: Resurrections, Washington, D.C., 15th.
March 2014: Presentation of paper titled, “Democracy, Self-Determination, and the Case of
Catalonia,” for a panel on “New Secessionist Demands and the Implications for Democracy and
Federalism: The Case of Spain,” at the Council for European Studies’ 21st International Conference for
Europeanists: Resurrections, Washington, D.C., 15th.
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February 2014: Talk with Dr. Enric Martínez titled, “Independence for Catalonia?” Delivered at the
Sociology Seminar, Cambridge, 25th.
February 2014: Lecture titled “Power Relations: Class and Capitalism.” Organized by the Cambridge
Society for Economic Pluralism, 24th.
February 2014: Chair of Roundtable Panel Discussion on “The Twenty Years’ Anniversary of the
Zapatista Uprising.” An event organized by the Cntre for Latin American Studies and the Radical
Americas’ Network. Held at the Department of Sociology, Cambridge, 18th.
January 2014: Speaker at memorial event, “Homenaje a Juan J. Linz (1926-2013).” Event cosponsored by: Asociación Española de Ciencia Política y de la Administración, Asociación de
Historia Contemporánea, Asociación de Historiadores del Presente, Centro de Estudios políticos y
Constitucionales, Centro de Investigaciones Sociológicas, Colegio de Politólogos y Sociólogos, the
Federación Española de Sociología, FRIDE, Fundación Juan March, Fundación Príncipe de Asturias,
Fundación Transición Española, Real Instituto Elcano, Yale Club de Madrid. Held at the
Universidad Autónoma de Madrid., 24th.
November 2013: Speaker at seminar titled, “Challenging Neoliberalism in Latin America: Social
Movements and the Road to Social Justice.” With Giorgio Jackson. Sponsored by the Cambridge
Society for Social and Economic Development, 30th.
November 2013: Speaker at presentation of volumes 5, 6, and 7 of the Obras Escogidas de Juan J. Linz
at the Centro de Estudios Políticos y Constitucionales in Madrid. The event took place just a month after
Linz’s death, and thus was an homage to him and a significant public event in Spain. Among those
in attendance were Spain’s Prime Minister, Mariano Rajoy, as well as the Minister of Education and
Culture, José Ignacio Wert. Madrid, 13th.
November 2013: Participant in debate titled, “Is Britain’s Welfare System Ready for the 21st
Century?” at the Cambridge Festival of Ideas. 1st.
April 2013: Lecture titled, “A Sociological Approach to Understanding Contemporary Trends in
British Politics,” for the University of Cambridge, Human, Social, and Political Science (HSPS) Year
12 Sociology Master Class, Cambridge. 20th.
April 2013: Presentation of paper on “Democratic Representation and Separatist-Nationalism in
Catalonia and the Basque Country,” at conference on “Democratic Representation in Crisis,” as part
of the La Pietra Dialogues, organized by New York University and the European University Institute,
in Florcence, 10th-11th.
March 2013: Participation in roundtable debate on “The Independence of Catalonia,” at the Center
for European Studies, Harvard University, 17th.
February 2013: Participation in roundtable debate, “Aspectes polítics del debat sobre la
independència de Catalunya,” at the conference La independencia de Catalunya, a debát, held at the
Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, 6th.
September 2012: Presentation of paper with Enric Martínez, “Identidades y orientaciones hacia las
comunidades políticas de los parlamentarios de España,” at workshop on “Las Elites Parlamentarias
de la España de las Autonomías,” at the Universidad de Deusto in Bilbao, 26th-28th.
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September 2012: Presentation of paper with Joan Barceló and Enric Martínez, “Migrants’ and
Natives’ Reactions to Migration Political Contexts. A Comparison Across Western Europe,” on
panel on “Migration and Citizenship,2nd (Canceled due to hurricane).
July 2012: Co-Chair with Enric Martínez of panel on “Ethno-linguistic Mobilization and Vernacular
Languages in a Globalized Context,” at the 22nd World Congress of the International Political Science
Association in Madrid, 12th.
July 2012: Presentation of paper with Enric Martínez, “Mapping and Explaining Elite-Citizen
Divisions in a Minority Nation with Devolved Institutional Powers. Catalonia across the Decades,”
in panel on “Nation-Building in Nested Communities: Masses’ and Elites’ Identities in Multilayered
Polities” at the 22nd World Congress of the International Political Science Association in Madrid, 12th.
May 2012: Moderator of Reading Group Session of the Polity, Economy, and Society Research
Group, Market Square, on The Politics of the Welfare State in Context, focused on the crisis of the welfare
state in Spain. At the Centre for Research in the Arts, Social Sciences, and Humanities at Cambridge,
2nd.
April 2012: Chair of panel on “Spain” and presentation of paper with Enric Martínez, “The End of
ETA and the Future of the Basque Country,” at the conference, “Identity, Culture, and
Communication,” at Saint Louis University in Madrid, Spain, 19th-21st.
March 2012: Co-organizer of panel on “Nation-Building in Global Multilayered Polities. Masses and
Elites in Contexts of Rival Identities,” with Xavier Coller and Enric Martínez, and presentation of
paper, “Language and Ethno-Nationalist Mobilization of the Political Elite of the Països Catalans. A
Puzzle for Theories of Nationalism,” at the 19th International Conference for Europeanists of the
Council for European Studies, Boston, 24th.
August 2011: Lecture on “Homofobia institucionalizada y exclusión del sistema educativo,” as part
of the Jornada de Transgresión en la Facultad de Educación Física: a favor de las expresiones e identidades de género.
Organized by Crisálida, Biblioteca Popular de Género, Diversidad Afectiva Sexual y Derechos Humanos and
held at the Universidad Nacional de Tucumán, 25th, Tucumán, Argentina.
June 2011: Presentation of paper, “Patterns of Linguistic Adaptation and Acculturation in Catalonia
(1975-2002), at the Council for European Studies’ Eighteenth International Conference of
Europeanists, 20th-22nd, Barcelona, Spain.
June 2011: Presentation of paper, “The Substantive Rights Revolution in Europe: Reshaping the
Coalitional Bases of the Varieties of Capitalism,” at the Council for European Studies’ Eighteenth
International Conference of Europeanists, 20th-22nd, Barcelona, Spain.
April 2011: Co-organizer and participant in Workshop 12 of the Joint Sessions of the European
Consortium of Political Research (ECPR), on “Migration Politics. From Politics and Policy to
Citizens’ and Migrants’ Behavior,” Held at the University of Saint Gallen, 12th -17th, Saint Gallen,
Switzerland.
February 2011: Co-organizer, discussant and co-author on panel on “Attitudes towards Migrants in
Changing Political Contexts,” at the International Political Science Association (IPSA) – European
Consortium for Political Research (ECPR) Joint Conference, “Whatever Happened to NorthSouth?,” hosted by the Brazilian Political Science Association at the University of Sao Paolo, 16th19th, Sao Paolo, Brazil.
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November 2010: Moderator for panel on “Democracy and Modernisation,” at conference, Why
Democracy for Post-Socialist Societies? At the Centre for Research in the Arts, Social Sciences and
Humanities (CRASSH), University of Cambridge, 5th, Cambridge.
August 2010: Presentation of lecture, “El proyecto de emancipación humana cara al Siglo XXI,” at
the Árbol de Galeano, organized by La Vigilia, in association with Crisálida: Biblioteca Popular de Género,
Diversidad Afectiva Sexual y Derechos Humanos, 21, San Miguel de Tucumán, Argentina.
June 2010: Presentation of paper, “Anti-Discrimination Regimes and Varieties of Capitalism,” at the
ECPR Fifth Pan-European Conference, in section on EU Law and Politics, 24th-26th, Porto,
Portugal.
May 2010: Participation in round table discussion with José Álvarez Junco and Sebastian Balfour at a
symposium titled, “A Reassessment of Twentieth Century Spain,” in honor of Raymond Carr, at St.
Antony’s College, 6-7, Oxford.
March 2010: Presentation of paper, “Catalonia as a Divided Society: ‘Blocked Articulation’ and TopDown Nation-Building,” at the ECPR joint sessions, held in Münster, Germany.
February 2010: Presentation of paper, “What’s in a Name? Juan Linz and his Critics on the Nature of
the Franco Regime,” at the Darwin College lecture series, the University of Cambridge, 23,
Cambridge.
June 2009: Presentation of paper, “Franquism as Authoritarianism: Juan Linz and his Critics,” for the
Seminario de Ciudadanos, Instituciones y Políticas en las Democracias Contemporáneas (CIP), at the
Centro de Humanas y Sociales of the Consejo Superior de Investigación Científica, 24, Madrid.
June 2009: Presentation of paper, “Franquism as Authoritarianism: Juan Linz and his Critics,” for the
Research Seminar at the Centro de Estudios Políticos y Constitucionales, 23, Madrid.
May 2009: Discussant at conference on the “Promotion of the Civil Society Dialogue between the
European Union and Turkey: Problems of Europeanization ad European Perceptions of Turkey as a
Future Member,” organized by the Bogazici University (Istanbul), Dialogue with Europe Association
(Istanbul), Autonomous University of Madrid, University of Granada, held at the Centro de Estudios
Políticos y Constitucionales, 19, Madrid.
Mayo 2009: Co-organizer and presenter at conference on, “Democracy without Elections? Elections
without Democracy?” Organized by the Europaeum, in cooperation with the Universidad
Complutense, la Fundación para las Relaciones Internacionales y el Diálogo Exterior (FRIDE), the
European Partnership for Democracy, the Club de Madrid and the Centro de Estudios Políticos y
Constitucionales (CEPC), 7, Madrid.
March 2009: Presentation of paper, “The Political Sociology of Consociationalism,” at the Permanent
Seminar of the Center for Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences at the Juan March Foundation,
27th, in Madrid.
March 2009: Organizer and moderator of roundtable on “Barack Obama and the Future of Race
Relations in the U.S.A.,” with Stephen Casmier (Saint Louis University), Lisa Disch (University of
Michigan), Ian Shapiro (Yale University), and Rogers M. Smith (University of Pennsylvania). Held at
the Centro de Estudios Políticos y Constitucionales, 12th, Madrid.
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December 2008: Presentation of book, Nacionalismo y Política Lingüística. Organized by the Asociación
Ciudadana Progresista, and held at the Colegio de Abogados, 11th, Barcelona.
November 2008: Lecture in seminar on “Problemas actuales de la Ciencia Política,” about the U.S.
Elections. Departamente de Ciencia Politica y Relaciones Internacionales, Facultad de Derecho,
Universidad Autónoma de Madrid. Coordinated by José Ramón Montero, 27-28, Madrid.
November 2008: Lecture on “Las deficiencias democráticas de la Constitución de los Estados
Unidos”, in the Seminar Series for the Máster de Democracia y Gobierno de la Universidad
Autónoma de Madrid, 26th, Madrid.
November 2008: Lecture titled “The Politics of Language and Identity in Contemporary Spain” at
the BMW Center for German and European Studies, Georgetown University, 10th, Washington, D.C.
October 2008: Participation in roundtable, “Las elecciones de EEUU al debate,” with Fernando
Vallespín (Catedrático de Ciencia Política, UAM) and José Manuel Calvo (subdirector of El País).
Moderada por Carlos Alba (Catedrático de Ciencia Política, UAM). Organized by the Departamento
de Ciencia Política y Relaciones Internacionales, Facultad de Derecho, 29th, Madrid.
October 2008: Presentation of paper titled “Consociationalism Reconsidered,” at the annual
conference of the International Political Science Association’s Research Committee 28, on
Comparative Federalism and Federation, “Balancing Federal Systems: Implications for Politics and
Policy, organized by Prof. Sonja Walti, co-sponsored by the Standing Group on Federalism and
Regionalism of the ECPR, and hosted by the Hertie School of Governance, 3-4, Berlin.
September 2008: Discussant and Participant in “The Sinews of Peace: Democratizing the Political
Economy of the European Union,” an International Workshop organized by Prof. Augustín
Menéndez y Menéndez, held in León, 19-20, in association with the Project for Reconstituting
Democracy in Europe (RECON).
August 2008: “Identidad y Elecciones en los Estados Unidos,” talk at the Facultad de Ciencias
Jurídicas, Políticas y Sociales de la Universidad del Norte Santo Tomás de Aquino, Tucumán,
Argentina.
May 2008: “The Constitution and the Politics of National Identity in Spain,” talk at the
Departamento de Ciencias Políticas y Estudios Internacioneles de la Universidad de Torcuato di
Tella, Buenos Aires.
April 2008: Presentation of paper titled “The Constitution and the Politics of National Identity in
Spain” for workshop on “National Identity and Constitutionalism in Europe,” at the ECPR joint
Sessions in Rennes, France.
April 2008: Lecture and discussion titled “Contra la tesis del nacionalismo cívico,” in the Taller de
Pluralismo Cultural, Minorías y Cooperación Solidaria, organized by the Law Faculty at the Universidad de
Carlos III, Madrid.
March 2008: Organizer of and participant in roundtable panel on “Nationalist Conflict and the
Upcoming Election in Spain,” with Xavier Coller (Associate Professor, Universitat de Barcelona),
Ken Dubin (Visiting Associate Professor, Universidad de Carlos III), and Fernando Vallespín (Head
of the Centro de Investigaciones Sociológicas), held at the Hotel Intercontinental in Madrid,
sponsored by the Yale Club of Madrid.
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November 2007: Presentation of paper titled “Reflexiones sobre la discriminación por edad y sus
implicaciones,” at the Jornada del Trabajador Maduro at the Universidad del Carlos III, Madrid.
September 2007: Presentation of paper titled “Separatist Violence and ‘Peace Processes’: The Spanish
Experience with ETA,” on a panel on “The Transition Process from an Authoritarian and a Militarist
Structure to Participatory Democracy,” at an international conference on “The Kurds in Turkey:
Main Requirements for a Peace Process,” sponsored by the Heinrich Böll Foundation, held in
Dyarbakir, Turkey.
September 2007: Presentation of paper titled “The Politics of ‘Linguistic Normalization’ in Catalonia,
Spain,” on a panel on “Cultural Demands and Political Implications,” at an international conference
on “The Kurds in Turkey: Main Requirements for a Peace Process,” sponsored by the Heinrich Böll
Foundation, held in Dyarbakir, Turkey.
April 2007: Presentation of lecture titled “Terrorism and Democracy: Lessons from Spain,” for the
Lecture and Seminar Series of the Department of Social Sciences and Humanities of Saint Luis
University, Madrid Campus.
April 2007: Presentation of paper, “Recusal and the Question of Judicial Independence: Reflections
on the Current Spanish Controversy in Comparative and Theoretical Perspective,” at the Research
Seminar of the Centro de Estudios Politicos y Constitucionales in Madrid.
September 2006: Presentation of paper titled “Power Politics, Class Conflict, and Nationalist
Hegemony in Contemporary Catalonia,” at an international colloquium, Penser la democratie: Autour de
l’oevre de Juan Linz. Organized by the Association Française de Science Politique, held in Montpellier.
July 2006: Chair of panel on “New Hegemony Theory” and presentation of paper co-authored with
Luis de la Calle and Casiano Hacker-Cordón titled “Regional-Nationalist Resistance and Resistance
against Resistance in Contemporary Spain,” at the annual meeting of the International Society of
Political Psychology, “The Political Psychology of Oppression, the Political Psychology of
Liberation,” held in Barcelona.
May 2006: Presentation of lecture titled “Los conceptos de nación y estado en el pensamiento de
Juan J. Linz.” The lecture was the third of four in a Cicle de conferències en homenatge a Juan J. Linz
organized and sponsored by the Institut de Ciències Polítiques i Socials, in association with the
Universitat Autónoma de Barcelona.
November 2005: Presentation of paper titled “Testing and Building the Constructivist Theory of
Nationalism,” at the Workshop of the BMW Center for German and European Studies, Georgetown
University.
September 2005: Presentation of paper titled “Explaining Identity Politics: The Case of Catalonia in
Comparative Perspective” at the VIII Congreso of the Asociación Española de Ciencias Políticas y de la
Administración, held in Madrid.
April 2005. Discussant for panel on “Language Politics in the Former Soviet Union,” at the Tenth
Annual World Convention of the Association for the Study of Nationalities. Sponsored by the
Harriman Institute, Columbia University.
February 2005: Presentation of paper titled “Dynamics of Assimilation in Nationalist Contexts” (coauthored with Luis de la Calle), at the Centre d’études ethniques des universités montréalaises
(CEETUM).
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December 2004: Chair and discussant of panel at conference on “Contingency in the Study of
Politics: A Conference in Honor of Robert Dahl,” Yale University, Department of Political Science.
November 2004: Presentation of paper titled “Who Are the Catalans? The Politics of Identity
Formation and Transformation in Catalonia,” at the Iberian Studies Workshop, Harvard University.
April 2004: Presentation of paper titled “Multiple, Complementary, and Evolving Identities,” at the
Ninth Annual World Convention of the Association for the Study of Nationalities, sponsored by the
Harriman Institute, Columbia University.
April 2004: Presentation of paper titled “Federalism as Ideology and as Institutional Form: The Case
of Spain in Comparative Perspective,” at the Senior Workshop, sponsored by the Sociology
Department at Yale University.
March 2004: Discussant of paper by Seyla Benhabib, “Aliens, Citizens, and Residents: Political
Theory and Membership in a Changing World,” presented at the Comparative Politics Workshop, Yale
University.
September 2002: Presentation of paper titled, “The Constitutional Politics of Language Policy: The
Case of Catalonia,” at the American Political Science Association annual conference, held in Boston,
MA.
May 2002: Presentation of paper titled, “Latent Conflict in Catalonia,” in panel on “Comparative
Perspectives on Ethnic Mobilization,” at conference on Political Minorties and Political Boundaries, Yale
University.
November 2001: Presentation of paper titled “Towards a Liberal Theory of Linguistic Rights and
Obligations,” at the Fórum de recerca de teoría política at the Universitat de Pompeu Fabra in Barcelona.
November 2001: Honorary lecture titled “Contestación lingüística y construcción nacional en Cataluña,”
sponsored by the Foro Babel de Barcelona.
July 2001: Participation in summer conference on “Estado Nación y Nación Estado,” in Ronda, Spain.
Coordinated by Professor Emilio Lamo de Espinosa, Universidad Rey Juan Carlos.
October 1999: Discussant on panel titled “Los resultados de la elección catalana del 17 de octubre,”
sponsored by the Department of Sociology at the Universitat de Barcelona.
July 1999: Participation in summer conference on “Nationalism, Federalism, and Democracy,” in
Lisbon, Portugal. Coordinated by Juan J. Linz and Alfred Stepan.
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Teaching Experience
At the University of Cambridge (Cambridge, England)
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Course Organizer for Modern Britain (2009-2014) and lecturer for Nationalism and Ethnicity in
Modern Britain (Lent 2010-2011; Michaelmas 2012-2013), for The Political and Economic Development
of Britain (Michaelmas 2010); and for Work and Class (Michaelmas 2012-2013).
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Course Organizer for Modern Global Transformations (2011-2012, 2013-2014) and lecturer for
Global Capitalism (Michaelmas 2010), for The Age of Identity (Lent 2012), and for Global Capitalism
and American Power since 1945 (Michaelmas 2013).
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Lecturer for module on Revolutions in Latin America in course on Revolution, War and Militarism
(Michaelmas 2013).
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The Political Economy of Capitalism (with Larry P. King, 2009-2012)
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Critiques of Global Capitalism (MPhil seminar, with David Lane, Lent 2011, Michaelmas 2013)
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Qualitative Comparative Historical Methods (Interdisciplinary MPhil Seminar, Michaelmas 2010-2013)
At the Centro de Estudios Políticos y Constitucionales Masters’ Program (Madrid, Spain)
 Nacionalismo y Democracia (April 2010)
At Saint Louis University (Madrid, Spain)
 Political Development in Contemporary Spain (Fall 2007, Spring 2008, Summers 2008-2010)
 The Modern Democratic State (Spring 2008)
 Introduction to International Relations (Summer 2008)
 Political Communication (Fall 2008)
 International Relations: Theory and Practice (Spring 2009, Summer 2009)
At Wesleyan University (Middletown, CT)
 Democracy and Dictatorship (Fall 2006)
 Democracy in Developing Countries (Fall 2006)
At Yale University (New Haven, CT)
 Institutions and Power (Spring 2006)
• Democracy in Southern Europe and Latin America (Spring 2005- Spring 2006)
• Political Parties (Spring 2005- Spring 2006)
• Nation and Class in Comparative Perspective (Fall 2004 – Fall 2005)
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Comparative Constitutionalism (Fall 2004 – Fall 2005)
At the Balkan Studies Seminar (Olympia, Greece)
Lecturer on European Transitions, sponsored by the Kokkalis Foundation (July 2004)
At Yale University, as Teaching Assistant (New Haven, CT)
• Professor Ian Shapiro, The Moral Foundations of Politics (Spring 2004, Spring 2003, and Fall 1998)
• For Professors Ian Shapiro and Casiano Hacker-Cordón, Crime and Punishment (Fall 2003)
• For Professor Frances Rosenbluth, Sex, Markets and Power (Fall 2002)
• Professor Casiano Hacker-Cordón, Crime and Punishment (Summer 2002 and Summer 2003)
• Professor Dorothee Heisenberg, The New Europe (Spring 1999)
Other Academic Experience
Member of the Cambridge Migration Network (2013-2014).
• Member of the review committee for the Universidad de Granada in relation to the curriculum
reform for the “Título de grado de ciencias políticas y de la Administración,” (Spring 2009).
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• Blind referee for journals such as Comparative Politics, Ethnic and Racial Studies, European Societies,
Regional and Federal Studies, Southern European Society and Politics; International Journal of Culture, Politics and
Society, Revista de Estudios Políticos, and Revista Española de Investigaciones Sociológicas.
Fellowships, Honors, and Awards
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Fellow at Darwin College, Cambridge (2011-2014)
Volumes 1 and 2 of the seven-volume collected works of Juan J. Linz (Montero and Miley, eds.,
Juan J. Linz. Obras escogidas. Volumen 1. Fascismo: Perspectivas históricas y comparadas; and Volumen 2.
Nacion, Estado y lengua. Madrid: Centro de Estudios Políticos y Constitucionales, 2008) were
awarded the Prize for Best Monograph by the Unión de Editoriales Universitarias (Spain), Nov. 2009.
Member of the Executive Committee of the Yale Club of Madrid, Fall 2007-Fall 2009
The Council on European Studies Research Grant, Yale University, Fall 2003
Program for Cultural Cooperation between Spain’s Ministry of Education, Culture, and Sports and
United States’ Universities, Research Grant, Fall 2000, 2001, and 2002
Marshall Fund Research Grant, 1999–2000
Yale University Graduate Fellowship, 1996–98
UCLA Phi Beta Kappa, 1995
Servite High School Valedictorian, 1991
Languages
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Spanish: fluent, reading, written, and spoken
Catalan: fluent reading and adequate spoken
French: reading
Italian: reading
Portuguese: reading
References
Lawrence P. King, Professor of Political Economy, The University of Cambridge.. Tel: +44-(0)791289-2788. E-mail: [email protected].
Rogers M. Smith, Christopher H. Browne Distinguished Professor of Political Science, University of
Pennsylvania. Tel.: +1-215-898-7662. E-mail: [email protected].
Alfred Stepan, Wallace S. Sayre Professor of Government, Columbia University. Tel.: +1-212-8544643. E-mail: [email protected].
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