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Thomas Jeffrey Miley
Department of Sociology, 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 2009-Present) 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
With Federico Venturini, Editors. Your Freedom and Mine. Abdullah Öcalan and the Kurdish Question in Erdogan’s Turkey (Montreal: Black Rose Books, 2018). 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.
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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 With Alfred Stepan, “Federacy and the Kurds: Might This New Political Form Help Mitigate Hobbesian Conflicts in Turkey, Iraq, and Syria?,” in Andrew Arato, Jean Cohen, and Astrid von Busekist, eds., Forms of Pluralism beyond the Nation-State (New York, NY: Columbia University Press, 2018), pp.149-166. With Cihad Hammy and Guney Yildiz, “The Turkish-Kurdish Conflict in Historical Context,” in T. Miley and F. Venturini, eds., Your Freedom and Mine. Abdullah Öcalan and the Kurdish Question in Erdogan’s Turkey (Montreal: Black Rose Books, 2018), pp.3-123. “State Terror, Human Rights Violations, and Authoritarianism in Turkey: Report of the Third EUTCC Imrali International Peace Delegation,” in T. Miley and F. Venturini, eds., Your Freedom and Mine. Abdullah Öcalan and the Kurdish Question in Erdogan’s Turkey (Montreal: Black Rose Books, 2018), pp.225-258. With Donald H. Matthews, “Review of Abdullah Öcalan’s Manifesto for a Democratic Civilization, in T. Miley and F. Venturini, eds., Your Freedom and Mine. Abdullah Öcalan and the Kurdish Question in Erdogan’s Turkey (Montreal: Black Rose Books, 2018), pp.337-352. “1917 on the Brain.” Foreword for 1917: Revolution and its Aftermath (Montreal: Black Rose Books, 2018).
“The Nation as Hegemonic Project,” Journal of Political Ideologies, Vol. 23, Issue 2, 2018: 183-204. With Enric Martínez-Herrera, “National Identity and Political Representation: Rival ‘Top-Down’ National Projects,” in Xavier Coller, Antonio M. Jaime –Castillo and Fabiola Mota, eds., Political Power in Spain. The Multiple Divides between MPs and Citizens (London: Palgrave Macmillan, 2018), pp.203-224.
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“Challenges for the Struggle against Austerity in Britain and Europe,” in Shana Cohen, Christina Fuhr and Jan-Jonathan Bock, eds., Austerity, Community Action, and the Future of Citizenship in Europe (Bristol: Policy Press, 2017), pp.217-236. “Austerity Politics and Constitutional Crisis in Spain,” Perspectives on European Politics and Societies, Published Online 16 Oct. 2016: 1-21. “Constitutional Politics and Religious Accommodation: Lessons from Spain,” Politics, Religion & Ideology. Vol. 16, No. 4, 2015: 411–433. “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 nacional y representación política,” 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, September 2014, Volume 27, Issue 3, pp. 291-322. “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. 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.
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“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.141-162. “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). “The Discourse of Language and Nation in Catalonia,” The Berkeley Journal of Sociology 46: 46-78 (2002).
Forthcoming Articles and Articles under Review “Catalan Self-Determination and the European Project,” in Rivista Europea (Forthcoming, Spring 2019).
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“Repression and Resistance in the Struggle for Catalan Self-Determination,” in the Revista Internacional
de Sociología (Forthcoming, Spring 2019).
With Guney Yildiz. “U.S. Foreign Policy towards the Kurdish Movement under Obama and Trump,” in Vera Eccarius-Kelly and Michael Gunter, eds., Kurdish Autonomy and U.S. Foreign Policy (Forthcoming, Peter Lang Publishing). “Representative Democracy and the Democratic Confederal Project: Reflections on the Transformation of the Kurdish Movement in Turkey,” in C. Gunes, with foreword and comment by Thomas J. Miley, The Political Representation of Kurds in Turkey: Actors, Issues and Challenges (Forthcoming, IB Tauris). “Foreword,” in C. Gunes, with foreword and comment by Thomas J. Miley, The Political Representation of Kurds in Turkey: Actors, Issues and Challenges (Forthcoming, IB Tauris).
Other Publications, Working Papers, and Mass Media Interventions “Marxism, the Nation, and the Problem of Secular Dogmatism,” Peace in Kurdistan. February 28, 2019. https://peaceinkurdistancampaign.com/2019/02/28/marxism-the-nation-and-the-problem-of-secular-dogmatism-dr-thomas-jeffrey-miley-lecturer-of-political-sociology-cambridge/ “Rosa Luxemburg’s Living Legacy,” in Komun Academy for Democratic Modernity. January 15, 2019. https://komun-academy.com/2019/01/15/rosa-luxemburgs-living-legacy/. “Towards a New International Solidarity,” Peace in Kurdistan. Transcript of Speech Delivered at the 15th Annual EUTCC Conference at the European Parliament in Brussels, December 6, 2018. https://peaceinkurdistancampaign.com/2019/02/14/towards-a-new-international-solidarity-speech-delivered-in-brussels-at-the-15th-annual-eutcc-conference-on-december-6-2018/. “Towards a New Internationalism,” Roar Magazine. Issue #8, Beyond the Border. October 2018. https://roarmag.org/magazine/towards-new-internationalism/. With Dalia Gebrial. “The Debate: Is Nationalism Ever a Force for Good?,” in The New Internationalist, Oct. 2018. https://newint.org/debate/2018/10/10/nationalism-ever-force-good. With Dilar Dirik. “Theresa May Wishes Kurds Peace and Justice Amid UK Complicity in Turkey’s War Crimes,” Stop the War Coalition. March 29, 2018. http://www.stopwar.org.uk/index.php/news-comment/2946-theresa-may-wishes-kurds-peace-and-justice-amid-uk-complicity-in-turkey-s-war-crimes “The Perils and Promise of Self-Determination,” Roar Magazine, Oct 21, 2017. https://roarmag.org/essays/self-determination-kurdistan-catalonia-thomas-jeffrey-miley/. Also published at the Transnational Institute of Social Ecology: https://trise.org/2017/11/02/the-perils-and-promise-of-self-determination/. An excerpt from it was published in Spanish in Contexto: https://ctxt.es/es/20171206/Firmas/16512/autodeterminacion-catalu%C3%B1a-bloque-constitucionalista-CUP-roarmag-ctxt.htm. “Why Did Polls Fail to Predict Brexit and Trump?,” for The Question, 9 Nov. 2016: http://theqstn.com/questions/181220/why-did-polls-fail-to-predict-brexit-and-trump
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“Are Trump Supporters the US equivalent of Brexit Supporters in the UK,” for The Question, 7 Nov. 2016: http://theqstn.com/questions/172564/are-trump-supporters-in-the-us-equivalent-to-brexit-supporters-in-the-uk "Review of Abdullah Ocalan's Manifesto for a Democratic Civilization." With Dr. Donald H. Matthews. 28 September, 2016. https://peaceinkurdistancampaign.com/2016/09/28/review-of-abdullah-ocalans-manifesto-for-a-democratic-civilization-dr-thomas-jeffrey-miley-university-of-cambridge/; Translated into Sorani and Arabic. "Review of Agenda Dynamics in Spain. By Chaqués-Bonafont Laura , Baumgartner Frank R. , and Palau Anna M. . New York: Palgrave MacMillan, 2015" Perspectives on Politics, Volume 4, Issue 2, 2016: 540-541. “The Plight of the Kurds in Kurds in Turkey and the Fate of the Middle East,” Featured report for Iraq Studies, March 2016: http://www.iraqstudies.com/featured13.html “Statement on Behalf of the UK Delegation to Observe the 2015 Turkish Election. A Historic Victory for the HDP.” July 2015: http://peaceinkurdistancampaign.com/uk-election-monitors-return-from-turkey-following-stunning-hdp-result/. Also published at: https://www.greenleft.org.au/node/59295. Interviewed in Rojava: A Democratic System in Progress, a short film by Solene Cravic, in collaboration with System D Media. Minutes 11:25-13:40. May 2015: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a_dchu1i8cs. Interview for the Kurdish Question, “A Middle East Beyond Oppressive Nation-States and Imperialism in Possible: Rojava.” Published on April 17, 2015 at: http://www.kurdishquestion.com/index.php/kurdistan/dr-jeffrey-miley-a-middle-east-beyond-oppressive-nation-states-and-imperialism-is-possible-rojava/828-dr-jeffrey-miley-a-middle-east-beyond-oppressive-nation-states-and-imperialism-is-possible-rojava.html Interview on Ronahi TV in English on the situation in Rojava, Feb. 28, 2015: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WWY3fnHZWyU With Johanna Riha. “Can the Revolution in Kurdish Syria Succeed?” University of Cambridge Research Webpage. Published Feb 2, 2015 at: http://www.cam.ac.uk/research/discussion/can-the-revolution-in-kurdish-syria-succeed. Reprinted by Roar magazine: http://roarmag.org/2015/03/rojava-kurdish-revolution-academic-delegation/; also reprinted in Portuguese at: http://www.guerrilhagrr.com.br/post/112692224835/rojava-a-unica-chance-de-paz-no-oriente-medio With Enric Martínez, “Políticas de austeridad y polarización nacionalista,” Claves de Razón Práctica, #239, 2015: 44-55. “Wealth Inequality Report.” Interviewed by Josh Watts for Cam FM’s “Weekly Brief,” Jan. 22, 2015. “La Revolución no será transmitida en directo: Reflexiones sobre la Asamblea-Espectáculo de PODEMOS en Vista Alegre,” El Viejo Topo, Nov. 2014, #323: 6-15. http://www.tiemposcanallas.com/la-revolucion-no-sera-transmitida-en-directo-reflexiones-sobre-la-asamblea-espectaculo-de-podemos-en-vista-alegre-de-thomas-jeffrey-miley-en-el-viejo-topo/
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With Enric Martínez, “Las consecuencias políticas del referéndum de Escocia,” TEMAS para el debate, November 2014, #240: pp. 49-51. https://emartinezherrera.files.wordpress.com/2014/10/martinez-y-miley14-consecuencias-polc3adticas-referc3a9ndum-escocia-temas-240-nov.pdf 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-encrucijada-catalana-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. http://www.cadenaser.com/internacional/audios/thomas-jeffrey-miley-resultado-escocia-resuelve-nada-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-their-own-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-catalan-representacion_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.
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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). 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-MILEY-Thomas(YaleUniversity).pdf).
Unpublished Manuscripts and Articles in Progress Struggles for Self-Determination in the Twentieth-Century
Juan J. Linz. An Intellectual Biography. “Independence for Catalonia? A Sociological Account of the Recent Surge in Secessionism” “Nationalist Ideology and the State” “Self-Determination for Catalonia? Secessionist Politics as a Dilemma for Democratic Theory” With Tiago Carvalho and Peter Walsh, “Attitudes towards Immigrants in Europe 2002-2014” With Enric Martínez-Herrera, eds. Public Opinion and the Politics of Migration in Europe.
With Enric Martínez-Herrera. Immigrant Identities, Attitudes, and Behavior: The Case of Spain in Europe. With Stephen Casmier, “Rethinking Consciousness and Emancipation in our Orwellian World: Towards a New Internationalism.”
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With Enric Martínez-Herrera and Joan Barceló Soler, “Reactions of Migrants and Natives to Political Context: A Comparison across Western Europe.”
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, Conferences, and Academic Delegations
March 2019: Speaker at Aníbal Quijano: A Celebration of his Work / Una Celebración de su Obra,” at Kings College, University of Cambridge, 1st. February 2019: Presented paper on “Repression and Resistance in the Catalan Struggle for Self-Determination,” at conference on Mobilizing Affect: Populism and the Future of Democratic Politics in Spain. Organised by CRASSH, University of Cambridge, 23rd. February 2019: Speaker on roundtable panel on “The Kurdish Solution to the Middle East Crisis: The Ideas of Abdullah Öcalan,” in the House of Lords, Westminster, 15th. January 2019: Keynote speech titled, “Marxism and the Problem of Secular Dogmatism,” delivered at the British International Studies Association (BISA), ISMMEA Annual Workshop, on theme of “Methodological Nationalism, Liberal Democracy and Post-Truth Politics.” Held at Westminster University, 30th. January 2019: Speaker on roundtable panel on “The State of Law and Human Rights in Turkey and the Case of Abdullah Öcalan,” held in the Thatcher Room, Portcullis House, Westminster. Hosted by Francis Molloy MP Sinn Fein, 22nd. Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N7vDGPOmYtw&feature=youtu.be. December 2018: Talk titled “Towards a New International Solidarity,” at the 15th Annual European Union Turkey Civic Commission Conference. Held at the European Parliament, Brussels, 6th. Transcript: https://peaceinkurdistancampaign.com/2019/02/14/towards-a-new-international-
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solidarity-speech-delivered-in-brussels-at-the-15th-annual-eutcc-conference-on-december-6-2018/; video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kTS72geMpxs. November 2018: Lecture at Whitemoor Prison, “Capitalism and Climate Catastrophe,” Big Ideas Series, Organised by Learning Together, 21st. October 2018: Speaker at book launch for Your Freedom and Mine. Held at the University of Oxford, 29th. October 2018: Talk on “Marxism against Ecological Catastrophe,” at conference on Marxism in a High Technology Era: Globalisation, Capital and Class. Organised by Dr. David Lane, University of Cambridge, 26th. October 2018: Speaker at event on “History of Religious Minorities in the UK.” Other speakers included Rev. Dr. Rowan Williams, Professor Alan Ford, and Dr. Tim Winters. Organized by CLIO, the Cambridge University History Society, held at Magdalene College, Cambridge, 19th. October 2018: Speaker at book launch for Your Freedom and Mine. Held at the University of Sussex, 15th. October 2018: Speaker at book launch for Your Freedom and Mine. Held at the Quaker Meeting House, Liverpool, 13th. July 2018: Moderator for a Public Forum on the Permanent Peoples’ Tribunal on Turkey and Kurds: The Verdict. Turkey Found Guilty of ‘War Crimes’: Where Do We Go from Here?” Hosted by Lord Hylton in the United Kingdom House of Parliament. London, 17th. https://vimeo.com/281772955 July 2018: Speaker at official book launch for Your Freedom and Mine. Held at SOAS University by Black Rose Books, Peace in Kurdistan, Kurdistan National Congress UK, Kurdish Peoples’ Assembly in Britain, and the Freedom for Öcalan Campaign UK. London, 11th. https://vimeo.com/281514122 June 2018: Talk title “Intellectuals and Society,” as part of a panel discussion, “New Circumstances, Problems, and Challenges for Democratisation,” at an International Conference: The Turkish Invasion of Afrin: Kurdish Academics Discuss their Vision for a Democratic Solution to the Crisis in the Middle East. Organised by the European Union – Turkey Civic Commission (EUTCC). Co-hosted by MEP Bart Staes, MEP Bodil Valero & MEP Max Andersson European Parliament, Brussels: 28th. https://peaceinkurdistancampaign.com/2018/07/04/kurdish-academics-discuss-their-vision-for-a-democratic-solution-to-the-crisis-in-the-middle-east/; https://www.facebook.com/100014704395328/videos/403510376815772/ June 2018: Talk on “The Conflict over Catalan Self-Determination,” at conference on Spain: Social Movements between Past and Present. Held at the University of Cambridge, 8th. February 2018: Speaker on Panel Discussion at a book launch for Radha D’Souza’s “What’s Wrong with Rights?” Held at Diskus, Unite the Union. London, 27th. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qkzjomx16Y4&feature=youtu.be January 2018: Speaker at workshops on “Fighting for the Freedom to Teach and the Freedom to Learn,” and on “What Next for Turkey in the Middle East and the Kurdish Question?,” at the
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conference, Turkey under the State of Siege. Campaigning to Win Change. Organized by SPOT (Solidarity with the People of Turkey). Hosted at the NEU/NUT Headquarters. London, 20th. December 2017: Talk titled “The War on Terror, the Refugee Crisis, and the Crisis of Europe,” as part of a panel discussion on the subject of “Consolidating Peace, Democracy, and Human Rights after Raqqa: Prospects for the Region and the Kurds.” 14th Annual European Union Turkey Civic Commission (EUTCC) Conference. European Parliament, Strasbourg. 2nd https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LOXgZQGzBFk October 2017: Presentation of paper titled “Dictatorship of the Proletariat and National Self-Determination,” in session on “October and its Limits,” at an international conference on October 1917-2017. Centenary of the Russian Revolution. Held at Emmanuel College, Cambridge, 27th. October 2017: Participant in “Public Forum on Democratic Confederalism: The Alternative to Chaos and Tyranny in the Middle East,” held in Committee Room 11, Houses of Parliament, Westminster, hosted by Kate Osamor MP, 23rd. https://peaceinkurdistancampaign.com/2017/10/13/democratic-confederalism-the-alternative-to-tyranny-and-chaos-in-the-middle-east/ September 2017: Talk titled, “Putting the Refugee Crisis into Perspective,” with Rainatou Sow, at the Cambridge Alumni Festival, 23rd. June 2017: Organiser of event on Black Liberation in the Age of the War on Terror, featuring Darnell Stephen Summers, Dr. Stephen Casmier, Dilar Dirik, Nungari Mwangi, and Mohammed Elnaiem, Department of Sociology, 6th. May 2017: Invited lecturer on “The Hobbesian Situation and the Kurdish Freedom Movement,” by Prof. Brendan Hogan, New York University, London Campus, 10th. May 2017: Participant in Roundtable on “What’s Happening in Catalonia? Is Spain Doomed?,” at Saint Antony’s College, Oxford, hosted by the European Studies Centre, as part of the ESC-Santander Roundtable Series, “Spanish Democracy at Forty,” organized by the Santander Fellowhsip in Iberian and European Studies, 9th. April 2017: Meetings with General Secretary of the Council of Europe; Mr. Thorbjorn Jagland, the Commssioner of Human Rights, Dr. Nils, Muiznieks; representative for the Committee on Prevention of Torture; and with representatives from different parliamentary groups in the Council of Europe, in Strasbourg, as member of Imrali Delegation, 25th-27th. October 2016: Keynote speech on “The European Migration Crisis,” at the German Cambridge Society’s Annual General Meeting, held at the Institute for Cultural Diplomacy, Berlin. 7th. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vp7ykqyIrGw June 2016: Talk titled, “The Brexit Campaign and the Politics of Migration,” at workshop on European Migration and Refugee Crisis: Contested Politics of Social Integration and Identity, hosted by POLIS, in collaboration with the Von Hügel Institute and the Cambridge Migration Research Network, supported by the DAAD Cambridge Research Hub. 23rd. http://www.vhi.st-edmunds.cam.ac.uk/events/occasional/daad-migration-workshop June 2016: Presentation of paper co-authored with Prof. Alfred Stepan, titled, “Federacy and the Kurds: Might this New Political Form Help Mitigate Hobbesian Conflicts in Turkey, Iraq, and
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Syria?” at conference on Forms of Pluralism and Democratic Constitutionalism, organized by Sciences Po and Columbia University, Paris, 17th. May 2016: Participation in panel discussion on “Feminism and Radical Democracy in Kurdistan,” with Havin Guneser and Dilar Dirik. Hosted by the Department of Sociology, University of Cambridge. 23rd. May 2016: Participation in Book Launch and Discussion of Abdullah Ocalan, Manifesto for a Democratic Civilization, with Havin Guneser, Professor David Graeber. Hosted by the LSE Student Union. 20th. May 2016: Talk on “The Kurdish Question and Chaos in the Middle East,” with Prof. Michael Gunter and Dr. Federico Venturini. Sponsored by the Centre for Kurdish Progress. Held in the House of Commons. Hosted by MP Virendra Sharma Labour MP for Ealing Southall. 9th. http://www.kurdishprogress.org/public_forum_the_kurdish_question_and_the_chaos_in_the_middle_east April 2016: Visit to Strasbourg as member of International Peace Delegation, led by Judge Essa Moussa, to speak at the Council of Europe and with the Committee for the Prevention of Torture about the isolation of Abdullah Ocalan. 18th-21st. http://anfenglish.com/human-rights/international-imrali-delegation-urges-cpt-to-uphold-its-responsibilities. February 2016: Member of International Peace Delegation to Istanbul, requesting visit to see Abdullah Ocalan. Led by Judge Essa Moussa. 14th-17th. http://www.kurdishinfo.com/international-delegation-to-arrive-in-turkey-for-a-visit-to-ocalan; http://www.iraqstudies.com/featured13.html February 2016: Talks on “Revolution in Rojava: Strengths and Challenges” at the University of West England and for the Bristol Radical History Group. 9th. http://www.brh.org.uk/site/events/revolution-inrojava-strengths-and-challenges/ February 2016: Talk on “Revolution in Rojava,” organized by Plan C, Manchester. 6th. http://www.weareplanc.org/event/revolution-in-rojava/; https://soundcloud.com/plan-c-mcr/rojava-mrc-talk
February 2016: Presentation of paper titled, “Attitudes towards Immigrants in the European Union 2002-2014,” at the Cambridge Migration Research Network’s (CAMMIGRES) “One O’Clock Research Spotlight” Series. 2nd. January 2016: Participation in Cambridge Review panel on Intellectual Refugees and Shelter from Persecution: The Role of the University in the Current Migration Crisis. 13th. (For media coverage of this event, see: http://www.varsity.co.uk/news/9510). November 2015: Presentation of paper titled, “The Resurgence of Racism and Xenophobic Nationalism in Europe,” at seminar series on Migration and religion, organized by the Cambridge Institute on Religion & International Studies (CIRIS). 17th. November 2015: Lecture titled, “Refugees between the EU and Turkey,” organized by the Cambridge Migration Society.” 13th. November 2015: Talk titled: “The Politics of Refugees and Turkey-EU Relations,” at event, “Migrants Among Us,” organized by Cambridge’s European Society.” 5th.
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October 2015: Talk titled: “The EU Migration Crisis: Root Causes,” at St. Edmund’s College, Cambridge. 26th. October 2015: Talk titled, “Questioning Democracy,” at event on “Questioning Everything.” Co-produced by Cambridge Festival of Ideas, Cambridge Junction and Index on Censorship. 25th. October 2015: Talk titled, “The Rojava Revolution: What Is Really Happening in Western Kurdistan?” at the London Anarchist Bookfair, 24th. July 2015: Presentation of paper titled, “The Rise and Demise of PODEMOS?” at the conference, Democracy Rising. Organised by the Global Center for Advanced Studies (GCAS). Held at the School of Economics and Political Science, University of Athens, 16th-19th. https://gcasblog.wordpress.com/2015/04/21/gcas-democracy-rising-conference-update/ http://www.thenation.com/article/to-grexit-or-not-to-grexit/ July 2015: Presentation of paper titled, “Constitutional Politics and Religious Accommodation in Spain,” at conference on Inclusiveness, Representation, and Religious Accommodation in Constitutions and Constitutionalism. Held by the ZIF Research Group on Balancing Religious Accommodation and Human Rights in Constitutional Frameworks,” at the Zentrum für interdisziplinäre Forschung, Universität Bielefeld, 15th-17th. July 2015: Talk at event titled “Witnessing HDP Victory in Turkey: Election Monitors Report Back.” Held in the House of Commons at an event hosted by Kate Osamar MP. Westminster, 7th. http://kurdistantribune.com/2015/witnessing-hdp-victory-in-turkey-election-monitors-report-back/ June 2015: Debate with Professor Montserrat Guibernau on “The Opportunities and Dangers of Catalan Secession,” at an event on Nationhood for Scotland and Catalonia: Threat or Opportunity for the EU? Sponsored by the Public Diplomacy Council of Catalonia (DIPLOCAT). Held at the Forum on Geopolitics at the Department of Politics and International Studies (POLIS), the University of Cambridge, 30th. http://www.diplocat.cat/en/catalan-issues/debates-about-catalonia/776-nationhood-for-scotland-and-catalonia-threat-or-opportunity-for-the-eu-forum-on-geopolitics-at-polis-university-of-cambridge-cambridge-united-kingdom June 2015: Presentation of paper titled, “The Resurgence of Racism and Nationalism in Contemporary Europe,” at a conference on Pulling Together or Pulling Apart: Identity and Nationhood in Spain, Europe, the West. Held at the Department of Hispanic Studies, Trinity College, Dublin, 25th-27th. June 2015: Participant in roundtable discussion titled, “Reflections on the Recent Spanish Elections,” organized by the Department of Sociology, Cambridge. 15th. June 2015: Member of British Delegation, invited by the Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) to observe the elections in Turkey, in Diyarbakir and Gaziantep, 4th-9th. May 2015: Talk titled, “The Revolution in Rojava: Strengths and Challenges,” at the Radical Anthropology Group, London: http://radicalanthropologygroup.org/av/video/revolution-rojava-strengths-and-challenges May 2015: Talk titled, “The Mediterranean Refugee Crisis: What Is to Be Done?” at Lunchtime Seminar Series of the Centre for International Studies, the University of Cambridge, 7th.
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April 2015: Participation in round-table panel and audience discussion following the screening of the film A Land of Transit. Alongside the Director of the film, Paolo Martino, with Dr Geoffrey Edwards, Senior Fellow and Emeritus Reader in European Studies, Department of Politics and International Studies, and Dr. Sara Silvestri, Affiliated Lecturer, Department of Politics and International Studies. Organized and sponsored by the Cambridge Migration Research Network (CAMMIGRES). 29th. https://www.facebook.com/events/969063629812119/. https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.1569774743304611.1073741835.1553524301596322&type=3&uploaded=1&hc_location=ufi April 2015: Talk titled “The Rojava Revolution: Strengths and Challenges,” for panel titled, “Conflicts and the Prospects for Kurds in Syria and Iraq,” at conference on The Kurds in the New Middle East: Developments and Prospects. Organized by the Lonon Middle East Institute at the SOAS. 24th: https://www.soas.ac.uk/lmei/events/24apr2015-the-kurds-in-the-middle-east-new-developments-and-prospects.html April 2015: Presentation of Paper titled, “Nationalism and Internationalism in the Rojava Revolution,” for session on “Kurds and Alevis: Old and New Minorities in the Middle East,” at the 25th Annual Conference of the Association for the Study of Ethnicity and Nationalism (ASEN), at the London School of Economics, 23rd. April 2015: Moderator for session 1, “Dissecting Capitalist Modernity,” at conference on “Dissecting Capitalist Modernity – Building Democratic Confederalism.” Organized by Networks for an Alternative Quest. Held at Hamburg University, Audimax. 3rd-5th. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XFXZeg2HpSQ March 2015: “Kurdistán sirio: guerra y revolución. Cuaderno de campo y análisis.” Organized by Podemos Unidos, Casa Golferichs, Barcelona, 31st: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nxKB4N2ZwOQ&feature=youtu.be March 2015: Presentation of Paper titled, “Constitutional Failure in Spain?,” at an International Workshop on Constitutional Failure in Europe at the London School of Economics. 25th. February 2015: Presentation of Paper titled: “Struggles for Self-Determination in the 21st Century. The Rojava Revolution in Comparative Perspective.” At conference on “National Self-Determination versus the Global ‘Counter Terror’ Regime: A Research and Public Outreach Project.” Organized by the Campaign Against Criminalising Communities (CAMPACC) and the SOAS Kurdish Society. Held in the Brunei Gallery, SOAS. 21st. https://vimeo.com/120948985. February 2015: Convener and moderator of roundtable on “Muslim Perspectives on Charlie Hebdo.” Sponsored by the Cambridge Migration Research Network (CAMMIGRES) Forum. Held at the Institute of Criminology, Sidgwick Site, University of Cambridge. 11th. February 2015: Presentation of paper titled, “The Right of Nations to Self-Determination, Nationalism, and Solutions beyond the Nation-State.” At conference on “The So-Called Anti-Terror Struggle. The Example of the Kurds in the Ligght of International Law.” Organized by the Association for Democracy and International Law (MAF-DAD), the Association of Democratic Lawyers (VDJe.V.), the European Association of Lawyers for Democracy and World Human Rights (ELDH e.V.), the International League for Human Rights (ILM e.V.) and the Association for Legal Aid for Kurds in Germany. Bonn, 6th-8th. https://peaceinkurdistancampaign.files.wordpress.com/2015/02/maf-dadprogrammeenglish.pdf
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February 2015: Participation in roundtable on “The European Crisis and the Rise of Syriza and PODEMOS.” Organized by the Cículo PODEMOS Cambridge and the Cambridge Marxist Society. Held at Kings College, Cambridge, 3rd. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qFzBTw1GhMg and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OYN_T8VJM4I January 2015: Presentation of lecture titled, “Can the Revolution in Kurdish Syria Succeed? Reflections from a Field Visit,” at the seminar series on Global Capitalism and its Critics. Department of Sociology, The University of Cambridge. 26th. http://www.cam.ac.uk/research/discussion/can-the-revolution-in-kurdish-syria-succeed. December 2014: Member of Academic Delegation to Rojava, Syria. Organized by Civaka Azad - Kurdisches Zentrum für Öffentlichkeitsarbeit e.V. , Frankfurt, Germany: 1-9. 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. https://www.facebook.com/events/807106056020175/?ref_newsfeed_story_type=regular&source=1 November 2014: “The Politics of Belonging in Europe.” Lecture given at the Darwin College Arts/Humanities and Social Sciences Seminar. Cambridge. 11th. 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.
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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. 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 co-sponsored 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.
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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. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FQhP8Zs1a38 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. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OPJHy5ntjwA 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. 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.
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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 North-South?,” hosted by the Brazilian Political Science Association at the University of Sao Paolo, 16th-19th, Sao Paolo, Brazil. 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 Top-Down 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.
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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. May 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. 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).
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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. 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
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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” (co-authored with Luis de la Calle), at the Centre d’études ethniques des universités montréalaises (CEETUM). 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.
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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.
Co-Organizer of Lecture Series With Dr. David Lane. Global Capitalism and its Critics. Department of Sociology (Jan 2015-2017)
Teaching Experience At the University of Cambridge (Cambridge, England) Pathway coordinator for Political and Economic Sociology (MPhil Seminar, Michaelmas 2018-
2019). Course Organizer for Modern Britain (2009-2019) and lecturer for Nationalism and Ethnicity in
Modern Britain (Lent 2010-2011; Michaelmas 2012-2015), for The Political and Economic Development of Britain (Michaelmas 2010); for Work and Class (Michaelmas 2012-2015); for Class Domination (Michaelmas 2017-2018); and for Nationalisms, Racism and Xenophobia (Lent 2018-2019).
Course Organizer for Modern Global Transformations (2011-2012, 2013-2014) and lecturer for Global Capitalism (Michaelmas 2010), for The Age of Identity (Lent 2012), for Global Capitalism and American Power since 1945 (Michaelmas 2013-2014), and Global Social Problems (2014-2019).
Lecturer for module on Revolutions in Latin America in course on Revolution, War and Militarism (Michaelmas 2013, Lent 2014, 2015).
The Political Economy of Capitalism (with Larry P. King, 2009-2012) Critiques of Global Capitalism (MPhil seminar, with David Lane, Lent 2011, Michaelmas 2013, Lent
2014; Michaelmas 2015) Qualitative Comparative Historical Methods (Interdisciplinary MPhil Seminar, Michaelmas 2010-2018) 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)
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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) 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 Organizer of Sociology Department’s 50th Anniversary Conference (November 2018). Organizer of Sociology Department Seminar, 2017-2019. Pathway Coordinator of Political and Economic Sociology MPhil Stream, 2017-2019. Member of the Graduate Education Committee, 2017-2018. Director of Undergraduate Studies. Department of Sociology. Lent 2015. Co-organizer with Dr. David Lane of seminar series on Global Capitalism and its Critics. Department
of Sociology, The University of Cambridge. Lent 2015, Lent 2016. Member of the Cambridge Migration Network (2013-2016). • 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). • Blind referee for journals such as Comparative Politics, Nations & Nationalism, 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 Fellow at Darwin College, Cambridge (2011-2016) Member of the Executive Board of the EU Turkey Civic Commission (From July 2017) Member of International Imrali Delegations (Headed by Judge Essa Moussa, 2016-2017) Member of the Advisory Board, Centre for Kurdish Progress (From May 2016). 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
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Languages Spanish: fluent, reading, written, and spoken Catalan: fluent reading and adequate spoken French: reading Italian: reading Portuguese: reading Swahili: Beginner’s level.
References Lawrence P. King, Professor of Economics, The University of Massachussetts.. Tel: +1-413-577-1605. 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].