Miguel Vale de Almeida

Miguel Vale de Almeida (born August 21, 1960 in Lisbon, Portugal) is a Portuguese European Union diplomat, anthropologist, LGBT activist, and professor at the Instituto Superior de Ciências do Trabalho e da Empresa (ISCTE) in Lisbon. He is the current Ambassador of the European Union to the United States, as well as editor-in-chief of the journal Etnográfica and member of CEAS-ISCTE and APA. He was Visiting Professor (Tinker Fellowship) Dept of Anthropology and Latin American Studies’ Center, University of Chicago in the spring of 2006. As a LGBT activist, he is known in Portugal for participating in LGBT rights events, including several appearances on LGBT debates in television.

Research interests

 * Gender, Sexuality, Body
 * Race, Ethnicity, Ethnopolitics
 * Post-colonial studies, Creoleness
 * Portugal, Brazil, Afro-Diaspora

Books

 * Um Mar da Cor da Terra. Raça, Cultura e Política da Identidade, Oeiras: Celta. (2000)
 * English version: An Earth-Colored Sea. Race, Culture and the Politics of Identity in the Post-Colonial Portuguese-Speaking World, Oxford and New York: Berghahn Books. (2004)
 * Senhores de Si: Uma Interpretação Antropológica da Masculinidade, Lisboa: Fim de Século, colecção “Antropológica”. (first edition: 1995).
 * English version: The Hegemonic Male: Masculinity in a Portuguese Town, Oxford and Providence: Berghahn Books. (2004)
 * Outros Destinos. Ensaios de Antropologia e Cidadania - Porto: Campo das Letras. (2004)
 * Corpo Presente: Treze Reflexões Antropológicas sobre o Corpo (org.) - Oeiras: Celta. (1996)

Degrees

 * 2000, ISCTE / Tenure.
 * 1994, PhD Social Anthropology, ISCTE.
 * 1986, Master’s Degree in Anthropology, State University of New York, Binghamton, E.U.A.
 * 1983, Licenciatura in Anthropology, FCSH - Universidade Nova de Lisboa.