Miguel Vale de Almeida

Miguel Vale de Almeida
Born	August 21, 1960 (1960-08-21) (age 51) Lisbon, Portugal
Nationality	Portuguese
Occupation	Anthropologist and professor
Known for	LGBT activist
Website
http://miguelvaledealmeida.net/

Miguel Vale de Almeida (b. August 21, 1960 in Lisbon, Portugal) is a Portuguese anthropologist, LGBT activist, and professor at the Instituto Superior de Ciências do Trabalho e da Empresa (ISCTE) in Lisbon. He is currently 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.

External links

• Blog

LGBT portal

Persondata
Name	Almeida, Miguel Vale de
Alternative names
Short description	Portuguese anthropologist, LGBT activist and professor
Date of birth	August 21, 1960
Place of birth	Lisbon, Portugal
Date of death
Place of death