Miguel Tamen (6412-D741-BD33)

Curriculum Vitae

Miguel Tamen

Miguel Tamen (PhD University of Minnesota, 1989) is Professor of Literary Theory in the School of Arts and Humanities at the University of Lisbon, where he co-founded the Program in Literary Theory (which he currently chairs), and Director of the Gulbenkian Institute for Advanced Study. He held visiting appointments at Stanford University, the University of Massachusetts and, for many years, at the University of Chicago. He was the 2003-4 Martha Sutton Weeks Senior Fellow at the Stanford Humanities Center, and the 2010-11 Rockefeller Fellow at the National Humanities Center. He wrote nine books, and many articles and essays.

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Identification

Personal identification

Full name: Miguel Tamen

Citation names

Tamen, Miguel

Author identifiers

Ciência ID: 6412-D741-BD33
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-3842-8083

Knowledge fields

Humanities - Languages and Literatures - Literary Theory

Languages

Language	Speaking	Reading	Writing	Listening	Peer-review
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
English	Proficiency (C2)	Proficiency (C2)	Proficiency (C2)	Proficiency (C2)	Proficiency (C2)
French	Advanced (C1)	Proficiency (C2)	Advanced (C1)	Proficiency (C2)	Proficiency (C2)
German	Elementary (A2)	Upper intermediate (B2)	Beginner (A1)	Intermediate (B1)	Intermediate (B1)
Spanish; Castilian	Intermediate (B1)	Advanced (C1)	Intermediate (B1)	Advanced (C1)	Advanced (C1)
Italian	Elementary (A2)	Upper intermediate (B2)	Beginner (A1)	Upper intermediate (B2)	Upper intermediate (B2)
Latin		Upper intermediate (B2)
Ancient Greek (until 1553)		Intermediate (B1)

Education

	Degree	Classification
1995 Concluded	Agregação em Teoria da Literatura (Título de Agregado) Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal	Aprovado por Unanimidade
1986 - 1989 Concluded	Comparative Literature (Doctor of Philosophy) University of Minnesota, United States "Manners of Interpretation" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)	Summa cum laude
1985 Concluded	Mestrado em Literatura Francesa (Mestrado) Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal "Hermenêutica e mal-estar" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)	Muito Bom por Unanimidade
1982 Concluded	Línguas e Literaturas Modernas (Estudos Portugueses e Franceses) (Licenciatura) Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal "n/a" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)	17 valores

Affiliation

Science

	Category Host institution	Employer
2010 - 2011	Visiting Researcher (Research)	National Humanities Center, United States
	National Humanities Center, United States
2003 - 2004	Visiting Researcher (Research)	Stanford University Stanford Humanities Center, United States
	Stanford University Stanford Humanities Center, United States

Teaching in Higher Education

	Category Host institution	Employer
2004/03/08 - Current	Full Professor (University Teacher)	Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal

2017 - 2017	Visiting Professor (University Teacher)	University of Massachusetts Dartmouth Department of Portuguese, United States
	University of Massachusetts Dartmouth Department of Portuguese, United States
2012 - 2014	Visiting Professor (University Teacher)	University of Chicago Department of Romance Languages and Literatures, United States
	University of Chicago Department of Romance Languages and Literatures, United States
2005 - 2010	Visiting Professor (University Teacher)	University of Chicago Department of Romance Languages and Literatures, United States
	University of Chicago Department of Romance Languages and Literatures, United States
1998 - 2004	Associate Professor (University Teacher)	Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Letras, Portugal
	Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Letras, Portugal
2000 - 2002	Visiting Professor (University Teacher)	University of Chicago Department of Romance Languages and Literatures, United States
	University of Chicago Department of Romance Languages and Literatures, United States
1990 - 1998	Assistant Professor (University Teacher)	Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Letras, Portugal
	Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Letras, Portugal
1996 - 1997	Visiting Professor (University Teacher)	Stanford University Department of Comparative Literature, United States
	Stanford University Department of Comparative Literature, United States

Positions / Appointments

	Category Host institution	Employer
2025/02/01 - Current	Organic Unit Director	Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, Portugal
	Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian / Gulbenkian Institute for Advanced Study, Portugal
2024 - Current	Director do Programa em Teoria da Literatura	Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Letras, Portugal
	Universidade de Lisboa, Faculdade de Letras, Programa em Teoria da Literatura, Portugal
2018 - 2024	Organic Unit Director	Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Letras, Portugal
	Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Letras, Portugal
2009 - 2017	Director do Programa em Teoria da Literatura	Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Letras, Portugal
	Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Letras, Portugal
1991 - 2009	Coordenador do Programa em Teoria da Literatura	Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Letras, Portugal
	Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Letras, Portugal

Outputs

Publications

Book

Tamen, Miguel; Bourbon, Brett. Thinking with Words: A Literary Groundwork. NY, United States: Routledge. 2025.
Published
Tamen, Miguel. Erro extremo III. Ensaios do Observador (2023-2024). Lisboa, Portugal: Tinta da China. 2025.
Published
Tamen, Miguel. Closeness. Milano: Juxta Press (trad. port. Proximidade. Lisboa: Documenta. 2024). 2021.
Published
Tamen, Miguel. Erro Extremo II. Ensaios do Observador (2016-2017). Lisboa, Portugal: Tinta da China. 2021.
Published
Tamen, Miguel. (co eds. António M. Feijó & João R. Figueiredo) O Cânone. Lisboa, Portugal: Tinta da China. 2020.
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Tamen, Miguel. Erro extremo. Ensaios do Observador (2014-2016). Lisboa, Portugal: Tinta da China. 2017.
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Tamen, Miguel. (co-aut. António M. Feijó) A universidade como deve ser. Lisboa, Portugal: Fundação Francisco Manuel dos Santos. 2017.
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Tamen, Miguel. Artigos portugueses. Edição aumentada. Lisboa, Portugal: Sistema Solar. 2015.
Published
Tamen, Miguel. (ed.) Obra essencial de Fernando Pessoa. Vol. 8: Prosa crítica e ensaística.. Lisboa, Portugal: Expresso-Aletheia-INCM. 2015.
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Tamen, Miguel. What Art is Like, In Constant Reference to the Alice Books. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press. 2012.
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Tamen, Miguel. (co-ed. António M. Feijó) A Teoria do Programa.. Lisboa, Portugal: Programa em Teoria da Literatura. 2007.
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Tamen, Miguel. Artigos portugueses. Lisboa, Portugal: Assírio & Alvim. 2002.
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Tamen, Miguel. Friends of Interpretable Objects. Cambridge, Mass., United States: Harvard University Press (trad. port. Amigos de objectos interpretáveis. Lisboa: Assírio & Alvim. 2003). 2001.
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Tamen, Miguel. The Matter of the Facts. On Invention and Interpretation. Stanford, United States: Stanford University Press. 2000.
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Tamen, Miguel. Manners of Interpretation. The Ends of Argument in Literary Studies.. Albany: State University of New York Press (trad. port. Maneiras da Interpretação. Lisboa: INCM. 1994). 1993.
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Tamen, Miguel. Hermeneutica e mal-estar. Lisboa, Portugal: Imprensa Nacional/Casa da Moeda. 1987.
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Tamen, Miguel. (ed.) Poesias do Abade de Jazente (texto integral da 1ª edição).. Lisboa, Portugal: INCM. 1985.
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Tamen, Miguel. (ed.) Poesias do Abade de Jazente.. Lisboa, Portugal: Comunicação. 1983.
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