Current Home Address: Ríus I Taulet 43, Esc. B., 3,1
Office Address: Departamento de Teoría Sociológica, Facultad de Económicas y Empresariales, Universidad de Barcelona,Teniente Coronel Valenzuela 1-11, 08034 Barcelona (Spain)
Work Phone: (34-934021803)
Birth Date : 07/06/61
Place of Birth: Madrid (Spain)
Citizenship: Spanish
E-mail: jdiezmedrano@ub.edu

Academic Credentials

• July 2003- Catedrático de Sociología, Universidad de Barcelona
• July 2002- Professor- International University Bremen
• May 1995-2003 - Associate Professor-Dept. Sociology, UCSD (Promoted to Full Professor in July 2003, with effect in July 2004)
• July 1990-1995 - Assistant Professor-Dept. Sociology, UCSD
• May 1989 - Doctor in Philosophy; Department of Sociology, University of Michigan.
• Dec.1985 - Master of Arts; Department of Sociology, University of Michigan.
• June 1984 - Licenciatura in Sociology; Universidad Complutense de Madrid.
• June 1979 - Bacalauréat, Section B (1967-79) at the Lycée Français of Madrid.

• 2006 (Winter) Luigi Einaudi Chair in European and International Studies. Cornell University.
• 2000  Grant from European Commission for collective research project entitled The Transformation of Political Mobilization and Communication in European Public Spheres (Co-Researchers: Dr. Ruud Koopmans, Dr. Paul Staham, Prof. Hanspeter Kriesi, Prof. Donatella della Porta, Prof. Jos de Beus, Dr. Virginie Guiraudon)
• 1999 Grant from the Deutscher Akademischer Austausch Dienst: Visiting Scholar at the Wissenschaftszentrum für Sozialforschung, Berlin (Fall, 1999)
• 1999 Grant from Center for German and European Studies at the University of California, Berkeley for project on European Integration
• 1998 UCSD Academic Senate Grant for project on European integration
• 1995 Committee for Cultural and Educational Cooperation between Spain and the United States for project on European integration
• 1995 Alexander von Humboldt Foundation 1-year Scholarship: Fieldwork in Germany and Visiting Scholar at ZUMA (Mannheim) and the Wissenschaftszentrum für Sozialforschung, Berlin.
• 1993 Research Grant from the Centro de Investigaciones Sociológicas (Spain)-Research Title: Attitudes toward the European Integration Process among Spaniards.
• 1992 Academic Senate Grant, awarded by the University of California, San Diego
• 1991 Academic Senate Grant, awarded by the University of California, San Diego.
• 1991 Grant from the Center for German and European Studies.
• 1990 Fellow at the Centro de Estudios Avanzados en Ciencias Sociales of the Fundación Juan March in Madrid, Spain.
• 1990 Academic Senate Grant, awarded by the University of California, San Diego
• 1988 Research Grant, awarded by the Centro de Investigaciones Sociológicas (Madrid, Spain).
• 1988 Rackham PreDoctoral Fellowship, awarded by the Horace H. Rackham School of Graduate Studies, University of Michigan.
• 1987 Rackham Dissertation Grant, awarded by the Horace H. Rackham School of Graduate Studies, University of Michigan.
• 1984-1987 Doctoral Fellowships, awarded by the Spanish-US Joint Committee for Cultural and Educational Cooperation.
• 1984 National Award for M.A thesis, awarded by the Royal School of Sociology and Political Science Alumni (Madrid, Spain).
• 1984 Research Grant, awarded by the Fondo Fundación de las Cajas de Ahorros (Madrid, Spain).

Academic Experience

Courses Taught since Fall 1989:

• Contemporary Social Theory
• Sociology of Culture
• Social Movements
• Ethnic Conflict and Politics
• Collective Identities and Conflict
• Social Structure in Comparative Perspective
• Social Change in the Modern World
• The European Integration Process
• Comparative Historical Methods
• Survey Research Methods
• Historical Demography
• Advanced Statistical Methods (Logit, Lisrel, etc…)

• 2003 "Framing Europe: Empire, WWII and Attitudes toward European Integration in Germany, Spain, and the United Kingdom." (Princeton University Press)
• 2003 "Ways of Seeing European Integration: Germany, Great Britain, Spain" in Europe without Borders, Mabel Berezin and Martin Schain (Eds.). (John Hopkins University Press)
• 2001 "Die Qualitätspresse und Europäische Integration" , in Forschungsjournal Neue Soziale Bewegungen 14,4: 30-41.
• 2001 with Paula Gutiérrez. "Nested Identities and European Identity in Spain" . Ethnic and Racial Studies 24,5.
• 2000 "A European International Security Policy: Freedom of Movement for Whom?" , with Juan Díez Nicolás, in The Role of the Social Sciences in The Making of the European Union, edited by Max Haller. Berlin: Springer-Verlag.
• 2000 "Naciones Divididas: Conflicto Social, Política, y Nacionalismo en el País Vasco y Cataluña." Madrid: Centro de Investigaciones Sociológicas. (Updated translation of Divided Nations, 1995).
• 1999 "The European Union: Economic Giant, Political Dwarf?" in "International Order and the Future of World Politics" , edited by T.V. Paul and John A. Hall. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
• 1998 "Who are the Spaniards? Nationalism and Identification in Spain." co-authored with Kenneth Bollen, Social Forces 77:2.
• 1996 "Does Western Europe Stop at the Pyrennees." in "Political Values in Europe", edited by Halman, Nevitte, and Heunks. Tilburg University Press.
• 1995 "Divided Nations: Class Conflict, Politics, and Nationalism in the Basque Country and Catalonia." Cornell University Press.
• 1995 "Actitudes de los Españoles ante la Unión Europea." Madrid: CIS.
• 1994 "Patterns of Development and Nationalist Ideology: Basque and Catalan Nationalism before the Spanish Civil War." Theory and Society 23: 541-569.
• 1994 "The Effects of Ethnic Segregation and Ethnic Competition on Political Mobilization in the Basque Country, 1988" American Sociological Review 59: 873-889.
• 1994 "The meaning of Left and Right in Comparative Perspective" , Pp. 423-438 in Tendencias Mundiales de Cambio en los Valores Sociales y Políticos, edited by Juan Díez Nicolas and Ronald Inglehart. Madrid: Fundesco.
• 1992 "Modelos Estructurales con Variables Latentes." Madrid: CIS.
• 1989 "The Meaning of Being Leftist in Spain." with Prof. Juan Díez Nicolás, and Blanca García Món. Revista Española de Investigaciones Sociológicas. Madrid:CIS
• 1987 "A Theoretical Framework for the Study of Spanish Trasatlantic Migration: 1870-1930." Papers from the First Spanish-Italian-Portuguese Conference on Historical Demography.
• 1985 "Thoughts, Comments, and Suggestions Regarding the European Demographic Transition: The Decline of Fertility in Nineteenth Century Europe." Boletín de la Asociación de Demografía Histórica, Año III, 3. Madrid.
• 1984 "Theoretical Considerations about the Recent Trends in Illegitimacy in Europe (1945-1984)." Revista Española de Investigaciones Sociológicas 27. Madrid.

• 2002 MOST Journal for Multicultural Societies (Coordinator of Special Issue entitled: State Policy and Violence in Separatist Movements). UNESCO

• July 2003 "Frames and Resonance in the Explanation of Attitudes to European Integration." Paper presented at the World Congress of the International Political Science Association. June-July, Durban.
• June 2003 "Frames and Attitudes to European Integration". Paper presented at the Conference on Culture and Democracy organized at the International University Bremen. June 9-10, Bremen.
• March 2002 "Frames, Frames, and more Frames: Empire, WWII, and British 'Euroskepticism'." Paper presented at the 13th Conference for Europeanists. March 14-16, Chicago.
• August 1999 "Ways of Seeing European Integration." Paper presented at the American Sociological Association Meeting, Chicago.
• August 1996 "National identity and European Integration: The Case of Spain" Paper presented at the American Sociological Association Meeting, New York.
• August 1994 "Peripheral Nationalism and European Integration: Identification with State and Support for European Integration." Presented at the XIIIth World Congress of Sociology at Bielefeld (Germany)
• March 1994 "Political Diversity and Nationalism: Basque and Catalan Nationalism after the Spanish Civil War." Paper presented at the Center for European Studies, at Harvard University.
• December 1993 "European Identity in the Context of Theories of Collective Identity." Paper presented at a Colloquium on Collective Identities in the Contemporary World organized by the Center for the Study of Collective Identities of the Universidad del País Vasco (Bilbao: Spain)
• September 1993 "The Meaning of Left and Right in Comparative Perspective." Paper presented at the World Values Study Conference. Madrid: Spain.
• August 1993 "Ethnic Segregation and Competition in the Study of Peripheral Nationalism." Paper presented at the American Sociological Association meeting in Miami.
• August 1992 "Nationalist Imagery and Development: A comparison of early Basque and Catalan nationalism." Paper presented at the American Sociological Association meeting in Pittsburgh.
• August 1989 "Nationalism and Independence in the Basque Country and Catalonia." Paper presented at the American Sociological Association meeting in San Francisco.
• April 1988 "Class and Nationalism in the Basque Country and Catalonia." Paper presented at the V Symposium on Western Europe: Problems and Policies. Organized by the Institute for Western European Studies and the Institute of International Affairs of Columbia University.

• 2004 "Between Fear and Hope: Globalization and Race in the United States", by Andrew L. Barlow. Contemporary Sociology
• 2004 "Nationalist Exclusion and Ethnic Conflict: Shadows of Modernity", by Andreas Wimmer. American Journal of Sociology
• 1998 "Perspectives on the Family in Spain: Past and Present", by David S. Reher. Contemporary Sociology
• 1995 "The Return of Civil Society", by Victor Pérez Díaz. Theory and Society.
• 1994 "Nationalism: Five Roads to Modernity", by Liah Greenfeld. American Journal of Sociology.
• 1992 "Rebellious People: Basque Protest and Politics", by Cyrus Ernesto Zirakzadeh. Contemporary Sociology 21: 797-798
• 1983 "Existe el Amor Maternal? En Torno a la Obra de E. Badinter." Revista Española de Investigaciones Sociológicas 21. Madrid.
• 1983 "Hacia el Año 2000. Comentario Sociológico al Informe Global 2000." Revista Española de Investigaciones Sociológicas 23. Madrid.

Spanish, French, English, German, Catalan (Beginner)

• 9/01 Member of Editorial Committee: MOST journal for Multicultural Societies
• 7/00-7/02 Director of EAP Barcelona Center. University of California Education Abroad Program
• 4/97-10/97 Programme Specialist, Level 3 at UNESCO (MOST Programme).
• 1998 Consultant for the MOST Programme at UNESCO.
• 2/93-3/93 Participant in Seminar on the European Community, organized by the Spanish Diplomatic School. Madrid: Spain.