Michael Anthony Furtado
Department of History
1288 University of Oregon
366 McKenzie Hall
Eugene, OR 97403-1288
541.688.3442
mfurtado@uoregon.edu
EDUCATION
University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon
Ph.D. Medieval European History, September, 2011
Major Fields: Medieval Iberia, Late Medieval Castile-Leon
Minor Field: Colonial Latin America (Pre-Colombian and Spanish Colonialism)
Dissertation: “Islands of Castile: Artistic, Literary and Legal Perception of the Sea in Castile-Leon, 12481450.”
M.A. Medieval European History, June 2004
B.A. History summa cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa, June 2002
Concentrated in Classics and Medieval History
FELLOWSHIPS and AWARDS
Oregon Humanities Center Dissertation Fellowship, 2009-10
Joseph K. Starr Scholarship, 2008-9
Leon Culbertson Scholarship, 2007-8
Program for Cultural Cooperation between Spain’s Ministry of Culture and United States Universities Grant, 2006.
Sasakawa Young Leaders Fellowship Fund Graduate Fellowship for International Research, 2006
Thomas T. Turner Memorial Fund Award, 2006.
University Club of Oregon Foundation Fellowship, 2006
Columbia University Council for European Studies Fellowship, 2006
Ray Kaegler Scholarship, 2006-7
Maria C. Jackson/General George A. White Scholarship, 2005-6
Leon Culbertson Scholarship, 2005-6
Edwin K. Starr Scholarship, 2002-3, 2003-4
FOREIGN LANGUAGES
Command of Latin and Spanish.
Reading knowledge of Medieval Castilian, Catalan, Portuguese, and German.
TEACHING
Upcoming
History 101 Intro to Western Civilization: Fall, 2012
War in the Medieval World: Winter, 2013
History 105 Early Modern World: Winter, 2013
Encounters in the Age of Exploration: Spring, 2013
Current and Past Teaching
Siglo de Oro: Spain’s Golden Age: Spring, 2012
History 101 Intro to Western Civilization: Fall, 2011
The Crusades: Summer 2011
Medieval Warfare: Spring 2011:
Chivalry and Knighthood in Medieval Europe; Summer 2008, 2009, 2010, 2012
Europe in the Late Middle Ages; Summer 2006:
As Graduate Teaching Fellow (GTF) leading Discussion Sections
Responsibilities included conducting discussion sections and evaluating all work for two twenty-five student
discussion sections weekly.
As GTF in UO Department of History
Western Civilization
Hist 101 (Ancient to 1250): Fall 2002, 2004, 2007, 2009
Hist 102 (1250 to 1799):
Winter 2007,
Hist 103 (1799 to Present) Fall 2005, Spring 2008
World History
Hist 104 :
(Fall 2003, 2005,
Hist 105:
(Winter 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006)
Hist 106:
(Spring, 2004, Spring 2009)
As GTF Grader
Hist 412:
Hist 396:
Hist 315:
Roman Empire
Samurai in Film
Intro to African Studies
(Spring 2003)
(Spring 2006)
(Spring 2007)
As GTF in UO Department of Humanities
Hum 101:
Hum 102:
(Fall 2008, 2010)
(Winter 2009, 2011)
Intro to African American Studies (Spring, 2007)
SERVICE
UO History Department Interim Director of Undergraduate Studies (Summer/Fall, 2012)
PRESENTATIONS
“Islands of Castile: The Sea and the Realm, 1248-1450.” Oregon Humanities Center Spring Lecture Series,
May2010.
"In the Wake of Seville: The Castilian Turn to the Sea and its Effect on Islamic Spain," Transparent Borders:
Movement, Migration, and Globalization in the Romance World, University of Oregon, November 2004.
“A Dread of the Deep: Images of the Sea in Las Cantigas de Santa Maria,” 37th Annual Meeting of the Society for
Spanish and Portuguese Historical Studies, University of Charleston, SC, March 2005
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
Medieval Academy of America
American Historical Association
American Academy of Research Historians of Medieval Spain
Society for Spanish and Portuguese Historical Studies