Miguel Taín Guzmán

Full Professor of Art History, University of Santiago de Compostela since 2020.
Institutional Chair “The Saint Way and pilgrimages,” University of Santiago de Compostela since September 2019.
Founder and Codirector of the International Summer Seminar “Lecciones Jacobeas Internacionales de la Universidad de Santiago” since 2007 (12 symposia)
Dr. Taín’s research embraces the heritage of the Way of Saint James, the Cathedral of Compostela, the city of Santiago and pilgrimage in numerous journal publications and books: Studi Secenteschi, Studi di Storia dell’Arte, Construction History Journal, International Journal of Architecture Heritage, Quintana, Locus Amoenus, Informes de la Construcción, Archivo Español del Arte, Goya, Mitteilungen des Kunsthistorischen Institutes in Florenz, Ricerche di storia dell’arte, among others.
In recent years he has contributed to prestigious research centers such as the Kunsthistorisches Institut of Florence of the Max-Planck-Institut (01/05/2011-30/06/2011); the Villa I Tatti-University of Harvard (01/04/2014-30/06/2014); Brandenburg Research Academy and International Network (BRAIN)-Marie Curie Fellowship at the Brandenburgische Technische Universität, Germany (01/01/2015-31/12/2016), and the Institute for Pilgrimage Studies at William & Mary in the USA (18/10/2017).
Latest publications: La ciudad de Santiago de Compostela según los hermanos Juan y Pedro Fernández de Boán (ca. 1633-1646), Santiago de Compostela: Teófilo Edicións & Consorcio de Santiago, 2019; A Medici Pilgrimage: The Devotional Journey of Cosimo III to Santiago de Compostela (1669), Belgium: Harvey Miller & Brepols Publishers, 2018; “The Baroque Renovation of the Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela. From an Emulation of the Basilica of St. Peter to a New Monumentality”, in Groß Bauen. Großbaustellen als kulturgeschichtliches Phänomen, Basel: Birkhäuser, 2018, pp. 215-230; and “Il ritratto dell’altare maggiore della cattedrale di Santiago de Compostela del pittore Juan Delgado (1717)”, Compostella, Centro Italiano di Studi Compostellani, Università degli Studi di Perugia, 2017, no. 38, pp. 21-28.