Manuel Castiñeiras is Medieval Art history professor at Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona where is Art and Musicology’s Director since 2014.
From 2005 to 2010 is Curator and Chief of Romanesque art Collection at Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya di Barcellona.
His studies are mainly focused on romanesque studies (iconography and Jacobean piligrimage). Commissioner of international exposures (El románico y el Mediterráneo. Cataluña, Toulouse y Pisa, 1120-1180, MNAC, 2008 e Compostela y Europa La historia de Diego Xelmírez, organized in Paris, Rome and Santiago).
He is Committee member of the international commission experts on Camino de Santiago de la Xunta de Galicia, Overseas Representative in Spain at British Archeological Association, and Associé correspondant étranger of Société Nationale des Antiquaires in France, located at Louvre Museum.
He is currently Principal Investigator of research project of MICINN Artists, Customer and audience. La Catalogna e il Mediterraneo (XI-XV secolo) - MAGISTRI CATALONIAE.