between 1966 and 1992, kamen taught early modern spanish history at the university of warwick. he has worked at various universities in spain. in 1970, he was elected a fellow of the royal historical society. in 1984 he was appointed herbert f. johnson professor at the institute for research in the humanities, university of wisconsin - madison. he was a professor of the higher council for scientific research (csic) in barcelona from 1993 until his retirement in 2002. since then he has continued lecturing and writing, and lives currently in spain and in the united states. he is an influential contributor to the pages of the spanish daily newspaper "el mundo".