Curriculum Vitae
Gustavo Fernandes Pedroso
Identification
Personal identification
- Full name
- Gustavo Fernandes Pedroso
Citation names
- Fernandes Pedroso, Gustavo
Author identifiers
- Ciência ID
- FA1C-40D5-FE11
- ORCID iD
- 0000-0002-3752-2991
Email addresses
- gustavo.fernandespedroso@sjc.ox.ac.uk (Professional)
Addresses
- St John's College, St Giles, OX1 3JP, Oxford, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom (Professional)
Websites
- https://www.orinst.ox.ac.uk/people/gustavo-fernandes-pedroso (Professional)
Knowledge fields
- Humanities - History and Archaeology
- Humanities - Languages and Literatures - Specific Languages
Languages
| Language | Speaking | Reading | Writing | Listening | Peer-review |
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| Portuguese (Mother tongue) | |||||
| English | Proficiency (C2) | Proficiency (C2) | Proficiency (C2) | Proficiency (C2) | Proficiency (C2) |
| French | Advanced (C1) | Proficiency (C2) | Advanced (C1) | Proficiency (C2) | Advanced (C1) |
| Spanish; Castilian | Advanced (C1) | Advanced (C1) | Advanced (C1) | Advanced (C1) | Advanced (C1) |
| Italian | Advanced (C1) | Proficiency (C2) | Advanced (C1) | Proficiency (C2) | Advanced (C1) |
| German | Upper intermediate (B2) | Upper intermediate (B2) | Upper intermediate (B2) | Upper intermediate (B2) | Upper intermediate (B2) |
Education
| Degree | Classification | |
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2022/10 - 2025/12/31
Ongoing
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Asian and Middle Eastern Studies (Doctor of Philosophy)
Major in Assyriology and Biblical Studies
University of Oxford, United Kingdom
"Poetics in Context: Mesopotamian Pious Sufferer Poetry, Penitential Prayers, and their Hebrew Comparitors." (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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2024/10/01 - 2025/07/01
Ongoing
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Alter Orient (Doctor of Philosophy)
Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Germany
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2020/10 - 2022/07/22
Concluded
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MPhil Cuneiform Studies (Master)
University of Oxford, United Kingdom
"Divine Wrath and Reconciliation in Ludlul Bel Nemeqi and Shuilla-Prayers to Marduk: A Comparative Approach." (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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Distinction |
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2017/10 - 2020/06
Concluded
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History (Licenciatura)
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas, Portugal
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Affiliation
Science
| Category Host institution |
Employer | |
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| 2023/01 - Current | Visiting Researcher (Research) | CHAM Centro de Humanidades, Portugal |
Others
| Category Host institution |
Employer | |
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| 2020/11 - 2024/06/30 | Collaborator for Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI) | University of Oxford Wolfson College, United Kingdom |
Projects
Grant
| Designation | Funders | |
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| 2022/10 - Current | Poetics in Context: Mesopotamian Pious Sufferer Poetry, Penitential Prayers, and their Hebrew Comparators
PhD Student Fellow
University of Oxford, United Kingdom
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University of Oxford St John's College Arts and Humanities Research Council Ongoing
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| 2024/10/01 - 2025/10/01 | Poetic Form of Suffering and Penitence in Mesopotamia
SAS-2024-028\6
Research Fellow
Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Germany
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Leverhulme Trust
Ongoing
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Outputs
Publications
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Other
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Activities
Oral presentation
| Presentation title | Event name Host (Event location) |
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| 2025/06/24 | Cursing and Praising: A Rhetorical Comparison of the Poetic Openings in Job and Ludlul bel nemeqi | Society of Biblical Literature International Meeting
University of Uppsala (Uppsala, Sweden)
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| 2025/01/11 | Poetic Persuasiveness: Rhetorical Aspects of Form in the Shuila to Marduk no. 2 | Junge Deutsche Orient-Gesellschaft Konferenz
Philipps-Universität Marburg (Marburg, Germany)
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| 2024/07/09 | Harmony in Contrast: Poetic Metre, Structure, and Antitheses in Ludlul bel nemeqi and Akkadian Incantation-Prayers | Intertextuality in Cuneiform Literature and Beyond Workshop, 69th Rencontre Assyriologique Internationale
University of Helsinki (Helsinki, Finland)
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| 2024/04/04 | From Storms to Gentle Breezes: Exploring Marduk’s Emotions through Nature Imagery | The 12th Oxford Postgraduate Conference in Assyriology
University of Oxford (Oxford, United Kingdom)
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| 2024/03/22 | Poesia na Antiguidade: Uma Investigação sobre a Forma Poética em Acádico e Hebraico Bíblico | Workshop de Estudos Avançados sobre a(s) Antiguidade(s) Asiática(s): temáticas, perspetivas e experiências académicas
Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas - Universidade NOVA de Lisboa (Lisboa, Portugal)
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| 2023/12/11 | Autores, Copistas ou Intérpretes? Os Escribas, as suas Práticas, e os seus Contextos na Assíria e Babilónia do Primeiro Milénio a.C. | Class for the curricular unit "História Cultural e das Mentalidades da Antiguidade"
Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas - Universidade NOVA de Lisboa (Lisboa, Portugal)
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| 2023/11/03 | Expressões Poéticas das Identidades Divinas nas Orações Penitenciais Acádicas | I Colóquio do Fórum de Pós-Graduandos/as do CHAM - Identidade(s): Políticas, Identificações, Compreensões e Interseccionalidade
CHAM - Centro de Humanidades; Universidade dos Açores (Angra do Heroísmo, Portugal)
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| 2023/09/24 | Poetic Form in Ludlul Bel Nemeqi and Similarities in Job | Text, Form and Redaction in Job
University of Tartu (Tartu, Estonia)
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| 2023/06/02 | Marduk’s Emotional Duality in Ludlul Bel Nemeqi and Akkadian Penitential Prayers | International Conference for Ancient East-Mediterranean Studies (ICAEM) 2023 “ANGRY GODS: divine wrath and the human sphere
in Ancient Near Eastern and Mediterranean cultures”
University of Tartu (Tartu, Estonia)
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| 2023/03/24 | Anger and Mercy: The Conflicting Attitude of Marduk in Ludlul Bel Nemeqi and Akkadian Penitential Prayers | The 11th Oxford Postgraduate Conference in Assyriology
University of Oxford (Oxford, United Kingdom)
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| 2022/11/21 | Translating Akkadian Poetry | Poetry and Untranslatability Seminar
University of Oxford Comparative Criticism and Translation (OCCT) Discussion Group (Oxford, United Kingdom)
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Event organisation
| Event name Type of event (Role) |
Institution / Organization | |
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| 2024/06/24 - 2024/07/05 | Organisation and teaching of the Workshop de Iniciação à Língua Suméria (2024/06/24 - 2024/07/05)
Workshop (Co-organisor)
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Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, Portugal CHAM Centro de Humanidades, Portugal |
| 2024/06/01 - 2024/06/17 | "Tablet-Making Workshop," Ancient Anatolia Day (2024/06/17 - 2024/06/17)
Workshop (Co-organisor)
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University of Oxford Wolfson College, United Kingdom |
| 2023/11/03 - 2024/04/04 | 12th Oxford Postgraduate Conference in Assyriology "From Heaven to Earth - Divinity, Humanity, and Nature in the Ancient Near
East" (2024/04/03 - 2024/04/04)
Conference (Co-organisor)
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University of Oxford, United Kingdom |
| 2023/05 - 2023/06 | "The Ancient Near East through its Artefacts," UNIQ Program 2023 (2023/06/27 - 2023/06/27)
Other (Co-organisor)
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University of Oxford, United Kingdom Ashmolean Museum of Art and Archaeology, United Kingdom |
| 2022/11 - 2023/03 | 11th Oxford Postgraduate Conference in Assyriology "DANGER! Threat, Risk, and Uncertainty in the Ancient Near East" (2023/03/23 - 2023/03/24)
Conference (Co-organisor)
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University of Oxford, United Kingdom |
| 2019/09/27 - 2019/09/27 | "A Arqueologia e a Cidade – onde estão os artefactos e a cultura do passado?", Noite Europeia dos Investigadores (2019/09/27 - 2019/09/27)
Workshop (Other)
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CHAM Centro de Humanidades, Portugal |
| 2019/05/20 - 2019/05/22 | Symposium Homenagem a Fr. Francolino Gonçalves. OP (1943-2017) (2019/05/20 - 2019/05/22)
Symposium (Other)
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CHAM Centro de Humanidades, Portugal Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, Portugal Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal Universidade dos Açores, Portugal |
| 2018/10/03 - 2018/10/06 | Conferência Internacional Coffee, Bread and Chocolate: Representations, Receptions and Cultural Frontiers (2018/10/03 - 2018/10/06)
Conference (Other)
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CHAM Centro de Humanidades, Portugal Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, Portugal Universidade dos Açores, Portugal CESIC - University of Bucharest, Romania |
| 2018/07/05 - 2018/07/05 | Escolinha de Verão – Aprender a Brincar com a Antiguidade (2018/07/05 - 2018/07/05)
Workshop (Other)
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Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, Portugal CHAM Centro de Humanidades, Portugal |
| 2017/11/22 - 2017/11/26 | II Congresso da Associação dos Arqueólogos Portugueses (2017/11/22 - 2017/11/26)
Congress (Other)
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Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, Portugal Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal Associação dos Arqueólogos Portugueses, Portugal |
Event participation
| Activity description Type of event |
Event name Institution / Organization |
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| 2025/02/02 - 2025/02/07 | Masterclass for learning how to handle, decipher, and document cuneiform tablets
Workshop
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Masterclass Cuneiform Epigraphy
Universität Heidelberg Institut für Assyriologie, Germany
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Course / Discipline taught
| Academic session | Degree Subject (Type) | Institution / Organization | |
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| 2024/04 - 2024/06 | Akkadian Grammar and Unprepared Translation | MPhil in Cuneiform Studies (Master) | University of Oxford Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies, United Kingdom |
Mentoring / Tutoring
| Topic | Student name | |
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| 2024/01 - 2024/03 | Ludlul in Context | Adam Ali-Hassan |
| 2023/01 - 2023/03 | Astronomy in Context in 1st-Millennium Mesopotamia | Luca Thompson and Charlie Chuck |
| 2022/12 - 2022/12 | Mesopotamian Religion | Haven Harrington |
Other jury / evaluation
| Activity description | Institution / Organization | |
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| 2025/01 - 2025/06 | Jury member of the 4th edition of the RedEscolas AntiCorruption program | All4Integrity, Portugal |
Distinctions
Award
| 2020 | DGES Merit Scholarship
Direção Geral do Ensino Superior, Portugal
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| 2020 | Merit and Excellence Award
Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, Portugal
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| 2019 | Nova Young Talent Awards
Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, Portugal
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Other distinction
| 2023 | Additional Funding for Skills Training
Arts and Humanities Research Council, United Kingdom
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| 2023 | Conference Grant
The British Institute for the Study of Iraq, United Kingdom
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