isalmeida@fcsh.unl.pt
Isabel Gomes de Almeida is an Assistant Professor at the History Department at NOVA FCSH, Lisbon, and a researcher of CHAM- Centre for the Humanities. She has a PhD in History – Ancient History, by Universidade NOVA de Lisboa (2015), a MA in History – specialization field in Ancient Civilizations of Asia and Middle East, and a BA in History, with a minor in Asian History. Her research revolves around History of Religions, namely in what concerns the syncretic processes in ancient Western Asian religious systems, and the construction processes of divine figures. Lately she has been developing a line of research on the significances of ancient southern Mesopotamia aquatic symbols and metaphors, by intertwining History of Religions and Environmental History, to enable a renewed examination on the human’s relation with Nature, within this specific context.