Gustavo Barroso (2114-3927-489A)

Curriculum Vitae

Gustavo Bernardo Barroso is a second-year PhD Candidate in History at the School of Arts and Humanities of the University of Lisbon. His background is in Pharmaceutical Sciences, also at the University of Lisbon and he works in a Pharmaceutical Company. Trying to bring together several sciences of his interest, he pursues research on Pandemics in Ancient History under the supervision of Prof Ana Valdez. More specifically, the title of his thesis will be, expectably, Pandemics, Religion and Power: The Roman Empire Facing Epidemic Disease”.

Identification

Personal identification

Full name: Gustavo Barroso

Citation names

Barroso, Gustavo

Author identifiers

Ciência ID: 2114-3927-489A
ORCID iD: 0000-0001-7057-1675

Email addresses

gustavobarroso@edu.ulisboa.pt (Professional)

Knowledge fields

Humanities - History and Archaeology - History

Languages

Language	Speaking	Reading	Writing	Listening	Peer-review
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
English	Proficiency (C2)	Proficiency (C2)		Proficiency (C2)	Proficiency (C2)
Italian	Proficiency (C2)	Proficiency (C2)	Proficiency (C2)	Proficiency (C2)	Upper intermediate (B2)
French	Elementary (A2)	Advanced (C1)	Upper intermediate (B2)	Advanced (C1)	Elementary (A2)
German	Beginner (A1)	Elementary (A2)	Beginner (A1)	Beginner (A1)	Beginner (A1)
Russian	Beginner (A1)	Beginner (A1)	Beginner (A1)	Beginner (A1)	Beginner (A1)

Education

	Degree	Classification
2021 - 2025 Ongoing	História (Doutoramento) Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Letras, Portugal "Pandemics, Religion, and Power: The Roman Empire facing epidemic disease" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
2007 - 2009 Concluded	Ciências Farmacêuticas (Mestrado integrado) Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal	16
2000 - 2006 Concluded	Ciências Farmacêuticas (Licenciatura) Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal	16

Affiliation

Other Careers

	Category Host institution	Employer
2019 - Current	Técnico Superior (Técnico Superior)	Laboratório Nacional do Medicamento, Portugal
	Laboratório Nacional do Medicamento, Portugal

Activities

Oral presentation

	Presentation title	Event name Host (Event location)
2024	Rome at War with Barbarians, Persians, and Disease (late second century AD)	Plague & Pandemic in the Ancient World Boulder - University of Colorado (Boulder)
2022	Can Disease Lead to Persecution? The Case of Saint Cyprian Plague	2022 EABS Graduate Symposium European Society of Biblical Studies (Praga, Czech Republic)
2022	Can Disease Lead to Persecution? The Case of SaintCyprian Plague	2022 Annual Conference of the European Association of Biblical Studies European Society of Biblical Studies (Toulouse, France)