???global.info.a_carregar???
Inês Torres is a Postdoctoral Fellow and a Researcher at the Centre for the Humanities of Nova University Lisbon (CHAM) and Director of the Mastaba of Akhmerutnisut Documentation Project (MAD-P), an archaeological project in Giza, Egypt, financed by the Antiquities Endowment Fund of the American Research Center in Egypt. She has a Ph.D. in Egyptology (Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations) from Harvard University, an M.Phil. in Egyptology from the University of Oxford, and a B.A. in Archaeology from the University of Lisbon. Her research is focused on the analysis of the ancient Egyptian tomb as a social space, where the living interacted with each other and with the dead, in order to understand how the tomb space, which acted as the stage for these interactions, influenced the ways in which memory was crafted and the deceased were remembered. Dr. Torres is also Co-PI of the ongoing non-funded project Egiptologias Luso-Brasileiras: Contribuições para uma Discussão Global (Luso-Brazilian Egyptologies: Contributions to a Global Discussion), which aims to highlight the theoretically and methodologically diverse contributions of Portuguese-speaking researchers to the field of Egyptology, frequently excluded from mainstream academic discourse. She is also the founder and manager of the Instagram outreach project "Uma Egiptóloga Portuguesa" ("A Portuguese Egyptologist"), which aims to share educational content on Ancient Egypt and Egyptology in Portuguese, her first language, and co-founder and co-host of the first scientific dissemination podcast about ancient Egypt in Portuguese, "Três Egiptólogues Entram Num Bar" ("Three Egyptologists Walk into a Bar").
Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Maria Inês Coutinho Dinis Torres

Citation names

  • Torres, Inês

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
9914-070D-5BF7
ORCID iD
0000-0002-8201-3627

Email addresses

  • inestorres@fcsh.unl.pt (Professional)

Websites

  • https://unl-pt.academia.edu/InêsTorres (Scholar)

Knowledge fields

  • Humanities - History and Archaeology

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
English Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2)
French Upper intermediate (B2) Upper intermediate (B2) Upper intermediate (B2) Upper intermediate (B2)
German Intermediate (B1) Intermediate (B1) Intermediate (B1) Intermediate (B1)
Arab Upper intermediate (B2) Upper intermediate (B2) Upper intermediate (B2) Upper intermediate (B2)
Dutch Upper intermediate (B2) Upper intermediate (B2) Upper intermediate (B2) Upper intermediate (B2)
Spanish; Castilian Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1)
Italian Beginner (A1) Elementary (A2) Beginner (A1) Elementary (A2)
Japanese Beginner (A1) Beginner (A1) Beginner (A1) Beginner (A1)
Education
Degree Classification
2022/09/01 - 2025/09/01
Ongoing
Postdoctoral Research Fellow (Pós-doutoramento)
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas, Portugal
2021/05
Concluded
Egyptology (Doctor of Philosophy)
Harvard University Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations, United States
"The Monumentality of Mastabas: Identity, Memory, and Experience in the Mastaba of Akhmerutnisut at Giza (Fifth Dynasty, c. 2494-2345 BCE)" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
2017/01 - 2017/03
Concluded
Cairo Semester Egyptological Program (Postgraduate Certificate)
Universiteit Leiden Nederlands-Vlaamse Instituut in Cairo, Egypt
2014/07
Concluded
Egyptology (Master)
University of Oxford Saint Cross College, United Kingdom
"Funerary Stratigraphy in Tutankhamun’s Tomb: The Burial Chamber and the Treasury" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
2012/10
Concluded
Archaeology (Licenciatura)
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Letras, Portugal
"Os Trabalhadores do Além: As Estatuetas Funerárias Egípcias da Reserva do Museu Nacional de Arqueologia" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution
Employer
2021/04 - Current Researcher (Research) CHAM Centro de Humanidades, Portugal
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas, Portugal
2020/10 - 2021/04 Visiting Researcher (Research) Johns Hopkins University Department of Near Eastern Studies, United States
2019/10 - 2020/10 Researcher (Research) American Research Center in Egypt, United States
2015/09 - 2019/05 Researcher (Research) Digital Giza at Harvard University, United States
2017/03 - 2017/07 Visiting Researcher (Research) Freie Universität Berlin Dahlem Humanities Center, Germany

Teaching in Higher Education

Category
Host institution
Employer
2017 - 2020 Assistant (University Teacher) Harvard University Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, United States

Others

Category
Host institution
Employer
2024/01/29 - 2024/05/27 Maternity Leave CHAM Centro de Humanidades, Portugal
2022/01 - 2022/01 Archaeologist and Photographer Johns Hopkins Mut Temple Expedition, Egypt
Johns Hopkins University Department of Near Eastern Studies, United States
2019/09 - 2020/05 Graduate Student Intern (Division of Academic and Public Programs) Harvard Art Museums, United States
2018/06 - 2018/08 Terrace Curatorial Research Associate in Egyptian Art Museum of Fine Arts Boston, United States
2017/04 - 2017/07 Graduate Student Researcher Neues Museum, Germany
2016/01 - 2016/05 Assistant Instructor, Lecturer, and Developer of the EdX course Pyramids of Giza: Ancient Egyptian Art and Archaeology HarvardX, United States
2011/08 - 2011/09 Archaeology Student, site of Fraga dos Corvos, Macedo de Cavaleiros, Bragança, Portugal Universidade de Lisboa Centro de Arqueologia, Portugal
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Letras, Portugal
2010/06 - 2010/07 Archaeology Student, site of Casas Novas, Coruche, Santarém, Portugal Universidade de Lisboa Centro de Arqueologia, Portugal
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Letras, Portugal
2009/10 - 2010/05 Student Researcher Universidade de Lisboa Centro de Arqueologia, Portugal
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Letras, Portugal
2008/07 - 2008/07 Participant in the excavation of Castro de São Lourenço, Vila Chã, Esposende, Portugal Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Letras, Portugal
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2023 - 2025 ANTIGA MENTE: Death, Memory, and Cognition in Ancient Egypt in the 3rd Millennium BCE
Principal investigator
CHAM Centro de Humanidades, Portugal
CHAM Centro de Humanidades
Ongoing
2023/12 - 2024/12 The Mastaba of Akhmerutnisut Documentation Project
N/A
Principal investigator
American Research Center in Egypt, United States
American Research Center in Egypt
Ongoing

Other

Designation Funders
2019 - Current Egiptologias Luso-Brasileiras: Contribuições para uma Discussão Global (Luso-Brazilian Egyptologies: Contributions to a Global Discussion)
NON-FUNDED
Co-Primary Investigator
Ongoing
Outputs

Publications

Book
  1. Torres, Inês. Crafting Memories: Tomb Design and Remembrance in Ancient Egypt in the 3rd millennium BCE. Netherlands: Brill. 2025.
    Accepted
  2. Torres, Inês. Como é que a Esfinge perdeu o nariz? E outras curiosidades sobre o Antigo Egito. Portugal: Planeta de Livros. 2022.
    Published
Book chapter
  1. Schellinger, Sarah; Davidson, Stacy; Torres, Inês. "Letting the Ancients Speak: Contextualizing Ancient Egyptians Through Their Inscribed Objects". In Teaching Ancient Egypt in Museums: Pedagogies in Practice, edited by Thum, Jen; Walsh, Carl; Jiménez, Lissette M.; Haney, Lisa Saladino, 56-68. London, United Kingdom: Routledge, 2024.
    Published
Conference paper
  1. Torres, Inês. "Um Estudo sobre Modelos Funerários e o seu Significado no Contexto Tumular do Império Médio". Paper presented in V Congresso Ibérico de Egiptologia, Cuenca, 2015.
    Published
Edited book
  1. Pinto, Carla Alferes; Torres, Inês; BOSCARIOL, Mariana. VI CHAM International Conference: Heritage for Common Future / Futures for a Common Heritage: Book of Abstracts. 2023.
    Published • Editor
Journal article
  1. Torres, Inês. "A Unique Lassoing Scene from the Mastaba of Akhmeretnisut at Giza (G 2184)". Journal of the American Research Center in Egypt 57 (2021): 267-286.
    Published
Magazine article
  1. Torres, Inês. "O Futuro do Passado: Estudar o Antigo Egipto na Era Digital", Perspectiva: Revista de Partes, 2019
Online resource
  1. Torres, Inês. Faraós Superstars - Girl Power: Hatchepsut, Nefertiti, Cleópatra. 2023. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jflvDRmzY9o&t=14s.
  2. Torres, Inês. Art Talks: The Ushabti of Princess Maatkara. 2020. https://harvardartmuseums.org/article/art-talk-the-ushabti-of-princess-maatkare.
Thesis / Dissertation
  1. Torres, Inês. "The Monumentality of Mastabas: Identity, Memory, and Experience in the Mastaba of Akhmerutnisut at Giza (Fifth Dynasty, c. 2494-2345 BCE)". PhD, Harvard University Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations, 2021.
  2. Torres, Inês. "Funerary Stratigraphy in Tutankhamun’s Tomb: The Burial Chamber and the Treasury". Master, University of Oxford Saint Cross College, 2014.
  3. Torres, Inês. "Os Trabalhadores do Além: As Estatuetas Funerárias Egípcias da Reserva do Museu Nacional de Arqueologia". Degree, Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Letras, 2012.
Website
  1. Torres, Inês. Uma Egiptóloga Portuguesa. 2020. https://www.instagram.com/umaegiptologaportuguesa/.

Other

Other output
  1. Podcast - Três Egiptólogues Entram Num Bar. 2022. Torres, Inês; Borges Pires, Guilherme; Osorio G. da Silva, Luiza. https://open.spotify.com/show/4QBUiJ6JwoqdgbRBiJfawO?si=aef502b49e91455e.
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2024/04 Returning to G 2184: The First Season of the Mastaba of Akhmerutnisut Documentation Project (MAD-P) American Research Center in Egypt Annual Meeting
American Research Center in Egypt (ARCE) (Pittsburgh, PA, United States)
2024/01 Three Egyptologists Walk into a Bar… and Talk about Books, Movies, and Shows. Engaging with Audiences through Pop Culture Egypopcult: Reception of Antiquity in Contemporary Popular Culture
Faculdade de Letras da Universidade de Lisboa (Lisbon, Portugal)
2023/11 Social Interactions in the Funerary Space. Tomb and Remembrance in Egypt in the 3rd Millennium BCE
McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research, University of Cambridge (Cambridge, United Kingdom)
2023/11 Um dia no Antigo Egipto
Colégio da Via-Sacra (Viseu, Portugal)
2023/10 Building and Experiencing Sacred Space in the Tomb of Ankhtify
American Research Center in Egypt - Washington DC Chapter (United States)
2023/08 Models as Miniatures. Ancient Egyptian Funerary Models Reconsidered XIIIth International Congress of Egyptologists: The Future of Ancient Egypt
Leiden University (Leiden, Netherlands)
2023/08 Three Egyptologists Walk Into a Bar: Disseminating Egyptological Scholarship in Portuguese XIIIth International Congress of Egyptologists: The Future of Ancient Egypt
Leiden University (Leiden, Netherlands)
2023/05 Uma Arqueologia da Memória no Antigo Egipto II Jornadas de Arqueologia da FLUL
Faculdade de Letras da Universidade de Lisboa (Lisbon, Portugal)
2023/05 O Quotidiano no Antigo Egipto
Tertúlia Cais das Culturas (Lisbon, Portugal)
2023/04 O Antigo Egipto no Mundo Moderno. Uma apresentação ao livro Como é que a Esfinge perdeu o nariz? E outras curiosidades sobre o Antigo Egito. Semana da Leitura
Agrupamento de Escolas de Arga e Lima, Lanheses e Viana do Castelo (Online, Portugal)
2023/02 Interactive Space: Experiencing Tombs in Ancient Egypt International Symposium: Construction of Contemporary Imaginaries. Spaces, Times and Cultures
CIAUD – Lisbon School of Architecture, University of Lisbon (Lisbon, Portugal)
2023/02 Tutankhamun's Miniatures: The Power of Small-Scale Objects in Ancient Egyptian Funerary Customs Tutankhamun and Carter: Assessing the Impact of a Major Archaeological Find
Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian/Faculdade de Letras da Universidade de Lisboa (Lisbon, Portugal)
2022/11 Memory in the "House of Eternity:" Tomb Design and Remembrance in Egypt in the 3rd Millennium BCE ASOR Annual Meeting
American School of Overseas Research (ASOR) (Boston, United States)
2022/10 O "Outro" como garantia de imortalidade: a simbiose túmulo-visitante no pensamento funerário-religioso do Antigo Egipto Colóquio Olhares Cruzados: Construções do Outro nas Religiões do Mundo Antigo
Universidade Católica Portuguesa (Lisboa, Portugal)
2022/10 O Antigo Egipto no Mundo Moderno: 200 anos de Egiptologia(?)
Centro de Ciência Viva de Lagos (Lagos, Portugal)
2022/09 Egiptologias em Contextos Lusófonos: Aproximações Metodológicas e Teóricas às Práticas Egiptológicas em Língua Portuguesa VII Congresso Iberoamericano de Egiptologia
Facultad de Filosofía y Letras, Universidad de Buenos Aires (Buenos Aires, Argentina)
2022/09 Reclaiming Our Place at the Table: Centering Portuguese-speaking Scholarship in the World of Egyptology Current Research in Egyptology
Université Paul Valéry (Montpellier, France)
2022/06 Crafting Memories: Tomb Design and Public Engagement 8th Old Kingdom Art and Archaeology International Conference
University of Jaén (Jaén, Spain)
2022/06 Como é escavar no Egipto? Passado(s) e presente(s) da arqueologia egípcia Ancient History Research Group
Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte (Brazil)
2022/05 House of Eternity: Building and Experiencing Funerary Space in Ancient Egypt Mediterranean Studies Association Annual Meeting
Nova University Lisbon (NOVA-FCSH) (Lisbon, Portugal)
2022/03 Agência, Memória e Cultura Material no Antigo Egipto Graduate Students’ Forum, CHAM/NOVA-FCSH
Nova University Lisbon (NOVA-FCSH) (Lisbon, Portugal)
2021/10 Túmulo e Memória no Antigo Egipto
Sociedade Portuguesa de Antropologia e Etnologia (Porto, Portugal)
2021/09 Modelos em Miniatura: Novas Perspectivas sobre os Modelos Funerários do Antigo Egipto I Congresso Ibero-americano de Jovens Investigadores em Egiptologia (CIJIE)
Universidad de Alcalá (Alcalá de Henares, Spain)
2021/07 As Aparências Iludem: Desafios na Tradução e Interpretação de Textos Hieroglíficos Ciclo de Conferências de Egípcio Médio
Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (Brazil)
2021/04 Monumentalidade e Memória no Império Antigo (ca. 2686-2160 a.C.) Cicle de Conferências de Egiptologia
Centro de História da Universidade de Lisboa (Lisboa, Portugal)
2021/03 Lassoing for Offerings or Lassoing for Visitors? Analyzing a Unique Lassoing Scene from the Mastaba of Akhmerutnisut at Giza
Huis van Horus (Netherlands)
2020/12 Between Giza and Boston: The Unique Mastaba of Akhmerutnisut
The Lotus Society, Boston Museum of Fine Arts (Boston, United States)
2020/06 Creativity and Innovation in Non-Royal Tombs of the Old Kingdom: The Mastaba of Akhmeretnisut at Giza American Research Center in Egypt Virtual Chapter Lecture Series
The American Research Center in Egypt (United States)
2020/04 A Unique Lassoing Scene from the Mastaba of Akhmeretnisut at Giza American Research Center in Egypt Annual Meeting
University of Toronto (Toronto, Canada)
2017/02 Nubians in Egypt: The First Intermediate Period Stelae from Gebelein Graduate Annual Research Discussions on Egypt and Nubia (GARDEN)
Deutsches Archäologisches Institut Kairo (DAIK) (Cairo, Egypt)

Event organisation

Event name
Type of event (Role)
Institution / Organization
2023/09 - Current Co-organizer of the CHAM Researchers’ Forum (2023/09)
Meeting (Co-organisor)
CHAM Centro de Humanidades, Portugal
2022/09 - 2023/07 Member of the Organizing Committee of the VI CHAM Conference: Heritage for a Common Future/Futures for a Common Heritage, 12-15 July 2023, Lisbon, Portugal (2023/07/12 - 2023/07/15)
Conference (Member of the Organising Committee)
CHAM Centro de Humanidades, Portugal

Event participation

Activity description
Type of event
Event name
Institution / Organization
2019/03 - 2019/03 Explore an Ancient Egyptian Tomb
Festival
The Amazing Archaeology Fair
The Harvard Semitic Museum, United States

Jury of academic degree

Topic
Role
Candidate name (Type of degree)
Institution / Organization
2023/02 Committee Member of MA Dissertation in Archaeology, Faculdade de Letras da Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal: "The Archaeological Site of Tell el-Farkha (Eastern Nile Delta) and the Role of Copper in the Early Egyptian Economy during the 4th Millennium BC."
(Thesis) Main arguer
Adriana Catarina Gomes de Jesus (Master)
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Letras, Portugal
2023/01 Committee Member of PhD Dissertation in History: Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: "O desenvolvimento da literatura lírico-amorosa no Egito antigo: individualidade, gênero e religiosidade no período Raméssida (XIX-XX Dinastias, 1295-1069 a. C.)."
(Thesis) Arguer
Alessandra Pinto Antunes do Vale (PhD)
Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Ad Hoc journal article review

Journal title (ISSN) Publisher
2023 - Current Journal of Egyptian Archaeology Sage
2022 - Current História Hoje (1806-3993) Associação Nacional de História - ANPUH - Brasil
2022 - 2022 Cadmo. Journal for Ancient History (0871-9527) Center for History of the University of Lisbon, Portugal
2020 - 2022 Mare Nostrum. Estudos sobre o Mediterrâneo Antigo (2177-4218) University of São Paulo, Brazil

Committee member

Activity description
Role
Institution / Organization
2022/09/29 - Current Member of the Permanent Committee of the Current Research in Egyptology (CRE) Annual Conference
Member
2023/09 - 2024/09 Chair of the Permanent Committee of the Current Research in Egyptology (CRE) Annual Conference.
President / Vice-president

Conference scientific committee

Conference name Conference host
2023/11 - 2023/11 Egypopcult: Reception of Antiquity in Contemporary Popular Culture Faculdade de Letras da Universidade de Lisboa
2022 - 2023 Congresso Iberoamericano de Jovens Egiptólogos (CIJIE)

Course / Discipline taught

Academic session Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization
2023/01 - 2033/01 Viver e Morrer no Antigo Egipto (Living and Dying in Ancient Egypt) (Outros) Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, Portugal
2023 - 2024 UC Reis e Deuses (Mestrado) Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas, Portugal
2022/07/04 - 2022/07/15 Curso de Introdução ao Egípcio Hieroglífico, Escola de Verão NOVA-FCSH (Outros) Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas, Portugal
2020/10 - 2020/10 Guest Lecturer for the course EGPT 3201: Art and Architecture of Ancient Egypt Egyptology (Master) The American University in Cairo, Egypt
2020/03 - 2020/03 Guest Lecturer for the course Mothers, Diviners, and Prophets: The Religious Lives of Women in the Hebrew Bible and Ancient Israel Harvard Divinity School, United States

Interview (newspaper / magazine)

Activity description Newspaper / Forum
2023/04 Uma atriz negra a interpretar Cleópatra está a causar polémica. Mas "é mais provável que se parecesse com ela do que Elizabeth Taylor" CNN Portugal
2022/07 Semanário Sol Semanário Sol
2022/07 Revista Domingo, Correio da Manhã Revista Domingo, Correio da Manhã
2022/07 Jornal Público Jornal Público
2022/07 Revista Sábado Revista Sábado
2021/02 Arqueólog@s Pelo Mundo UNIARQ Digital: Boletim do Centro de Arqueologia da Universidade de Lisboa
2020/01 Entrevista ao Barcelos Popular Barcelos Popular
2019/11 Barcelences Inspiradores Barcelos na Hora
2019/05 Barcelos Popular Barcelos Popular
2019/02 FLUL Alumni Pelo Mundo FLUL Alumni
2018/05 Barcelos Popular Barcelos Popular
2018/05 Uma egiptóloga portuguesa a ensinar em Harvard? Sim, é a Inês P3, Jornal Público

Interview (tv / radio show)

Program Topic
2024/07 - Current Save Ancient Studies Alliance (SASA) Crewing the Ship: Port Ancient Highlight Three Egyptologists Walk Into a Bar
2022/10 - 2022/10 Podcast O Melhor de Portugal
2022/07 - 2022/07 Expedition Unknown, Discovery Channel
2022/07 - 2022/07 Esta Manhã, TVI
2022/07 - 2022/07 A Nossa Tarde, RTP 1
2022/07 - 2022/07 Convidado Extra, Rádio Observador
2022/07 - 2022/07 Prova Oral, Antena 3
2022/07 - 2022/07 Manhãs da 3, Antena 3
2022/07 - 2022/07 Manhã Manhã, Rádio Renascença
2022/05 - 2022/05 A Minha Geração, Antena 3/RTP 3
2022/02/15 - 2022/02/15 Sociedade Civil Cleopatra and Marc Anthony
2021/06 - 2021/06 Podcast Teta de Sócrates
2019/06 - 2019/06 Podcast 45 Graus
2018/08 - 2018/08 Rádio Barcelos
Distinctions

Other distinction

2021 Special Commendation: Extraordinary Teaching in Extraordinary Times
Harvard University Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, United States
2019 Certificate of Distinction in Teaching
Harvard University Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, United States
2018 Certificate of Distinction in Teaching
Harvard University Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, United States
2017 Certificate of Distinction in Teaching
Harvard University Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, United States