Gustavo Fernandes Pedroso

College:

St John's College

Course:

DPhil Asian and Middle Eastern Studies (Assyriology and Biblical Studies)

Educational Background: 

I hold a BA in History from NOVA University Lisbon (2017-2020) and an MPhil in Cuneiform Studies from the University of Oxford (2020-2022). I am undertaking a DPhil in Asian and Middle Eastern Studies which is funded by an Open-Oxford-Cambridge AHRC DTP-St John’s College Scholarship. My supervisors are Dr. Frances Reynolds and Dr. Laura Quick. I am currently conducting part of my doctoral research at the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München with the support of a Leverhulme Trust Study Abroad Studentship.

Research Interests:

Akkadian; Biblical Hebrew; Poetry; Literature; Religious History

My DPhil research focuses on the poetics of Akkadian and Biblical Hebrew pious sufferer compositions and penitential prayers. I explore the rhetorical use of poetic form in first-millennium BC Akkadian and Hebrew poetic compositions and how it can reflect their contexts of use and performance.

Conference Papers:

“Poetic Persuasiveness: Rhetorical Aspects of Form in the Šuila to Marduk no. 2,” Junge Deutsche Orient-Gesellschaft Konferenz, Philipps-Universität Marburg (9-12 January 2025)

“Harmony in Contrast: Poetic Metre, Structure, and Antitheses in Ludlul bēl nēmeqi and Akkadian Incantation-Prayers,” Intertextuality in Cuneiform Literature and Beyond Workshop, RAI 69, University of Helsinki (8-12 July 2024)

“From Storms to Gentle Breezes: Exploring Marduk’s Emotions through Nature Imagery,” OPCA 2024, University of Oxford (3-4 April 2024)

“Expressões Poéticas das Identidades Divinas nas Orações Penitenciais Acádicas,” I Colóquio do Fórum de Pós-Graduandos/as do CHAM, NOVA University Lisbon & University of the Azores (2-4 November 2023)

"Poetic Form in Ludlul Bēl Nēmeqi and Similarities in Job,” Text, Form and Redaction in Job Conference, University of Tartu (21-24 September 2023)

“Marduk’s Emotional Duality in Ludlul Bēl Nēmeqi and Akkadian Penitential Prayers,” ICAEM 2023, University of Tartu (2-4 June 2023)

“Anger and Mercy: The Conflicting Attitude of Marduk in Ludlul Bēl Nēmeqi and Akkadian Penitential Prayers,” OPCA 2023, University of Oxford (23-24 March 2023)

Publications: 

“The Poetic Structure and Rhythm of Antitheses: An Intertextual Analysis of Ludlul bēl nēmeqi and Akkadian Incantation-Prayers,” Proceedings of Intertextuality in Cuneiform Literature and Beyond (RAI 69) (forthcoming; Zaphon).

"Marduk’s Emotional Duality in Ludlul Bēl Nēmeqi and Akkadian Penitential Prayers", Proceedings of ICAEM 2023 (forthcoming; Springer)

“Parallel Stanza Structuring in Ludlul bēl nēmeqi and the Babylonian Theodicy”, Nouvelles Assyriologiques Brèves et Utilitaires, pp. 35-37 (March 2024).