Filomena Barata

Maria Filomena Barata holds a degree in History and a master's degree in Archaeology. Currently a Senior Technician at the National Costume Museum – Directorate-General for Cultural Heritage, she was Regional Director of the former Portuguese Institute of Architectural Heritage in Évora, between 2000 and 2008, and Advisor to IPPAR and the former Portuguese Institute of Museums, in 2010 and 2011.
She taught at the University of Évora and the Higher Institute of Porto Amboim, Angola. Her preferred research area focuses on Cultural Heritage, and she has also dedicated particular attention to the study of Religion in the Roman Era, topics to which she has published many works. She is a member of the Board of Directors of the Clenardus Association: Promotion and Teaching of Classical Culture and Languages, and is a researcher at the Center for Classical Studies of the Faculty of Letters of Lisbon and a collaborator of CIDEHUS - Interdisciplinary Center for History, Cultures and Societies.