Invited talks
2024
Biomolecular applications to Historical Archaeology: case studies from Bonn to Mongolia. Archaeometry Colloquium, University of Tubingen, 18th December 2024
From dirt to test tubes: digital and biomolecular approaches in archaeology - Ringvorlesung „Macht und Herrschaft digital“, Bonn 16th May 2024
2023
Stable isotopes in Western Iberia: potential and pitfalls of the (un)requited love between Archaeology and Natural Sciences. International Congress Osilipo between Seas, Lisbon 23-25 November 2023.
The wonders of Science, a hightech Dig into the past in search of clues, Opening of the Academic Year 2023/2024, University of Bonn, 18 October 2023
Digging into the Past to create a better Future, Official visit of State Secretary Gonca Türkeli-Dehnert, University of Bonn, 5 April 2023.
Dietary practices and subsistence strategies on both sides of the Atlantic: isotopic case studies from Brazil and the Iberian Peninsula, Faculty of Archaeology, University of Leiden, 10 March 2023. MA in Archaeology
2021
Stable isotope analysis as a tool to uncover past human identities, ENAH, Escuela Nacional de Antropologia y Historia, Mexico DC, 7 January 2021. MA in Anthropology.
2020
Foodways along the Atlantic coast: bioarchaeology between Portugal and Brazil, University of Lisbon, Department of Archaeology, Lisbon, 14 October 2020. BSc in Archaeology.
2017
Isotopic approaches to exploring Muslim and Christian diets and economies in the multifaith society of Medieval Iberia – Seminar Series University of Haifa, Israel 20 March 2017.
Conference papers
2024 Bioarchaeological approaches to two skeletal assemblages in the Rhineland: the cases of Vilvenich and Bonn-Irmintrudisstraße. 14th Meeting of the Association for Archaeozoology and Prehistoric Anthropology, 30th September to 4th October 2024 at the University of Cologne
Breastfeeding and weaning practices in the Carpathian Basin: a case study from Medieval Braşov, European Association of Archaeologists, Rome, 28-31 August.
Erfolglose Grabräuber, glückliche Ausgräber – ein besonderes römisches Grab bei Holzweiler. Archäologie im Rheinland 2023, LVR-Museum, Bonn, 23 April 2024
2023 Combining osteoarchaeological and isotopic data: preliminary results from the medieval cemetery of Braşov (Transylvania, Romania) European Association of Archaeologists, Belfast, 30 August-2 September 2023.
2019 Foodways along the Atlantic coast: an isotopic study of Islamic and Christian diet in Medieval Portugal (8th -15th centuries), IONA: Islands of the North Atlantic, Vancouver 11-13 April 2019.
2018 Insights on Mudéjar diet in Medieval Lisbon (12th-14th centuries): data from Mouraria’s Largo da Severa and necropolis (Valente, M.J; Toso, A; Gabriel, S; Marques, A.), ICAZ 2018, 2-7 September 2018 (not presenting).
Islamic and Christian diet in Medieval Portugal: an isotopic contribution to the study of social inequalities, UCL Islamic Day of Archaeology, London 2 February 2018.
2017 Foodways in Islamic Portugal: an isotopic contribution to the study of human-animal interaction in the Middle Ages (9th-14thC), EZI 2017, Faro 26-29 April 2017.
2016 Islamic and Christian Diet in the Multi-Faith Society of Medieval Portugal: A Stable Isotope Approach. International Medieval Congress- Leeds 4-7 July 2016.
From hand to mouth: dietary perspectives on religious minority in Medieval Portugal, EAA, Vilnius 31 August-3 September 2016.
Dietary practices in medieval Islamic Portugal: using stable isotopes to explore food consumption in 11th-12th century Lisbon (poster), ISBA 7, Oxford 13-16 September 2016.
2015 Food consumption in the multi-faith society of medieval Portugal: an isotopic case study from Beja Society for Medieval Archaeology Annual Conference – Preston 4-6 December 2015.
Diet and infant weaning practices in multi-faith medieval Portugal, Paleodiet meets Paleopathology, Santiago de Compostela 15-16 October 2015.
Islamic and Christian diets in medieval Portugal. An isotopic case study from Beja and Lisbon Food and the city, VII Congresso AISU – Padova 3-5 September 2015.
Chairing and organising of scientific events
2024
Human Environment interaction workshop with the Zentrum für naturwissenschaftliche Archäologie und Altertumskunde, University of Cologne and Bonn Center for ArchaeoSciences, 29th november 2024
Bridging worlds – exploring the intersection of Heritage Studies and ArchaeoSciences. 7th-8th November 2024
One organised session at the European Association of Archaeologists, Rome, 28-31 August. Session 1139 Them and Us: Interdisciplinary approaches to identity, community, and otherness in the Medieval World.
2023
Two organised sessions at the European Association of Archaeologists, Belfast, 30 August-2 September 2023: Session 697 So Different yet so similar: biocultural identity and plurality in the medieval and post-medieval world; Session 620: Isotopes and Archaeological Theories of Complexity organised and chaired three sessions at international conferences.
Debates in Archaeosciences, Bonn, October 2023 - January 2024. Winter semester fortnightly hybrid lecture series at the University of Bonn to showcase the best bioarcheological case studies showcasing new methodologies applied to relevant archaeological questions.
2022
Debates in Archaeosciences, Bonn, November 2022 – July 2023. I have organised and chaired a yearlong hybrid lecture series at the University of Bonn to showcase the advancements of archaeological sciences, and to provide a forum for students and researchers to come together and reflect on the potential applications of new methodologies into our field. The debates were attended by hundreds of people throughout the year, both on site and online.
2020
Marine Historical ecology webinar series, ICTA, Autonomous University of Barcelona, Spain. The webinar series was organised by me to disseminate research in the ever-growing field of historical ecology and had hundreds of attendees. https://erc-tradition.com/marine-historical-ecology-webinars/
2017
Organised session at the Theoretical Archaeology Group Conference, Cardiff, 18 – 20 December 2017: Historical Foodscapes: Reconstructing Social, Political and Historical Dynamics Through Diet and Food Consumption. Recorded session https://youtu.be/036zOLHEIHs