Manuel Albaladejo Vivero

Manuel Albaladejo Vivero is an Associate Professor in the Department of Prehistory, Ancient History, and Archaeology at the Faculty of Geography and History, University of Valencia. He holds a PhD in History from the Universidad de Alcalá and is actively engaged in research on Ancient History, particularly focusing on the geographical and ethnographic perceptions of distant regions in classical literature.

His research interests include the historical geography of the Classical world, Greco-Roman views of remote peoples, and cultural relations between the Mediterranean and regions such as Ancient India and Eastern Africa. He is a member of the GIRHA (Group for Innovation in Ancient History) research group, which promotes interdisciplinary and innovative approaches in the study of antiquity.

His academic background includes postdoctoral fellowships at the University of Freiburg, Germany, and prior teaching roles as an associate professor at both the Universidad de Alcalá and the University of Valencia. While no specific publications or awards are listed in the provided text, his scholarly focus reflects a deep engagement with ancient ethnographic traditions and cross-cultural encounters in antiquity.

He has supervised doctoral research, including his own thesis titled Pueblos remotos en la literatura griega antigua. Una aproximación etnográfica a la India y a Etiopía, completed in 2003 under the supervision of Dr. Luis A. García Moreno. His work contributes to broader understandings of how ancient societies conceptualized the world beyond their immediate reach.