Cecilia Cintra Cavaleiro de Macedo

Associate Professor at Federal University of São Paulo - Brasil (UNIFESP), Department of Philosophy. Lead researcher at NUR - Group for Jewish, Islamic and Western Philosophy Studies. Graduate in Political Science at University of Campinas (UNICAMP -1989), graduate in Sociology at University of Campinas (UNICAMP -1989), postgraduate in Political Science (UNICAMP - 1992). master's degree in Philosophy (Ethics) at Pontifical Catholic University of Campinas (1999) and PhD in Religious Studies (Ciências da Religião) at Pontifical Catholic University of São Paulo (PUCSP - 2006). Has experience in Medieval Philosophy and Philosophy of Religion, focusing on Jewish and Islamic studies, acting on the following subjects: Islamic and Jewish medieval philosophy, Metaphysics (Matter), Medieval Neoplatonism, Mysticism and Traditional systems of knowledge transmission. (Source: Lattes Curriculum)