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°×С½ãÂÛ̳ Institute of Archaeology Annual News Round-Up
Issue 2023
We would like to wish all our °×С½ãÂÛ̳ Institute of Archaeology (IoA) and Archaeology South-East (ASE) friends and colleagues, past and current staff and students, Season’s Greetings and all best wishes for 2024.
This past year has marked a significant change to our IoA community. ÌýA number of our long-standing staff members - Martin Bridge, Andrew Garrard, Elizabeth Graham, Simon Hillson, Richard Macphail, Dominic Perring, James Steele, Tim WilliamsÌýand Karen Wright -Ìý decided to retire. Their contributions, in their various research and teaching areas and departmental roles, over the years has been outstanding. This is not really goodbye as most will continue their association with us in Honorary or Emeritus capacities!
Louise Rayner took over as Director of ASEÌýon Dominic's retirement, Paul Wordsworth was appointed as our new Lecturer in Silk Roads Archaeology and Heritage and Murray Andrews will take up the part-time post of Lecturer in British Archaeology (from March 2024). We will also welcome further new colleagues going forward.
Here areÌýsomeÌýIoA and ASE news stories from 2023. For full details of all our news, events and activities, please continue to visit the IoA and ASE websites and follow us on social media.
Venice Biennale Exhibition on concept of cities and urban origins
David Wengrow collaborated on The Nebelivka Hypothesis, a multi-media video exhibition, which premiered at the 18th International Architecture Exhibition of the Biennale di Venezia, The Laboratory of the Future. This may be the first time that archaeology has been represented in this major forum. Read more about the Venice Biennale Exhibition»
Selected awards, appointments and invitationsÌý
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| StanfordÌýLectures (USA) 2023Sue Hamilton and David Wengrow were invited to give Stanford University Distinguished Lectures this year. |
Selected ASE News
Congratulations again....
- To the IoA students who received IoA and °×С½ãÂÛ̳ prizes for their achievements during 2022-23. Read more (U/G)» and Read more (P/G)»Ìý
- To the IoA staff who were successful in °×С½ãÂÛ̳'s Senior Academic, Research and Teaching Promotions for 2022-23
- To all the IoA staff and students who were nominated in the °×С½ãÂÛ̳U Student Choice Awards this year
- To those IoA staff who gave their Inaugural Lectures this year - ,Ìý, , and
- To Corisande Fenwick who was awarded a Visiting Fellowship at the RomanIslam Center at the University of Hamburg.ÌýCorisandeÌýis also part of an innovative ERC Synergy project exploring how medieval societies inspired a ‘green revolution’.
- To Rodney Harrison who has received Horizon Europe funding for cultural heritage and climate change
- To Louise Martin who was awarded CBRL funding for a Residential Fellowship in Jordan
- To Nick Merriman (Honorary Professor of Practice, °×С½ãÂÛ̳) who has been appointed as the Chief Executive of English Heritage
- To Theano Moussouri who was awarded funding for a Visiting Fellowship at the University of Gothenburg
- To Miljana Radivojević who has received an ERC Consolidator Grant for research on Bronze Age Eurasian Steppe communities
- To Corinna Riva who was invited to the University of Pavia, Italy, as a Visiting Professor, to contribute to their MA in Mediterranean Archaeology.
- To Viva Sacco who has been awarded a 3-year British Academy International Fellowship at the Institute and joins us this month
- To Rhiannon Stevens who, in collaboration with °×С½ãÂÛ̳ Earth Sciences, wasÌýawarded NERC funding for research on expanding the prospects of zinc isotopes as palaeodietary and palaeoenvironmental proxies
- To Christopher Stringer (Honorary Visiting Professor, °×С½ãÂÛ̳) who was named in the New Year Honours List for 2023
- To Raoni Valle (Federal University of Western Pará, UFOPA) who was awarded a British Academy Visiting Fellowship at the Institute and joined us from May-November
- To David Wengrow who was invited to give the 2023 McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research Annual Lecture. David was alsoÌýinvited to the University of California, Santa Barbara, as a SAGE Center Speaker for 2022-23