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University of Leicester Archaeological Services

ULAS is an independent professional unit whose expertise covers urban, rural and buildings archaeology of all periods across the Midlands. Find out more...

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Contact the School

School of Archaeology and Ancient History,
University of Leicester, University Road,
Leicester, LE1 7RH

Tel +44 (0)116 252 2611
Fax +44 (0)116 252 5005

Email arch-anchist@le.ac.uk

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School of Archaeology and Ancient History

  imperial heads

Academic Staff

Name Position Subject Email
Colin Haselgrove Professor, Head of School Iron Age landscapes and society cch7@le.ac.uk
Penelope Allison Reader in Archaeology and Ancient History Roman Archaeology pma9@le.ac.uk
Jo Appleby Lecturer in Human Bioarchaeology Bioarchaeology, Bronze Age, Slavery ja253@le.ac.uk
Huw Barton Lecturer in Archaeology Bioarchaeology, Anthropology hjb15@le.ac.uk
Alasdair Brooks  Teaching Fellow in Historical Archaeology  Historical archaeology, ceramics  amb72@le.ac.uk
Neil Christie Reader in Archaeology Late Antiquity and Medieval njc10@le.ac.uk
Craig Cipolla Lecturer in Archaeology Historical Archaeology, North America  cc363@le.ac.uk
David Edwards Lecturer in Archaeology Landscape Archaeology - Africa dne1@le.ac.uk
Lin Foxhall Professor of Greek Archaeology and History Ancient Greece - Gender lf4@le.ac.uk
Mark Gillings Reader in Archaeology Landscape Archaeology, GIS  mg41@le.ac.uk
Emma-Jayne Graham Teaching Fellow in Roman Archaeology Etruscan and Roman Italy eg153@le.ac.uk
Terry Hopkinson Lecturer in Archaeology Palaeolithic Archaeology th46@le.ac.uk
Oliver Harris Lecturer in Archaeology Mesolithic to Bronze Age Britain ojth1@le.ac.uk
Simon James Professor of Archaeology Roman and Military Archaeology stj3@le.ac.uk
Constantina Katsari Lecturer in Ancient History Roman Economy ck82@le.ac.uk

Naoise Mac Sweeney

 

David Mattingly

Lecturer in Greek and Near Eastern History

 Professor of Roman Archaeology

The Greek World and the Near East

Roman Britain, North Africa, Imperialism

nm241@le.ac.uk

 

djm7@le.ac.uk
Andrew Merrills Lecturer in Ancient History Late Antiquity, North Africa ahm11@le.ac.uk
Deirdre O'Sullivan Lecturer in Archaeology Medieval Archaeology, Religion dmo@le.ac.uk
Gillian Ramsey Teaching Fellow in Ancient History The Seleucids and the Hellenistic Near East gcr10@le.ac.uk 
Sarah Scott Lecturer in Archaeology Roman Art sas11@le.ac.uk
Graham Shipley Professor of Ancient History The Hellenistic World gjs@le.ac.uk
Dan Stewart Lecturer in Ancient History Greek Landscapes ds120@le.ac.uk
Sarah Tarlow Professor of Historical Archaeology Historical Archaeology sat12@le.ac.uk
Jeremy Taylor Lecturer in Archaeology Roman and Iron Age Landscapes jt38@le.ac.uk  
Richard Thomas Senior Lecturer in Archaeology Zooarchaeology rmt12@le.ac.uk
Marijke van der Veen Professor of Archaeology Archaeobotany -Archaeology of Food mvdv1@le.ac.uk
Ian Whitbread Lecturer in Archaeology Ceramics ikw3@le.ac.uk
Ruth Young Senior Lecturer in Archaeology South Asian Archaeology rly3@le.ac.uk

Research Fellows and Associates

Name Position Subject Email
Jago Cooper Leverhulme Research Fellow Indigenous Archaeology jc329@le.ac.uk
Helen Foxhall Forbes Research Associate 'Impact of Diasporas' Anglo-Saxon Archaeology History and Theology hgff1@le.ac.uk
Stefan Krmnicek Research Associate, 'Tracing Networks' Classical Archaeology and Numismatics sk423@le.ac.uk
Borja Legarra Herrero Leverhulme Early Career Fellow Aegean Bronze Age blh10@le.ac.uk 
Turi King  Project Manager    'Impact of Diasporas' Molecular genetics, migration and identity  tek2@le.ac.uk  
Victoria Leitch Postdoctoral Fellow 'Trans-Sahara' Mediterranean Archaeology; material culture  vl46@le.ac.uk
Alessandro Quercia Postdoctoral Fellow 'Tracing Networks' Mediterranean Archaeology and Material Culture aq15@le.ac.uk
Katharina Rebay-Salisbury 'Tracing Networks' Project Manager Bronze and Early Iron Age Central Europe kcrs1@le.ac.uk

Adam Rogers

 

Martin Sterry

British Academy Postdoctoral Fellow

Research Associate, 'Peopling the Desert Project'

Roman urbanism and the NW provinces

Remote sensing, desert landscapes

acr16@le.ac.uk

 

mjs66@le.ac.uk

Sara Strack

Research Associate, 'Tracing Networks' 

Bronze and Iron Age Mediterranean 

ss614@le.ac.uk 
Marc Vander Linden Research Associate, European Prehistory Project Later European Prehistory mmagv11@le.ac.uk
Melissa Vetters Research Associate, 'Tracing Networks' Aegean Bronze Age mv95@le.ac.uk

Emeritus Professors

Name Position Subject Email
Marilyn Palmer Emeritus Professor of Industrial Archaeology Industrial Archaeology mai@le.ac.uk
Clive Ruggles Emeritus Professor of Archaeoastronomy Archaeoastronomy rug@le.ac.uk

University Fellows and Honorary Visiting Staff

Name Position Subject Home Institution
Efrosyni Boutsikas Honorary Research Fellow  Greek history and archaeology University of Kent 
Nick Brannon Honorary Research Fellow   Freelance Archaeologist

Duncan Cloud

Eleanor Cowan

University Fellow

Honorary Visiting Fellow

Roman law

Late Roman Republic

 University of Leicester
Andrew Fitzpatrick Honorary Research Fellow   Wessex Archaeology
Matt Edgeworth Honorary Research Fellow Anthropology; waterways  University of Durham
David Gaimster
 Honorary Professor
 Historical Archaeology
Society of Antiquaries
Mary Harlow Honorary Lecturer Roman history University of Birmingham
Roy Loveday Honorary Research Fellow   Freelance Archaeologist

Audrey Horning

  Historical Archaeology Queen's University Belfast
Pamela Lowther Honorary Research Fellow   Freelance Archaeologist
John Matthews Visiting Professor
 Ancient History Yale University
Phillip Mills Honorary Research Fellow Materials and technology University of Leicester
Graham Morgan University Fellow Conservation University of Leicester
Paul Newson Honorary Research Fellow  Roman Archaeology American University of Beirut
Carol Palmer Honorary Lecturer Archaeobotany University of Exeter
Jonathan Prag Honorary Lecturer Roman Sicily Merton College, Oxford
Mark Pluciennik University Fellow Landscape of Italy, Anthropology  University of Leicester
Francis Pryor Visiting Professor
 Archaeology Freelance Archaeologist
Kirsty Shipton University Fellow  Latin and Ancient History University of Leicester
Andrew Shortland Honorary Research Fellow   Cranfield University
Roderick Salisbury Honorary Research Fellow  Prehistory Archaeology University of Leicester
Clive Stannard Honorary Research Fellow  Numismatics University of Leicester
 Ian West Honorary Visiting Fellow   University of Leicester
 James Williams Honorary Research Fellow    English Heritage

Professional Services Staff

Name Position Subject Email
Kathy Ashley Course Administrator (DL)
ka32@le.ac.uk
Elisa Alonso Lopez 'Tracing Networks' Project Technician   eal9@le.ac.uk
Sue Beesley Examinations and Assessment Administrator
sb61@le.ac.uk
Lara Callaghan Course Administrator (DL)
lac21@le.ac.uk
Pauline Carroll Undergraduate Administrator (Admissions)
pvl1@le.ac.uk
Rachel Godfrey School/Postgraduate Administrator
rem17@le.ac.uk
Anthony Gouldwell  Environmental Laboratory Technician    ajg@le.ac.uk 
Stephanie Maksimovic  'Criminal Corpses' Project Manager     ssm4@le.ac.uk
Sharon North School Manager
spn4@le.ac.uk
Dipti Radia Clerical Officer
dr96@le.ac.uk
Selina Thraves DL Administration Team Leader
slt13@le.ac.uk
Debbie Miles Williams  Archaeological Illustrator, Outreach Co-ordinator    deb@le.ac.uk