School of Archaeology and Ancient History

imperial heads

Academic Staff

NamePositionSubjectEmail
Lin Foxhall MBE

Head of School, Professor of Greek Archaeology and History

Ancient Greece, Gender, Households lf4@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 Senior 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
Mark Gillings Reader in Archaeology Landscape Archaeology, GIS mg41@le.ac.uk
Colin Haselgrove FBA Professor of Archaeology Iron Age Landscapes and Society cch7@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
Mary Harlow
Senior Lecturer in Ancient History
Roman History
mh385@le.ac.uk
Simon James Professor of Archaeology Roman and Military Archaeology stj3@le.ac.uk

Naoíse Mac Sweeney

 

David Mattingly FBA

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
Sarah Scott Lecturer in Archaeology Roman Art, Heritage and Education 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

NamePositionSubjectEmail
Morn Capper Research Associate 'Impact of Diasporas' Anglo-Saxon History mc460@le.ac.uk
Julia Farley
Leverhulme Early Career Fellow
Iron Age Europe, material culture jmf37@le.ac.uk
Fran Cole Postdoctoral Fellow 'Trans-Sahara' Material Culture, Funerary Archaeology fc99@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

 

British Academy Postdoctoral Fellow

Roman urbanism and the NW provinces

acr16@le.ac.uk

 

Andrea Roppa Research Associate, 'Tracing Networks' Western Mediterranean Iron Age ar336@le.ac.uk
Martin Sterry Postdoctoral Fellow 'Trans-Sahara' Remote sensing, desert landscapes

mjs66@le.ac.uk

Roderick Salisbury Research Associate & Project Manager, Tracing Networks Prehistory Archaeology rbs14@le.ac.uk

Sara Strack

Research Associate, 'Tracing Networks'

Bronze and Iron Age Mediterranean

ss614@le.ac.uk

Melissa Vetters Research Associate, 'Tracing Networks' Aegean Bronze Age mv95@le.ac.uk
Leo Webley Research Associate, 'Tracing Networks' European Later Prehistory lw218@le.ac.uk

Emeritus Professors

NamePositionSubjectEmail
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

NamePositionSubjectHome Institution
Lara Band Honorary Research Fellow Historical Archaeology University of Leicester
Paul Beavitt Honorary Visiting Fellow Ethnoarchaeology University of Leicester
Nick Brannon Honorary Research Fellow Post-medieval archaeology; heritage Freelance Archaeologist
Duncan Campbell Honorary Visiting Fellow Ancient History University of Leicester

Duncan Cloud

University Fellow

Roman law

University of Leicester
Sarah Colley
Honorary Research Fellow
Australian arch. & heritage; digital technology; archaeozoology
University of Leicester
Eleanor Cowan Honorary Visiting Fellow

Late Roman Republic

University of Sydney
Jago Cooper Honorary Lecturer Climate change; indigenous archaeology UCL
Margarita Diaz-Andreu
Visiting Professor
History of Archaeology; Heritage; Identity; Rock Art
ICREA - University of Barcelona
Andrew Fitzpatrick Visiting Professor Prehistoric ritual & burial, public archaeology Wessex Archaeology
Matt Edgeworth Honorary Research Fellow Anthropology; waterways University of Durham
David Gaimster
Visiting Professor
Historical archaeology
Society of Antiquaries

Honorary Lecturer Roman history University of Birmingham

Audrey Horning

Honorary Visiting Fellow Historical archaeology Queen's University Belfast
Borja Legarra Herrero Honorary Visiting Fellow Aegean Bronze Age University of Leicester
Kevin Leahy Honorary Visiting Fellow Portable antiquities; early medieval metalwork British Museum/PAS
Peter Liddle MBE Honorary Visiting Fellow Leics. archaeology Leicester City Council
Roy Loveday Honorary Research Fellow Neolithic prehistory Freelance Archaeologist
Pamela Lowther Honorary Research Fellow Early historic archaeology Freelance Archaeologist
John Matthews FBA 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
Jonathan Prag Honorary Lecturer Roman Sicily Merton College, Oxford
Mark Pluciennik University Fellow Landscape of Italy, Anthropology University of Leicester
Francis Pryor MBE Visiting Professor
Archaeology Freelance Archaeologist
Kirsty Shipton University Fellow Latin and Ancient History University of Leicester
Andrew Shortland Honorary Visiting Fellow Forensic archaeology Cranfield University
Patrick Skinner Honorary Visiting Fellow
Clive Stannard Honorary Research Fellow Numismatics University of Leicester

Diarmaid Walshe

Ian West

Honorary Visiting Fellow

Honorary Visiting Fellow

Operation Nightingale

Industrial archaeology

Royal Army Med. Corps

University of Leicester

Professional Services Staff

NamePositionSubjectEmail
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
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

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