Internal Event – University of Reading staff and students only We cordially invite you to the H&C Academic Forum for the Summer Term 2018 which will focus on the theme…Read More >
Tag: archaeology
Protecting Iraq’s cultural heritage
Professor Roger Matthews’ research focuses on the origins of the earliest farmers in the Eastern Fertile Crescent of Iran and Iraq. This work puts him at the heart of discussions about how…Read More >
Bringing our immigration history to life
Dr Hella Eckardt, Associate Professor of Archaeology at the University of Reading, has just been named Archaeologist of the Year by Current Archaeology magazine. Part of her research is focused…Read More >
Lost and Found: Excavating the world’s first farmers
By Professor Roger Matthews and Dr Wendy Matthews The transition of humankind from mobile hunters to settled farmers after the Ice Age is a period in history still shrouded in…Read More >
Sacred Heritage explored at prestigious archaeology lectures – now available to watch online
By Dr Gemma Watson, Post-Doctoral Research Assistant in the Department of Archaeology Back in May 2017, Roberta Gilchrist, Professor of Archaeology and Research Dean at the University of Reading, presented…Read More >
News from Prosperity & Resilience: Dr Avril Maddrell
Dr Avril Maddrell (SAGES) is running an AHRC-ESRC project on Deathscapes and Diversity. Against the backdrop of increasing ethnic and religious diversity in the UK, many challenges have been raised…Read More >
Spreading good taste: Winckelmann and the objects of dissemination
Spreading good taste: Winckelmann and the objects of dissemination University of Reading, 15 September 2017, 10:00 am – 6:45 pm Registration is now open for ‘Spreading good taste: Winckelmann and…Read More >
Sacred Heritage to be explored at prestigious archaeology lectures
Professor Roberta Gilchrist, Professor of Archaeology and Research Dean at the University of Reading, will present the prestigious Rhind Lectures 2017, at the National Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh, from 19-21…Read More >
Building Orthodoxy (London)
Society for the Promotion of Byzantine Studies SPBS & The Friends of the British School at Athens present an illustrated lecture by Dr Ken Dark, University of Reading Building Orthodoxy: Recent…Read More >
Book look: ‘Medieval Archaeology’ edited by Reading archaeologists
Two Reading archaeologists have edited a new book compiling dozens of influential research papers on European medieval archaeology. Medieval Archaeology, edited by Professor Roberta Gilchrist (Research Dean for Heritage &…Read More >