Honorary and visiting staff
Emeritus Professors and Emeritus Readers
Professor Geoff Bailey
Emeritus Professor
Research interests:
- Coastal Archaeology
- Drowned Landscapes
- Landscape Evolution
Professor Martin Carver
Emeritus Professor
Research interests:
- Religion
- Pictish Archaeology
- Archaeological Practice
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Professor Mark Edmonds
Emeritus Professor
Research interests:
- Prehistory
- Landscape and Memory
- The Social Dimensions of Technology
Professor Terry O'Connor
Emeritus Professor
Research interests:
- Zooarchaeology
- Environmental archaeology
Professor Paul O'Higgins
Emeritus Professor
Research interests:
- Evolutionary anatomy
- Functional morphology
- Geometric Morphometrics
Professor Kevin Walsh
Emeritus Professor
Research interests:
- Landscape Archaeology
- Geoarchaeology
- Holocene environmental change
- Alpine archaeology
- Human-environment interactions
Senior Honorary Fellows
Dr Peter Chowne
Honorary Fellow
Research interests:
- Heritage and tourism management
- Prehistoric Lincolnshire
- Early Prehistoric Ceramics
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Dr Tania Dickinson
Honorary Fellow
Research interests:
- The material culture of early Anglo-Saxon England
Professor Joann Fletcher
Honorary Visiting Professor
Research interests:
- Egyptology
- Body adornment in the ancient world
- Mummification and burial practices
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Professor Nena Galanidou
Honorary Visiting Fellow
Research interests:
- Palaeolithic archaeology
- Archaeology of submerged landscapes
- Lower Palaeolithic period of Eurasia and Africa
Annie Gray
Honorary Fellow
Research interests:
- History of food and dining from c.1600 to the present day
Dr Jane Grenville
Honorary Professor
Research interests:
- Conservation of historic buildings
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Professor Carl Heron
Honorary Visiting Professor
Research interests:
- Bioarchaeology
- Analytical organic chemistry
Professor Tracy Ireland
Honorary Fellow
Research interests:
- Everyday heritage
- Social Value
- Ethics
- Digital Heritage
Dr Ailsa Mainman
Honorary Visiting Fellow
Research interests:
- Artefact specialist
- Anglo-Saxon archaeology
- Viking archaeology
Geoff Maybank
Honorary Fellow
Research interests:
- Building conservation
- Building pathology
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Dr Sara Perry
Honorary Professor
Research interests:
- Cultural heritage management
- Media and interpretative resources for archaeology and heritage sites
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Professor Michael Richards
Honorary Visiting Professor
Research interests:
- Evolution of human diets over time
- Spread and adoption of agriculture in Eurasia
Shinya Shoda
Honorary Visiting Fellow
Research interests:
- East Asian prehistory
- Archaeological science
- Food and culinary practice
Honorary Graduates
The following distinguished colleagues have been awarded honorary degrees by the University of York. Honorary degrees seek to recognise extraordinary individuals who represent the University’s vision, values and excellence and will inspire our graduating students.
Mr Peter Addyman
Honorary Graduate 1985 - Director, York Archaeological Trust
Mr Magnus Magnusson
Honorary Graduate 1981 - Broadcaster and Archaeologist
Mr Ray Mears
Honorary Graduate 2019 - TV Presenter
Research interests:
- Bushcraft
- Experimental archaeology
- Hunter-gatherers
Professor Michael Müller-Wille
Honorary Graduate 2001 - Archaeologist
Dr Sebastian Payne
Honorary Graduate 2013 - Chief Scientist with English Heritage
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Professor Dominic Powlesland
Honorary Graduate 2011 - Archaeologist
Dr Francis Pryor
Honorary Graduate 2017 - Archaeologist
Professor Else Roesdahl
Honorary Graduate 2009 - Professor in Medieval Archaeology
Departmental Honorary and Visiting Research Affiliates
The Department also awards Visiting and Honorary Research Affiliate status to distinguished collaborators working with a named academic staff member and resulting in a material benefit to the core research activity of the Department. Honorary Research Affiliate status is granted by our Nominations Committee on the basis of a written justification, which will set out a clear explanation of the joint activity. Honorary Research Affiliate status is usually awarded for two years.
The title of Honorary Research Affiliate carries no privileges other than access to the University's IT services and Library, where requested and justified in the application.
Dr Kwaku Afrifa
Honorary Research Associate
Research interests:
- Bioarchaeology
Dr Aftab Alam
Honorary Research Associate (Global South)
Research interests:
- Ancient Indian History and Archaeology
Dr Fran Allfrey
Honorary Research Associate
Working with Colleen Morgan
Research interests:
- Public archaeology
- Digitisation
- Archive management
- Museum education
- Premodern heritage narratives
Michael Bamforth
Honorary Research Associate
Working with Nicky Milner, Star Carr project
Research interests:
- Archaeological wood analysis
Dr Madeleine Bleasdale
Honorary Research Associate
Working with Professor Ian Armit
Research interests:
- Bioarchaeology
- Isotope analysis
Stephen Buckley
Honorary Research Associate
Working with Oliver Craig
Research interests:
- Mummification
- Analytical chemistry
- Burial practices
Dr Laura Castells Navarro
Honorary Research Associate
Working with Professor Ian Armit
Research interests:
- Human osteoarchaeology
Dr Gill Chitty
Honorary Research Associate
Research interests:
- Conservation
- Heritage
- Community Participation
Dr Andrew Cuff
Visiting Researcher
Elizabeth (Liz) Currie
Honorary Research Associate
Working with John Schofield
Research interests:
- Traditional medicine
- Intangible cultural heritage
- Latin America
Dr Patoo Cusripituck
Honorary Research Associate
Research interests:
- Museum and Social Innovation Design
- Transformative Learning through Design Thinking
- Participatory Museum Practice
Dr Reb Ellis-Haken
Honorary Research Associate
Working with Professor Ian Armit
Research interests:
- Iron Age Europe
- Bronze Age Europe
- Digital Archaeology
Dr Tom Fitton
Honorary Research Associate
Working with Stephanie Wynne-Jones
Research interests:
- GIS
- Swahili
- Coastal Archaeology
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Dr Paul Graves-Brown
Honorary Research Associate
Working with John Schofield
Research interests:
- Contemporary archaeology
- Popular music archaeology
Dr Peter Halkon
Honorary Research Associate
Working with Ian Armit
Research interests:
- Iron Age Archaeology
- Roman Archaeology
- Archaeology of Yorkshire
Dr Niklas Hausmann
Visiting Researcher
Research interests:
- Environmental Archaeology
- Coastal Archaeology
- Biogeochemistry
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Dr Harry Kenward
Honorary Research Associate
Working with Nicky Milner, Star Carr project
Research interests:
- Palaeoecology
- Prehistoric archaeology
Dr Michael Legge
Honorary Research Associate
Working with Professor Ian Armit
Research interests:
- Iron Age Archaeology
- Funerary Archaeology
Dr Matthew Meredith-Williams
Honorary Research Associate
Research interests:
- Coastal Archaeology
- Hominin Dispersals
- Remote Sensing
Dr Loes Opgenhaffen
Visiting Researcher
Working with Colleen Morgan
Research interests:
- Pre-roman archaeology of Central Italy
- Digital archaeology
- Archaeological practice and theory
- Archaeological 3D visualisation
Dr Steph Piper
Honorary Research Associate
Working with Aimee Little
Research interests:
- Mesolithic archaeology
- Archaeology and wellbeing
- Archaeological pedagogy
Dr Harry Robson
Honorary Research Associate
Working with Ol Craig and Nicky Milner
Research interests:
- Bioarchaeology
- Archaeozoology
- Mesolithic Archaeology
Victoria Romano
Honorary Research Associate (Global South)
Research interests:
- Bioarchaeology
- Geometric Morphometrics
Dr Alejandro Serna
Honorary Research Associate
Working with Oliver Craig
Research interests:
- Bioarchaeology
- Hunter-gatherer archaeology
- South American Archaeology
Alessandra Sprega
Honorary Research Associate
Research interests:
- International Building Conservation
- Heritage
- Earthen Architecture
Dr Sadie Watson
Honorary Research Associate
Working with Harald Fredheim
Research interests:
- Development-led archaeology
- Public benefit
Dr Andrew Woods
Honorary Research Associate
Working with Nicky Milner, Star Carr project
Research interests:
- Early Medieval Britain and Ireland
- Numismatics
- Museums and Collections