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
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
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
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
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
Dr Sara Perry
Honorary Professor
Research interests:
- Cultural heritage management
- Media and interpretative resources for archaeology and heritage sites
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
Research interests:
- Urban Archaeology
- Medieval and Anglo-Scandinavian History
- Public and Presentation Archaeology
- Rescue and Preventative Archaeology
- Roman Material Culture
Mr Ray Mears
Honorary Graduate 2019 - TV Presenter
Research interests:
- Bushcraft
- Experimental archaeology
- Hunter-gatherers
Professor Michael Müller-Wille
Honorary Graduate 2001 - Archaeologist
Research interests:
- Viking Ships and Boat Burials
- Early Medieval Settlement and Emporia
- Harbour Archaeology
- Merovingian and Carolingian Archaeology
- Vikings in the East and Slavic Interactions
Dr Sebastian Payne
Honorary Graduate 2013 - Chief Scientist with English Heritage
Research interests:
- Recovery Bias and Methodology
- Caprine Tooth Wear
- Biometrics and Osteometrics
- Sieving and Sampling Guidelines
- Animal Economy and Husbandry
Professor Dominic Powlesland
Honorary Graduate 2011 - Archaeologist
Research interests:
- Landscape archaeology
- Multi-period regional human evolution
- Technology in field archaeology
Dr Francis Pryor
Honorary Graduate 2017 - Archaeologist
Research interests:
- Bronze Age and Iron Age
- Landscape archaeology
- The daily lives of ordinary people in ancient communities
Professor Else Roesdahl
Honorary Graduate 2009 - Professor in Medieval Archaeology
Research interests:
- Viking-Age
- 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 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
Elizabeth (Liz) Currie
Honorary Research Associate
Working with John Schofield
Research interests:
- Traditional medicine
- Intangible cultural heritage
- Latin America
Glynn Davis
Honorary Research Associate
York Museums Trust
Research interests:
- Museum Studies
- Public Archaeology
- Museum Ethnography
Liam Dennis
Honorary Research Associate
Working with Louise Cooke
Research interests:
- Conservation
- Heritage
- York City Walls
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
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 Jan Harding
Honorary Research Associate
Working with Dr Jim Leary
Research interests:
- Neolithic
- Henges
- Religion
Dr Niklas Hausmann
Visiting Researcher
Research interests:
- Environmental Archaeology
- Coastal Archaeology
- Biogeochemistry
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
Emily North
Honorary Research Associate
York Museums Trust
Research interests:
- Museum Studies
- Classics
Adam Parker
Honorary Research Associate
York Museums Trust
Research interests:
-
Ancient magic
-
Roman Britain
-
Archaeology of Yorkshire
Dr Steph Piper
Honorary Research Associate
Working with Aimee Little
Research interests:
- Mesolithic archaeology
- Archaeology and wellbeing
- Archaeological pedagogy
Ben Reeves
Honorary Research Associate
Working with Louise Cooke
Research interests:
- Conservation
- Heritage
- York City Walls
Dr Harry Robson
Honorary Research Associate
Working with Ol Craig and Nicky Milner
Research interests:
- Bioarchaeology
- Archaeozoology
- Mesolithic Archaeology
Dr Alejandro Serna
Honorary Research Associate
Working with Oliver Craig
Research interests:
- Bioarchaeology
- Hunter-gatherer archaeology
- South American Archaeology
Dr Sadie Watson
Honorary Research Associate
Working with Harald Fredheim
Research interests:
- Development-led archaeology
- Public benefit
Professor Jessica Munson
Honorary Research Associate
Working with Adam Green
Research interests:
- Mayan archaeology
- Ancient inequality
- Spatial analysis and GIS
Keith May
Honorary Research Associate
Working with Tim Evans and James Taylor
Research interests:
- Digital Archaeology
- Semantic Technologies
- Field Archaeology
- Heritage Management
Dr Dav Smith
Honorary Research Associate
Working with Louise Cooke
Research interests:
- Archaeology of restoration
- Parish churches
- Historic buildings
- Measured survey methodologies
- Architectural analysis
- Buildings conservation and heritage
Dr Maria Fontanals-Coll
Honorary Research Associate
Working with Oliver Craig
Research interests:
- Bioarchaeology
- Osteoarchaeology
- Stable isotopes
Professor Stephanie Wynne-Jones
Honorary Research Associate
Working with Louise Cooke and Daryl Stump
Research interests:
- Africanist Archaeology
- Urbanism
- Material culture
- Community archaeology
- East African heritage