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UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD

  1. Institution Name:
    University of Sheffield
  2. Department Title:
    Department of Archaeology
  3. Faculty in Medieval/Post-Medieval/Historical Archaeology:
    1. Albarella, Umberto (PhD, Research Officer) Ethnozooarchaeology; medieval Britain, Italy and Greece.
    2. Carroll, Maureen (PhD, Indiana; Reader) Roman funerary and garden archaeology; Germany and Italy.
    3. Hadley, Dawn (PhD, Birmingham; Reader) Viking and medieval archaeology, gender studies; Britain.
    4. Moreland, John (PhD, Sheffield; Reader) Archaeological theory; Britain and Italy.
    5. Rempel, Jane (PhD, Michigan; Lecturer) Greek archaeology and colonisation; the Black Sea and Armenia.
    6. Willmott, Hugh (PhD, Durham; Lecturer), Later historical archaeology, material culture studies; north-western Europe and early
    7. colonial settlements.
  4. Other Related Faculty/Staff:
    1. Dr Gianna Ayala, Prof. Keith Branigan, Prof. Andrew Chamberlain, Dr Mike Charles, Prof. John Collis, Dr Peter Day, Prof. Robin Dennell, Dr Roger Doonan, Prof. Paul Halstead, Dr Caroline Jackson, Dr Robert Johnson, Prof. Glynis Jones, Dr Kevin Kuykendall, Prof. Michael Parker Pearson, Dr Paul Pettitt, Prof. Marek Zvelebil.
  5. General Statement:
    At Sheffield we define Historical Archaeology as the archaeology of literate societies, and the focus of our teaching spans the Classical period through to the modern day. This capitalises on the wealth of research and teaching expertise in historical archaeology at Sheffield. We currently offer two graduate programmes; MA Material Culture Studies and MA European Historical Archaeology. These courses offer teaching of an inter-disciplinary nature, and produces graduates capable of doctoral research. A large number of graduates from these courses have also been appointed to research, museum and field unit posts worldwide, for which the course provides excellent training. Core modules taken by students on The MA European Historical Archaeology are; Method and Theory in Historical Archaeology, Literacy and Textual Analysis, Death and Commemoration, and either Medieval and Post-Medieval Europe or The Classical, as well as a dissertation. Core Modules taken by students on the MA Material Culture Studies are; Introduction to Material Culture Studies, Archaeology and Anthropology of Material culture Study, a practical Assemblage Study and either a dissertation or a vocational work placement. Students on both programmes also get to chose option modules that include; Material Life and Culture in the Medieval & Later World, Vikings & the Scandinavian World, Anglo-Saxon and Medieval Society, Dark Age Britain, Aspects of Classical Greek Society, Homeric Archaeology and Texts, The Application of Science-Based Archaeology (choice of either archaeobotany, archaeozoology, skeletal studies or materials science). The department runs a number of fieldwork projects in aspects of historical archaeology that are open to students. Details on current field projects are available at http://www.shef.ac.uk/archaeology/research/scha/projects.html
  6. For More Information Contact:
    Dr Hugh Willmott, Department of Archaeology, University of Sheffield, Northgate House, West Street, Sheffield, S1 4ET, United Kingdom; phone: +44 (0…; fax: +44 (0) 114 2722563; email: h.willmott@sheffield.ac.uk; Web page for MA Material Culture Studies http://www.sheffield.ac.uk/archaeology/prospectivepg/masters/materialculture.html; Web page for MA European Historical Archaeology http://www.sheffield.ac.uk/archaeology/prospectivepg/masters/historical.html.