Occupation
Associate Professor
Contact
Hamilton House
Caerfarchell
Haverfordwest
Pembrokeshire
SA62 6XG
United Kingdom
ABOUT
For the last twelve years I have been based at the University of Wales in Lampeter teaching and researching both in archaeology and Islamic studies. Whilst at the University of Wales Trinity Saint David I have developed two MA schemes, one in the Archaeology of the Bible Lands and the other in Archaeology of the Mediterranean. At undergraduate level I have taught two main courses; Islamic Art and Architecture 600-1500 and the Art and Architecture of the Ottoman Empire. In addition I have taught a range of more specialists courses including the Islamic archaeology of Palestine, Urbanism in the early Islamic period and Muslim Shrines in Palestine. I have supervised postgraduate students ( MA and PhD) in both archaeology and Islamic studies and acted as an external examiner for research degrees in London (UCL), Helsinki, Durham, LaTrobe Melbourne, Exeter and Paris. In addition I have been external examiner in Archaeology at the University of Manchester and examiner in Islamic Studies at Cardiff University.I have a deep interest and commitment to the cultural heritage of the Middle East and have been involved in a number of projects designed to document, protect and present the heritage of the region. Much of my work is directly involved with the endangered archaeology within the region and I am a specialist advisor to the British Council’s Cultural Protection Fund.
Discipline
Archaeology
Sub Areas
13th-18th Centuries
7th-13th Centuries
All Time Periods
Balkan Studies
Arab Studies
Gulf Studies
History Of Architecture
Islamic Studies
Mamluk Studies
Medieval
Mediterranean Studies
Middle East/Near East Studies
Mysticism/Sufi Studies
Ottoman Studies
Turkish Studies
Urban Studies
World History
Geographic Areas of Interest
All Middle East
Balkans
Arabian Peninsula
Specialties
Archaeology And History Of The Ottoman Empire
Islamic Archaeology Of The Gulf
Archaeology Of Early Islamic City Of Basra
Languages
Arabic (intermediate)
Turkish (intermediate)
French (advanced)
Hebrew (elementary)
Abstracts
The Form and Function of Minarets in Early Islam
