Visiting Research Fellows

The Department of Archaeology regularly hosts short visits by Visiting Research Fellows from around the world. Visiting Fellows work closely with staff and students, participate in classes, give public lectures on their work, and often co-author publications with Flinders University staff.

Recent Fellows to the Department

Dr Jan Turek, Department of Practical and Experimental Archaeology, University of Hradec Kralove, East Bohemia (October-December 2007)

Dr Turek was a Visiting Research Fellow at Flinders in October and November, 2007. He is a Lecturer at the Department of Practical and Experimental Archaeology, University of Hradec Kralove (East Bohemia), and is an archaeologist at the Institute of Archaeological Heritage of Central Bohemia, Prague, Czech Republic. He is a specialist in the Neolithic and Eneolithic of Central Europe, especially in regards to stone axes and their raw materials. He also conducts research on social movements, politics and nationalism in the archaeology of Central Europe over the last 200 years.

Magdalena Turková, Institute of Archaeology, Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague, Czech Republic (October-December 2007)

Magdalena was a Visiting Research Associate at Flinders in October and November, 2007. She is an archaeologist at the Institute of Archaeology, Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague, Czech Republic. Her research interests focus on the Late Eneolithic/Early Bronze Age transition, and the reconstruction of social structure and symbolic systems. This includes an interest in continuity and change in funerary practices, the ritual treatment of human remains and spatial aspects of ritual behaviour at the beginning of the Bronze Age in Central Europe.

Dr Mitch Allen, Left Coast Press Inc, Walnut Ck, California (December 2006).

Dr Allen is a former Executive Editor of Sage Publications, and the founder of Left Coast Press Inc, a new publisher of academic and professional materials in the humanities, social sciences, and related disciplines, launched in March 2005. Prior to creating Left Coast Press, Dr Allen was the founder of AltaMira Press. During his stay at Flinders Dr Allen convened a panel on publishing in archaeology at the World Archaeological Congress symposium, 'Cultural Heritage and Indigenous Cultural and Intellectual Property Rights'.  He also ran a workshop on publishing at the annual meeting of the Australian Archaeological Association.

Dr Inés Domingo Sanz, University of Valencia (2006-2007).

Ines Domingo Sanz is conducting research with the Barunga Aboriginal community on the digital recording of rock art.  She is particularly interested in the social significance of rock art and its role in the transmission of knowledge and culture and her research project focusses on the stylistic analysis of art in two rock shelters: the Drupni and Doria sites in Barunga, Arnhem Land.  The digital recording of rock art provides a tool for rock art conservation as well as a means for Indigenous Elders to pass on information to their communities.  This photo is of Ines with Kayla Willika and Samuel Willika.

Professor Martin Wobst, University of Massachusetts at Amherst (May-June 2004).

During his time at Flinders, Professor Wobst taught in various undergraduate classes and participated in the inaugural Ethnoarchaeology Field School (ARCH 3306), held in Barunga in the Northern Territory. Along with Professor Alejandro Haber and Dr Joe Watkins, he took part in a public forum with other leading Indigenous archaeologists from the US on the topic 'The Cutting Edge of Indigenous Archaeolog(ies)'. He has co-authored several articles with Claire Smith and together they have co-edited Indigenous Archaelologies: Decolonising theory and practice (Routledge, 2004). They are currently working on an authored book to be published by Springer/Plenum, called Decolonising Archaeology. Professor Wobst again visited the Department of Archaeology in 2006.

Professor Alejandro Haber, Universidad Nacional de Catamarca, Argentina (June 2004).

Professor Haber is a well known South American archaeologist and ethnographer, who has published widely on issues of theory in South American archaeology. One of Professor Haber's current archaeological concerns is the issue of reburial and the debate over ownership of Indigenous remains in Argentina. In October 2003 he convened a symposium for a national congress on biological anthropology, entitled "On body and soul: intermediations and transgressions between biology and society". During his time at Flinders, Professor Haber participated in a public forum with other leading Indigenous archaeologists from the US on the topic 'The Cutting Edge of Indigenous Archaeolog(ies)' and attended the inaugural Ethnoarchaeology Field School (ARCH3306), held in Barunga in the Northern Territory .

Public lecture: "Archaeology and peasants: A view from Andean South America".

Professor Matthew Johnson, Professor of Archaeology at the University of Southampton (December 2003).

Professor Johnson is one of the youngest professors of archaeology in Britain and an acknowledged leader in the field of historical archaeology. During his time at Flinders, Professor Johnson hosted a Department of Archaeology lunch specifically for the student body. This gave both undergraduate students and postgraduate students the opportunity to meet and talk informally with him. This was a rare opportunity for undergraduate students to meet a well-known archaeologist and over 20 took up the invitation. Professor Johnson's visit was co-sponsored by the Ian Potter Foundation and the Australian Archaeological Association.

Professor Brian Fagan, University of California, Santa Barbara (December 2002).

Professor Fagan is the author of several textbooks on archaeology, including People of the Earth and several works on the history of archaeology. His visit was co-sponsored by the Ian Potter Foundation and the Australian Archaeological Association.

Public lecture: "The Rape of the Nile: Tourists, Archaeologists, and Tomb Robbers along the Nile". The title of the lecture was drawn from his popular book The Rape of the Nile , published in seven different languages.

Dr Joe Watkins, Associate Professor of Anthropology, University of New Mexico (2002).

Dr Watkins is an anthropologist at the University of New Mexico and a member of the Choctaw tribe. While he was resident at Flinders University, Dr Watkins gave a keynote speech in the 'Sharing the Space' conference, co-hosted by the Flinders Australian Studies Program and Yunggorendi First Nations Centre in association with InASA - the International Association of Australian Studies (July 2002). His visit was co-sponsored by the Ian Potter Foundation. Dr Watkins also visited the Department of Archaeology in 2004, participating in a public forum with other leading Indigenous archaeologists from the US on the topic 'The Cutting Edge of Indigenous Archaeolog(ies)'. He has published a chapter in Claire Smith and Martin Wobst's Indigenous Archaelologies: Decolonising theory and practice (Routledge, 2004).

Public lecture: "Indigenous Archaeology, the Scientific Empire, and the New Frontier".

Assistant Professor George Nicholas, Simon Fraser University, Canada (2002).

During his Visiting Research Fellowship Dr Nicholas worked closely with Flinders staff and students, both in the School of Cultural Studies and with Yunggorrendi First Nations Centre. Now an Associate Professor, George Nicholas will return to Flinders in December 2006. He will be the Ian Potter Keynote Speaker at the Cultural Heritage and Indigenous Cultural and Intellectual Property conference. The title of his presentation is "Intellectual Property Issues in Archaeology: Addressing the Needs of a Changing World Through Negotiated Practice". He has published a chapter in Claire Smith and Martin Wobst's Indigenous Archaelologies: Decolonising theory and practice (Routledge, 2004).

Public lecture : "The Past and Future of Indigenous Archaeology: Global Challenges, North American Perspectives, Australian Prospects"