Ballot Archive

30 Jan 2025

Candidate Details

Candidate Name

Luc Amkreutz

Academic degrees, honours etc.

2008 - Curator Prehistory, National Museum of Antiquities, Leiden 2013 - PhD in Prehistory 2022 - Professor Public Arch.

Profession or occupation

Curator Prehistory, National Museum of Antiquities, Leiden. Professor (by special appointment) in Public Archaeology.

Grounds for election

Luc Amkreutz as a curator and scholar has a wide-ranging European network at universities and museums. His research often takes place in cooperation with Leiden University and other partners and includes material studies, fieldwork and public communication. Important focal points are citizen science, the optimization of cooperation with amateur archaeologists, the translation and valuation of scientific archaeological information and the role of archaeological heritage in society. He is an inspiring researcher and communicator. A researcher with a passion for valorisation and evocation in the field of prehistoric archaeology and museums and a teamplayer building bridges between academia and collections. Key publications: Amkreutz, L.W.S.W., 2013. Persistent Traditions. A long-term perspective on communities in the process of Neolithisation in the Lower Rhine area. Amkreutz, L. and S. van der Vaart (eds), 2022. Doggerland. Lost world under the North Sea. Leiden, Sidestone Press.

Signatories

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