Ballot Archive

09 Apr 2015

Candidate Details

Candidate Name

Amara Alexandra Heywood Thornton

Academic degrees, honours etc.

B.A. History (Haverford College, USA); MA with Distinction (University College London); PhD History of Archaeology (UCL)

Profession or occupation

British Academy Postdoctoral Research Fellow

Grounds for election

Has contributed the history of archaeology,analysing archaeologists archives at UCL, the Society of Antiquaries, the Palestine Exploration Fund, the Egypt Exploration Society and the Israel Antiquities Authority.Has published in Public Archaeology, Bulletin for the History of Archaeology,Present Pasts;papers to TAG2011,The Connected Past Conference.Lectured to Anglo-Israel Archaeological Society,CBRL, the Palestine Exploration Fund, the National Army Museum and the Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology. Executive Committee member of the Histories of Archaeology Research Network (HARN) and coordinator of the UCL Institute of Archaeology History of Archaeology Network promoting thearchives of British archaeology, organising workshops on the history of heritage tourism, the economic history of archaeology, archaeological biography and correspondence in archaeology.Member of the Palestine Exploration Fund Committee, Chair of the PEF Grants Committee.Assistant Editor of Public Archaeology

Signatories

The following Fellows have signed this Blue Paper