Ballot Archive

24 Jun 2021

Candidate Details

Candidate Name

Samuel Turner

Academic degrees, honours etc.

PhD Archaeology, University of York 2004 MA Archaeology, UCL 1998 BA Hons Classics, University of Leeds 1995

Profession or occupation

Professor of Archaeology, Newcastle University

Grounds for election

The leader of 40 international research projects in the characterisation and analysis of historic landscapes, especially those of the early Middle Ages. Professor of Archaeology, Newcastle University 2013 to date; Senior Lecturer 2008-13; Lecturer 2004-8. Visiting Professor, Universities of Pavia (2019-21) and of Minas Gerais, Brazil (2018). Director of the McCord Centre for Landscape at Newcastle. Co-Editor, Landscapes (journal). Sole or joint author or editor of eight books, and a large number of papers in peer-reviewed journals, on historic landscapes in the UK and in southern Europe.

Signatories

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