Ballot Archive

17 Feb 2022

Candidate Details

Candidate Name

James Lyttleton

Academic degrees, honours etc.

PhD Archaeology 2006 Uni. Col. Cork, MA Archaeology 1997 Uni. Col. Dublin BA Archaeology & History 1992 Uni. Col. Dublin

Profession or occupation

Archaeologist

Grounds for election

James is a leading scholar in post-medieval archaeology with a focus on early English colonial settlement in Ireland and North America during the 16th and 17th centuries. He has published a number of books including An archaeology of Northern Ireland 1600-50 (2017); The Jacobean Plantations in seventeenth-century Offaly: an archaeology of a changing world (2013); and Blarney Castle, an Irish tower house (2011). He also co-edited a number of books including Church and settlement in Ireland (2018) and Plantation Ireland, settlement and material culture (2009). Through his work on a number of societies, including his position as Chair of the Irish Post-Medieval Archaeology Group, he has advocated the conservation and protection of Ireland's archaeological heritage. He has taught medieval and post-medieval archaeology in UCC and Memorial Univsity in Canada. James now works as a senior heritage consultant with AECOM, a leading international consultancy firm, protecting archaeology globally.

Signatories

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