Anna
Simandiraki-Grimshaw
BA, MA, PhD, FHEA
WELCOME
Welcome to my professional website. This website is a tool for online communication, offering current information regarding my ongoingprojects and responsibilities. Therefore, it covers most aspects of my professional life, including details of my academic achievements, skills, research history, work and teaching. This and further information is available from the links at the top of each webpage. I update them often.
This website is also available in Greek (at the moment only the homepage is translated).
You may also be interested in my website in Academia and my ORCID profile.
If you would like to contact me, please do so by email at: collaborations[at]anna-simandiraki.co.uk
Thank you for your interest and I hope that you will communicate with me regarding the work detailed here. I welcome any feedback and potential collaborations.
Happy browsing!
OVERVIEW
Current Positions
– Research Associate, TETRARCHs, Museum of London Archaeology (MOLA), UK.
– Co-I, Knowledge Exchange Facilitator, ‘Networks for Transformational Change’ Knowledge Exchange Facilitation programme for the Collaboration of Humanities and Social Sciences in Europe (CHANSE), Europe.
– Panel Tutor (Archaeology), Department for Continuing Education, University of Oxford, UK.
– Panel Tutor (Archaeology), Institute of Continuing Education, Cambridge University, UK.
– Peer Review College Member, Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC).
– Peer Review College Member, Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC).
– Permanent Fellow, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Hermann von Helmholtz-Zentrum für Kulturtechnik, Germany.
Academic employment
Greek Archaeology (prehistoric, Classical, Byzantine),Classics, Languages, International Education, Research Management.
ResearchAssistant, Research Associate, Research Fellow, Honorary Research Fellow,Teaching Fellow, Visiting Fellow, International Fellow, Assistant/AssociateLecturer, Lecturer, External Examiner, Research Excellence Framework (REF)Manager, Knowledge Exchange (KE) Manager.
Universities of Cardiff, Oxford,Cambridge, Kent, Reading, Bristol, Exeter, Bath, Bath Spa, Nottingham, Durham,Cincinnati, Humboldt (Berlin), Museum of London Archaeology (MOLA); Collaboration of Humanities and Social Sciences in Europe (CHANSE).
Academic awards and funding
Project/programme funding, conference sponsorships, archaeological research grants, visiting fellowship, international fellowship, excellence awards.
Humboldt University in Berlin, Germany; NationalGeographic, Institute for Aegean Prehistory, USA; Goulandris Museum ofCycladic Art, National Institute of Scholarships (IKY), Greece; MediterraneanArchaeological Trust, UK; Netherlands-Flemish Archaeological Institute in Cairo, Egypt; Universities of Bristol, Durham, Cincinnati, Exeter; Collaboration of Humanities and Social Sciences in Europe (CHANSE).
Teaching range
Aegean Bronze Age, Archaic and Classical Archaeology, ceramics, mythology, reception, Modern Greek, Ancient Greek.
Sole-taught and team-taught courses, curriculum development, leadership in teaching.
Lecture, seminar, museum- and artefact-based teaching, tutorials, formative and summative assessment, VLEs, UG and PhD supervision, external examining, high evaluation scores.
Research range and outputs
Material culture studies, archaeologies of the body, replication and experimental archaeology, archaeological databases, archaeological reception and politics, archaeological pedagogies.
Specialist fieldwork (26 years), museum work (25 years), projects (24 years) and publications (18 years), public engagement.
Internationally peer reviewed publications.
Public Engagement
Museum and school involvement, public speaking, media, volunteerism.
Advisory Roles (current, voluntary)
Peer Review College Member -AHRC; Peer Review College Member – ESRC.
Last updated 18 May 2024
Homepage image (c) Anna Simandiraki-Grimshaw 2023