Anna
Simandiraki-Grimshaw
BA, MA, PhD, FHEA
Archaeologist, Art Historian, Philologist, Educator, Research Facilitator
WELCOME
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OVERVIEW
Current Positions
– Research Fellow, TETRARCHs, Institute of Archaeology, University College London (UCL), 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, Institute of Archaeology, University College London (UCL), UK.
– 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.
Research Assistant, Research Associate, Research Fellow, Honorary Research Fellow, Teaching Fellow, Visiting Fellow, International Fellow, Assistant/Associate Lecturer, 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), UCL; 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; National Geographic, Institute for Aegean Prehistory, USA; Goulandris Museum of Cycladic Art, National Institute of Scholarships (IKY), Greece; Mediterranean Archaeological 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, archaeological method, ceramics, mythology, reception, Modern Greek, Ancient Greek, Ancient Greek history.
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 (including in university and museum collections), especially ceramic technologies, figurines and figurative vessels, 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.
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Website design and development by Anna Simandiraki-Grimshaw; webpage last updated 24 June 2024