FACULTY OF SOCIAL AND HISTORICAL SCIENCES

Welcome to David Kertai, a new postdoctoral Research Associate, who recently joined the Institute.

The Institute of the Americas has been awarded a significant grant by the Foundation for Canadian Studies in the United Kingdom on behalf of its new Canadian Studies programme in 2012-2013.

The Institute will introduce three new masters degrees in 2013-14, the first of which is concerned with the archaeology and heritage of Asia.

Professor of United States Studies Iwan Morgan has coedited and contributed a chapter to a new publication that includes contributions by UK and US-based scholars:

Congratulations to Hilary Orange who has been awarded funding to undertake a Knowledge Exchange project at UCL.

Dean Sully encountered Olympic gold dust when Hinemihi welcomed the New Zealand Olympic team with a formal powhiri (ceremonial welcoming) at Clandon Park in Surrey.

A contingent of twenty Institute of Archaeology students took part in the excavations at Tel Bet Yerah (Khirbet el-Kerak), Israel, this summer.

The Institute of Archaeology is pleased to welcome a strong intake of new undergraduate students, starting this September.

The Institute of the Americas is pleased to welcome Dr David Sim. Dr Sim teaches US history with a particular focus on politics, diplomacy, imperialism and culture during the nineteenth century.

Institute staff contributed to Farnborough Sixth Form College's 'Moving On Day' last month discussing the study of archaeology and potential career paths.