Comparative world archaeology and deep history; the archaeology of the Mediterranean; Aegean prehistory; the archaeology of islands; the emergence of connectivity, particularly maritime; landscape archaeology
Elected 2015
The relationship between space and time in ancient historical narratives; Greek and Roman geographical traditions as reflective of changing geopolitical realities; kingly power in the Roman Principate
Archaeology and heritage of Africa and the Indian Ocean; archaeology, material culture, anthropological notions of value and identity, medieval empires and trade
The history, literature and culture of the classical world, and its impact on later periods