Affiliated researchers
Meet the University of Liverpool researchers affiliated to the Heritage Institute.
Here we have listed all current affiliated researchers from across the University. You can find out about their research interests and get in touch if you'd like to collaborate.
Full details of the benefits and responsibilities associated with affiliate status are outlined in this document: Heritage Institute Affiliation Information [PDF 0.1MB]
If you wish to affiliate, simply drop an email to heritage@liverpool.ac.uk with the following information:
• Name, department and role
• A brief outline of your heritage related research interests
• An indication of what you would hope to achieve through a collaboration with the institute.
Affiliated researchers
| Name | Contact | Department | Role | Research interests |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prof Eleni Asouti | easouti@liverpool.ac.uk | HLC: Archaeology, Classics and Egyptology (ACE) | Director of Research | Research Interests: The early prehistory of northeastern Iraq (Kurdistan Region of Iraq) from the late Pleistocene to the start of the Holocene / The ecological and cultural context of the transition from foraging to farming in the Eastern Mediterranean and the Middle East / |
| Dr Glenn Cahilly-Bretzin | glenn.cahilly-bretzin@liverpool.ac.uk | HLC: Archaeology, Classics and Egyptology (ACE) | Researcher for The Human Remains Project | Research Interests: Medieval English philology, literature, and history, I am also interested in bridging the gap between theoretical and practical approaches to heritage construction. |
| Dr James O. Butler | james.butler@liverpool.ac.uk | HLC: Archaeology, Classics and Egyptology (ACE) | Senior Postdoc Research Associate. | Research Interests: Local names and spelling forms (particularly minor), dialectal variation, story maps and memory preservation. |
| Dr Kenneth Aitchison | k.aitchison@liverpool.ac.uk | HLC: Archaeology, Classics and Egyptology (ACE) | Founder & CEO, Landward Research Ltd and Honorary Research Professor, University of Liverpool | Research Interests: Focussed on the development and delivery of commercial archaeological services globally. CEO of FAME (Federation of Archaeological Managers and Employers), the trade association for commercial archaeology companies in the UK and Ireland. |
| Dr Pete Hommel | Peter.Hommel@liverpool.ac.uk | HLC: Archaeology, Classics and Egyptology (ACE) | Lecturer | Research Interests: Specialist in archaeological material culture and the tangible cultural heritage of mobile peoples in Eurasia from the Palaeolithic to the Historical Period. Particularly interested the use of ceramics in hunter-gathering and herding societies and the the reconstruction raw material networks from the analysis of ancient stone, ceramic, metal and glass. I have active research programmes on these topics in northern Mongolia. |
| Dr Ruth Nugent | Ruth.Nugent@liverpool.ac.uk | HLC: Archaeology, Classics and Egyptology (ACE) | UKRI Future Leader’s Fellow | Research Interests: Focused on historic and modern management of historic human remains and the material culture associated with them in British churches. |
| Dr Matthew Ponting | ponting@liverpool.ac.uk | HLC: Archaeology, Classics and Egyptology (ACE) | Research Interests: Archaeometallurgy and have conducted several research projects based around the scientific analysis of archaeological metalwork. | |
| Prof Harold Mytum | hmytum@liverpool.ac.uk | HLC: Archaeology, Classics and Egyptology (ACE) | Professor of Archaeology | Research Interests: Prisoner of War sites and material culture Churches - buildings and contents, crypts Mortuary culture - burial ground landscapes and management, memorials experimental archaeology and site interpretation |
| Zosia H. Archibald (Dr.) | zszymi@liverpool.ac.uk | HLC: Archaeology, Classics and Egyptology (ACE) | Reader in Ancient History and Classical Archaeology | Research Interests: Personal connections with heritage abroad, via two field projects (Pistiros, an ancient city and river port in Bulgaria, 1999-2013; the Olynthos Project, Chalkidice, Greece, 2014-2019) |
| Thomas J. Farrow | T.J.Fitzgerald@liverpool.ac.uk | HLC: Archaeology, Classics and Egyptology (ACE) | a PhD candidate in archaeology (ACE). | Research Interests: Disarticulated human remains ('charnel') were curated, managed, and encountered in English churches and cathedrals, c.1500-c.1900. |
| Dr Marios Costambeys | costa@liverpool.ac.uk | HLC: History | Reader in Medieval History | Research Interests: Medieval collections, including exhibitions and other outreach activities |
| Dr Alexandrina Buchanan | alexb@liverpool.ac.uk | HLC: History | Reader in Archive Studies / Director of the Liverpool University Centre for Archive Studies | Research Interests: Archives - urrently investigating the potential of AI for archival research and enhancing archival resource discovery. I am a member of the Archives and Records Association Sustainability Group. Architecture - CI in ‘Tracing the Past’, a project designed to investigate the use of digital methods for better understanding the design and construction of medieval vaults. Currently collaborating with the DIF on use of AR and AI. I am President of the British Archaeological Association. Construction history - currently writing a history of the construction of the Palace of Westminster from the perspective of the workforce. I am Secretary of the Construction History Society. |
| Dr Hillary Burlock | hillary.burlock@liverpool.ac.uk | HLC: History | British Academy Postdoctoral Fellow | Research Interests: My BA fellowship traces the inception, zenith, and collapse of British assembly rooms between 1660 and 1880, recovering the history of an institution was formative to creating a British cultural model, and political identity, of civic humanism. |
| Dr Mary Booth | mary.booth@liverpool.ac.uk | HLC: History | Centre Manager of the Centre for the Study of International Slavery | CSIS supports and shares leading research about human enslavement and its legacies. Personally, specialises in similar themes to that of CSIS. More specifically, the intersection of privately managed heritage sites and the legacies of slavery. |
| Dr Harald E. Braun | hbraun@liverpool.ac.uk | HLC: History | Reader in European History (1300-1700) | Research Interests: Conceptualization, experience and legacies of extreme or transgressive violence from early modernity to the present in global comparison and relates to the core pillar “Difficult Heritage”. |
| Prof Elaine Chalus | ehchalus@liverpool.ac.uk | HLC: History | Professor of British History | |
| Prof Roland Clark | clarkr@liverpool.ac.uk | HLC: History | Professor of Modern European History | Research Interests: Fascist and antisemitic movements in interwar East-Central Europe (Difficult Heritage) and on religious movements, especially peasant religion in Eastern Europe (Heritage on the Fringes). |
| Dr Jon Winder | J.Winder@liverpool.ac.uk | HLC: History | Postdoctoral Researcher | Research Interests: Historic landscapes, their funding and management, and children, play and heritage. |
| Prof Robert Blackwood | rjb@liverpool.ac.uk | HLC: Languages, Culture and Film | Professor of French Sociolinguistics | Multilingualism in heritage sites, ranging from a slave castle in Ghana to former prison in Estonia via museums in French Atlantic islands |
| Dr Jessica Hampton | jhampton@liverpool.ac.uk | HLC: Languages, Culture and Film | PDRA | Research Interests: My research focuses on endangered languages and minoritised knowledge communities, exploring how their worldviews and practices can offer alternative ways of connecting with the more-than-human world. By understanding and cultivating these linguistic and cultural heritages, I aim to foster deeper care for the environment and promote sustainable living practices. |
| Dr Anna Saunders | anna.saunders@liverpool.ac.uk | HLC: Languages, Culture and Film | Chair of German (teaching and research role) | Research Interests: 1) Tangible and intangible heritage of the German Democratic Republic (GDR), primarily relating to the built environment, but also to other areas, such as popular culture, anniversaries and rituals. 2) Debates relating to monuments and memorials in contemporary Germany, with a primary interest in the memorialisation of difficult heritage (e.g. Holocaust, socialist dictatorship, colonial past) 3) Penal heritage – currently putting together a bid on comparative penal heritage, looking to explore the interrelationship between national and international narratives at four international sites of penal heritage |
| Prof Claire Taylor | cltaylor@liverpool.ac.uk | HLC: Languages, Culture and Film | Associate Dean for Research, School of Histories, Languages and Cultures | Research Interests: Interrogating the memory and representation of victims of the Colombian conflict, especially in museums, exhibitions, and memorials. Focusing on grassroots memory practices. |
| Prof Stefania Tufi | steftufi@liverpool.ac.uk | HLC: Languages, Culture and Film | Professor of Italian Studies and Sociolinguistics | Research Interests: Minority cultures underpins my approaches to minority, marginalised and peripheral heritage. |
| Dr Matt Greenhall | matthew.greenhall@liverpool.ac.uk | Libraries Museums and Galleries | Director of Libraries, Museums and Galleries | Research Interests: Acquisition, presentation, and preservation of documentary and object heritage collections to support learning, research and community engagement; digital scholarship and heritage. Heritage sector development and sustainability. |
| Leonie Sedman | lsedman@liverpool.ac.uk | Libraries Museums and Galleries | Curator of Heritage & Collections Care | Research Interests: Museum collections which have grown from the University’s teaching museums. |
| Dr Barnabas Calder | bcalder@liverpool.ac.uk | SoTA: Architecture | Senior Lecturer and Head of the History of Architecture Research Cluster | Research Interests: Architectural heritage of post-war British architecture Lessons from cultural heritage about slowing climate change and resilience in the face of it. |
| Dr Christina Malathouni | malathou@liverpool.ac.uk | SoTA: Architecture | Senior Lecturer (Associate Professor) | Research Interests: 20th-century architectural heritage |
| Dr Giamila Quattrone | giamilaq@liverpool.ac.uk | SoTA: Architecture | Lecturer in Architecture and ArCHIAM Co-Director | Research Interests: SUSTAINABLE INTEGRATED HERITAGE MANAGEMENT AND DEVELOPMENT (contributing to pillar Heritage policies and processes) Investigating socio-economic and tectonic change in historical oasis landscapes across the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region |
| Dr Han-Mei Chen | hanmei.chen@liverpool.ac.uk | SoTA: Architecture | Lecturer in Architectural Structures and Construction | Research Interests: Heritage Reuse and Material Upcycling |
| Dr Junjie Xi | j2014@liverpool.ac.uk | SoTA: Architecture | Senior Lecturer in Architectural Design and Humanities | Research Interests: The railway heritage in China and in the UK (in particular at Liverpool). Apart from this, I am working with colleagues, the local communities and the City Council to protect and re-develop the existing heritage of Chinatown, Liverpool. |
| Dr Fei Chen | feichen@liverpool.ac.uk | SoTA: Architecture | Reader in Architecture and Urban Design | Research Interests: I am interested in heritage-led urban regeneration in the global contexts. My research examines power relations in the heritage-led regeneration process, design qualities and social impact of the regeneration. My current research spans from the Chinese, UK contexts to Malaysian and Turkish contexts. |
| Prof Richard Koeck | rkoeck@liverpool.ac.uk | SoTA: Architecture | Director of CAVA | Research Interests: Working on the intersection between SOTA: Architecture and the digital creative arts and explore the blurring boundaries between physical and virtual storytelling environments. |
| Prof Michelle Henning | michelle.henning@liverpool.ac.uk | SoTA: Communications and Media | Chair in Photography and Media | Research Interests: The history of the photography industry in Britain and the British Empire, in particular in the 1920s and 1930s. |
| Dr Sam Solnick | sns@liverpool.ac.uk | SoTA: English | Senior Lecturer in English Literature | Research Interests: The challenges to heritage posed by climate change. |
| Dr Lucienne Loh | lloh@liverpool.ac.uk | SoTA: English | Reader in English Literature in the Department of English | Research Interests: Cultural decolonisation of rural heritage, including in the English countryside and in rural spaces in the ex-Anglophone colonies |
| Prof Paul Baines | bainespt@liverpool.ac.uk | SoTA: English | Professor of English | Research Interests: Liverpool writing, printing and publishing 1750-1830, especially in the area of poetry and cultural and political pursuits of the period |
| Dr Marion Leonard | marionl@liverpool.ac.uk | SoTA: Music | Reader |
Research Interests: My current research is focussed on music in museums. |
| Prof Catherine Tackley | catherine.tackley@liverpool.ac.uk | SoTA: Music | Head of the Department of Music | Research Interests: Music historian, with a particular interest in jazz and popular music especially in Britain in the first half of the twentieth century. |
| Dr Garance Marechal | marechal@liverpool.ac.uk | ULMS: Work, Organisation and Management | Senior Lecturer | Research Interests: Political aesthetics and a familiarity with working with archival materials. Particular interest in the concepts of place, space, materiality and terroir, and in material spaces of particular historical and symbolic significance, and heritage. |
| Dr Diana Powell | diana@ukunplugged.org | UK Unplugged CIC | CEO & Founder | Research Interests: Exploring diverse cultural histories and narratives, with a particular emphasis on connecting underserved communities with global heritage topics. |
| Dr Andy Pennington | ajpenn@liverpool.ac.uk | IPH: Public Health, Policy and Systems. | Research Fellow, Knowledge Synthesis Lead Health Inequalities Policy-Research (HIP-R) Unit | Research Interests: Public health and wellbeing impacts of heritage resources and interventions. |
| Dr Anna Chen | annachen@liverpool.ac.uk | Centre For Innovation In Education (CIE) | Chinese Language and Culture Advisor | Research Interests: The heritage of a collection of Chinese Paintings donated to the University. Additionally, researching the Shanghai Sailors who settled in Liverpool early last century. |
| Dr Eleanor Lybeck | eclybeck@liverpool.ac.uk | Institute of Irish Studies / Department of English | Senior Lecturer | Research Interests: Research-led production company Sidelong Glance has been preoccupied with questions of heritage, broadly defined. |
| Dr Martin S. Goffriller | martinsg@liverpool.ac.uk | Independent Heritage Researcher, Research Associate at University of Liverpool | Research Interests: Medieval architectural heritage and cultural preservation, with particular emphasis on the Arabian Peninsula and central asian regions. . | |
| Marie Le Devehat | marieledevehat@wirral.gov.uk | Birkenhead Park (Wirral Council) | World Heritage Project Officer | Research Interests: All subjects relating to UNESCO World Heritage Sites (from nomination to management, including Impact Assessment in a World Heritage context and State of Conservation report process); all subjects relating to Historic Urban Public Parks; climate change mitigation and climate change adaptation of the historic environment; and multifunctional use of heritage sites. |
| Prof Colin Fallows | C.Fallows@ljmu.ac.uk | Liverpool School of Art & Design, Liverpool John Moores University | Professor of Sound & Visual Arts | Research Interests: Punk and Counterculture Archives and Exhibitions |
| Prof Neil Macdonald | nim@liverpool.ac.uk | School of Environmental Sciences: Geography & Planning | Professor | Research Interests: Heritage and environment/water and climate change. |