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Larry Barham

Professor Larry Barham
PhD

Professor
Archaeology, Classics and Egyptology
Part of
School of Histories, Languages and Cultures
Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences

Contact

L.S.Barham@liverpool.ac.uk

Blog on the current Deep Roots project (2017-2021) in Zambia

Professional Activities

Antislavery Knowledge Network. I am part of the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) antislavery knowledge network which is a four year project led by Alex Balch (Liverpool) to draw awareness of contemporary slavery in sub-Saharan Africa. The project involves three of the main UK centres on research into slavery with leading antislavery NGOs and a range of academic and non-academic partners across West and Central Africa in Ghana, Sierra Leone and the Democratic Republic of Congo.
A database of the historic slave trade is being created by colleagues at the University of Ghana and the Ghana Monuments and Museums Board and I am helping in an advisory role.

I am also working with the National Heritage Conservation Commission (Zambia) to have the site of Kalambo Falls, Zambia recognised as a World Heritage Site on the basis of its archaeological and geological significance.

Editorships

  • Before Farming: the archaeology and anthropology of hunter-gatherers (Editor, 2002 - present)

Examination Roles

  • University of Southampton, DPhil (PhD, 2010)
  • University of Cambridge, PhD (2009)
  • University of Cambridge, PhD (2007)
  • University of Oxford, PhD (2006)
  • University of Oxford, PhD (2006)

Organisations I have been associated with

  • Advisor (2008)
  • Co-ordinator (2008 - present)
  • National Museums of Liverpool (2006 - 2007)

Professional Body Memberships

  • Society of Africanist Archaeologists (Member, 2009 - present)
  • British Institute in Eastern Africa (Council Member , 2004 - present)

Other Administrative or Committee Roles

  • REF Impact and Reading Group coordinator