Chris Gosden

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Chris Gosden
FBA FAHA
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Gosden in 2014
Born (1955-09-06) 6 September 1955 (age 68)
CitizenshipUnited Kingdom and Australia
Academic background
Alma mater University of Sheffield
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Christopher Hugh Gosden FBA FAHA (born 6 September 1955) is a British and Australian archaeologist specialising in archaeological theory, especially theories of materials, the archaeology of colonialism, the archaeology of technology and magic, the archaeology of identity, particularly English identity. He is Emeritus Professor of European Archaeology and was Director of the Institute of Archaeology at the University of Oxford. [1] He is also a trustee of the British Museum. [2]

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Early life and education

Gosden was born on 6 September 1955. [3] His biological mother was Jean Weddell (1928–2013), a physician, academic, and bell-ringer. [4] She gave him up for adoption soon after birth, [5] and he was subsequently adopted by Hugh and Margaret Gosden. [6] The family emigrated to Australia, but later returned to the United Kingdom: [5] he holds both Australian and British citizenship. [7] He reconnected with his birth mother in 1987. [8]

Gosden studied at the Department of Archaeology, University of Sheffield, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree in 1977 and a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) degree in 1983. [3]

Academic career

From 1984 to 1985, Gosden was a visiting fellow and postdoctoral researcher at the Australian National University. [6] [9] He then moved to La Trobe University, where he had been appointed a lecturer in its Department of Archaeology in 1986. [6] He had been promoted to senior lecturer by the time he left Australia in 1993. [6]

In 1994, Gosden joined the University of Oxford as curator of the Pitt Rivers Museum and a university lecturer in archaeology. [9] He was also a fellow of St Cross College, Oxford, from 1994 to 2006: [6] he is now an Emeritus Fellow of the college. [10] He was awarded a title of distinction as Professor of Archaeology in 2004, [11] and served as head of the School of Archaeology between 2004 and 2006. [6] He stepped down as Curator of the Pitt Rivers Museum in 2006, when he was appointed to the Chair of European Archaeology and elected a fellow of Keble College, Oxford. [6] [12] [13]

In 2005, Gosden was elected a Fellow of the British Academy (FBA), the United Kingdom's national academy for the humanities and social sciences. [14] In 2016, he was elected a Corresponding Fellow of the Australian Academy of the Humanities (FAHA). [15]

He retired from Oxford in 2023 but is still working on various archaeological projects. He is the Principal Investigator for the ERC funded HORSEPOWER project in collaboration with the British Museum and colleagues at the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) and, the Leibniz-Zentrum für Archäologie (LEIZA). [16] [17]

Personal life

In 1992, Gosden married Jane Kaye. [6] She is a legal scholar and Director of the Centre for Law, Health and Emerging Technologies at the University of Oxford. [18] [19] They have two children. [6]

Selected works

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  2. ↑ "Trustee: Professor Chris Gosden FBA". The British Museum. Retrieved 23 September 2020.
  3. 1 2 "Gosden, Prof. Christopher Hugh, (born 6 Sept. 1955), Professor of European Archaeology, University of Oxford, since 2006; Fellow, Keble College, Oxford, since 2006". Who's Who 2020 . Oxford University Press. 1 December 2019. doi:10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U45821. ISBN   978-0-19-954088-4 . Retrieved 23 September 2020.
  4. ↑ "Dr Jean M. Weddell". Ringing World. Central Council of Church Bell Ringers. Retrieved 28 February 2021.
  5. 1 2 Ames, Jonathan (3 February 2021). "Professor Christopher Gosden wins £1m over lost inheritance". The Times. Retrieved 28 February 2021.
  6. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 "Gosden, Prof. Christopher Hugh, (born 6 Sept. 1955), Professor of European Archaeology, University of Oxford, since 2006; Fellow, Keble College, Oxford, since 2006". Who's Who 2021 . Oxford University Press. 1 December 2020. Retrieved 28 February 2021.
  7. ↑ "Christopher Hugh GOSDEN - Personal Appointments". company-information.service.gov.uk. Companies House. Retrieved 28 February 2021.
  8. ↑ "Son cut out of mum's will wins £1,000,000 payout". Metro. 2 February 2021. Retrieved 28 February 2021.
  9. 1 2 "Trustee: Professor Chris Gosden FBA". The British Museum. Retrieved 28 February 2021.
  10. ↑ "Professor Chris Gosden". St Cross College. University of Oxford. Retrieved 28 February 2021.
  11. ↑ "Recognition of Distinction 2003-2004" Archived 14 October 2016 at the Wayback Machine , Supplement (1) to The Oxford University Gazette, no. 4706 (23 September 2004). Retrieved 20 November 2016.
  12. ↑ "Professor Chris Gosden". School of Archaeology. University of Oxford. Retrieved 28 February 2021.
  13. ↑ "Professor Christopher Gosden". Keble College. University of Oxford. Retrieved 28 February 2021.
  14. ↑ "Professor Chris Gosden FBA". The British Academy. Retrieved 28 February 2021.
  15. ↑ "Fellows: Chris Gosden". Australian Academy of the Humanities. Retrieved 28 February 2021.
  16. ↑ "Professor Chris Gosden". www.arch.ox.ac.uk. Retrieved 18 July 2024.
  17. ↑ British Museum. "Horsepower: China, Mongolia and the steppe".
  18. ↑ "Jane Kaye". Faculty of Law. University of Oxford. 16 July 2015. Retrieved 28 February 2021.
  19. ↑ "Professor Jane Kaye". St Cross College. University of Oxford. Retrieved 28 February 2021.
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