Julia Farley

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Julia Farley
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Academic work
Discipline
  • Archaeology
Sub-disciplineIron Age archaeology
Roman archaeology
Institutions
  • University of Leicester
  • British Museum

Julia Farley is a British archaeologist specialising in Iron Age and Roman metalwork. She is the Curator of the European Iron Age & Roman Conquest Period collections at the British Museum. [1]

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Career

Farley studied archaeology and anthropology at the University of Cambridge, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree in 2007. [2] She then studied archaeology at Cardiff University, graduating with a Master of Arts (MA) in 2008. [2] She undertook postgraduate research at the University of Leicester, completing her Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) degree in 2012 with a thesis titled "At the Edge of Empire: Iron Age and early Roman metalwork in the East Midlands". [3]

Following her PhD, she worked at the British Museum for a year as curator of European Iron Age collections before returning to the University of Leicester in 2013 for a three-year Leverhulme Early Career Fellowship. [2] She returned to the British Museum in 2016. She has contributed an article to The Conversation news outlet on metal detecting. [2]

Farley was elected as a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London on 12 December 2016. [4]

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References

  1. "Britain, Prehistory & Europe: Staff". British Museum. Retrieved 1 May 2020.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Julia Farley". The Conversation. 12 June 2014. Retrieved 1 May 2020.
  3. Farley, J. (2012). At the Edge of Empire: Iron Age and early Roman metalwork in the East Midlands (Thesis). University of Leicester.
  4. "Julia Farley". Society of Antiquaries of London. Retrieved 1 May 2020.[ permanent dead link ]