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Kenneth Rainsbury Dark (born in Brixton, London) is a British archaeologist who specializes on 1st millennium AD Europe and the Middle East, archaeological theory and method, and on the relationship between the study of the past and contemporary global political, cultural and economic issues. [1]
He received a BA in archaeology from the University of York [2] and after taking his PhD in archaeology and history at the University of Cambridge was attached to Cambridge, Oxford, Reading and King's College London, [3] before returning to the University of Cambridge, [4] where he is currently based at St. Edmund's College. [5] At the University of Reading he became Professor of Archaeology and History and was director of the Research Centre for Late Antique and Byzantine Studies. [6]
He holds honorary professorships from several European and American universities, [7] [8] has written 15 books and many academic articles [9] and has directed and co-directed excavations and survey projects, both in Britain and the Middle East, including in Istanbul (Turkey) – where he co-directed an archaeological study of the Byzantine church of Hagia Sophia and its environs [10] [11] [12] – and in and around Nazareth (Israel). [13] [14] [15] His research and fieldwork - especially in Nazareth - have been the subject of extensive global media interest. [16] [17] [18] [19] [20] [21] [22] [23] [24]
He is a fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London, the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, the Royal Historical Society,the Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland, and a member of the Royal Institute of International Affairs and the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland, the only person ever to be elected to all of these learned societies. [25] [26]
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