Chloe Duckworth

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Dr

Chloë N Duckworth

FSA FHEA MCIfA
Chloe Duckworth on set of The Great British Dig
Duckworth on set of The Great British Dig
Born7 December 1981 (1981-12-07) (age 40)
OccupationLecturer, Television Presenter
Known forThe Great British Dig, Dig for Archaeology
Academic background
EducationUniversity of Nottingham
ThesisThe Created Stone (2011)
Academic work
DisciplineArchaeology
InstitutionsNewcastle University, University of Leicester, University of Nottingham
Websitewww.ncl.ac.uk/hca/people/profile/chloeduckworth.html

Chloë N. Duckworth FSA FHEA is an archaeological scientist and lecturer in the School of History, Classics and Archaeology, Newcastle University, and a presenter.

Education[]

After receiving her BA (Hons) in Archaeology, Duckworth was awarded funding from the AHRC to study for an MSc and subsequently a PhD at the University of Nottingham.[1]

Career and research[]

Duckworth joined Newcastle University in 2016,[2] following her position at the University of Leicester as a postdoctoral researcher on European Research Council funded Trans-Sahara project at Leicester.[3] She held a British Academy Postdoctoral Fellowship in 2015.[4] She is the director of two field projects at UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Spain: the Madinat al-Zahra Survey Project [5] and The Alhambra Royal Workshops project.[6] Her research group at Newcastle University aims to reconstruct the technology of glass in the past by using experimental reconstructions, texts, and scientific analysis.[7] She is a member of the editorial board of World Archaeology journal,[8] and an external examiner for the University of Oxford. She currently supervises four PhD students.[9] She was elected as a fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London on 5 May 2017.[10] She is also a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy[10] and a Member of the Chartered Institute for Archaeologists. Until September 2021, she co-directed the Newcastle University Centre for Heritage.[11]

As well as her academic career, Duckworth is a television presenter and public speaker. In 2017 she was part of the BBC Expert Women[12] and in 2019 was a presenter at the New Scientist Live Show.[13] Since 2020 she has presented Channel 4's The Great British Dig with Hugh Dennis.[14] She has authored a book to accompany the series, to be released on 3rd March 2022.[15]

Duckworth is an active campaigner. In 2021, she launched the 'Dig for Archaeology' campaign, which seeks to promote the positive aspects of commercial, academic and community archaeology in the UK, and to raise awareness of the threats it faces.[16] She is openly bisexual, and advocates increasing diversity and representation in archaeology.[17]

Selected publications[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Dr Chloë N. Duckworth". Leicester University.
  2. ^ "Dr Chloe Duckworth". Newcastle University.
  3. ^ "Trans-SAHARA: State Formation, Migration and Trade in the Central Sahara (1000 BC - AD 1500)". University of Leicester.
  4. ^ "British Academy Postdoctoral Fellowships 2015".
  5. ^ "Digging deeper: Using new archaeological techniques to uncover more about our past". Science Daily.
  6. ^ "NEITHER OF THE EAST NOR OF THE WEST". Al Andalus Glass Project. 8 December 2016.
  7. ^ "PEGG - Newcastle University".
  8. ^ "World Archaeology Editorial board". Taylor and Francis Online.
  9. ^ https://www.ncl.ac.uk/hca/people/profile/chloeduckworth.html
  10. ^ a b "Dr Chloe Duckworth". Society of Antiquaries of London. Retrieved 28 September 2019.
  11. ^ "Newcastle University Centre for Heritage".
  12. ^ "Chloe Duckworth: Archaeology". BBC Expert Women Database. Archived from the original on 2020-08-11. Retrieved 2020-04-20.
  13. ^ "New Scientist Live, ExCel London". New Scientist.
  14. ^ "The Great British Dig: History in your Back Garden". Channel 4.
  15. ^ The Great British Dig (Book). ASIN 1844866262.
  16. ^ "Dig for Archaeology". Dig4Arch.
  17. ^ "For example, CIfA E&D Group". CIfA.
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