Professor Claudia Glatz
- Professor of Archaeology (Archaeology)
email:
Claudia.Glatz@glasgow.ac.uk
Archaeology, Molema Building, Glasgow G12 8QQ
Research interests
- Early states and empires
- Highland-lowland encounters and relationships
- The politics of craft production
- Settlement and landscape archaeology
- Food, food ways and identity (including organic residue analysis in collaboration with Jaime Toney)
- Border and frontier dynamics
- Cultural heritage and heritage protection in Iraq/Middle East
Field and Research Projects:
- Qala Shirwana Cultural Heritage Project (QaSCHP)
- Sirwan (Upper Diyala) Regional Project
- Consuming Identities in the ‘Cradle of Civilizations’
- Highland Encounters in the Ancient Near East
- The Prehistoric Black Sea
- Archaeological practice and heritage protection in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq
Grants
2020-2021 Alexander von Humboldt Research Fellowship for Experienced Researchers at the Freie Universität Berlin (PI)
2019-2020 British Academy Mid-Career Fellowship (PI)
2018-2020 British Council – Cultural Protection Fund: Archaeological practice and heritage protection in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq (PI)
This project is unique in Iraq and the Middle East in its approach to cultural heritage protection. We combine research-led archaeological practice as part of the ongoing survey and excavations of the Sirwan Regional Project with knowledge-exchange, capacity building in both practical skills and the social and political implications of interpretation and cultural narrative, and the creation of inclusive museum and community-driven educational resources.
2018 Prince Claus Fund: Qala Sirwana Cultural Heritage Project (PI)
Repair of earthquake damage to Qala Shirwana, a 19th century AD mudbrick castle in the Kurdish Region of Iraq.
2017-2019 National Science Foundation, USA: The Role of Highland-Lowland Interactions in the Development of Social Complexity (Co-PI).
This funds the field-research and laboratory analyses associated with the Sirwan Regional Project in the Kurdish Region of Iraq.
2015-2019 Lord Kelvin/Adam Smith Inter-disciplinary PhD Scholarship: Consuming Identities in the ‘Cradle of Civilizations’ – Food Consumption and the Emergence of Social Complexity in Greater Mesopotamia.
This is a collaboration with Jaime Toney (Geographical and Earth Sciences).
2014-2015 Leverhulme International Academic Fellowship: Highland Encounters: Practice, Perception and Power in the Mountains of the Ancient Middle East (PI).
Book project and research leave at Brown University and the University of Arkansas. 2013-2014 Sirwan (Upper Diyala) Regional Project (PI). Interdisciplinary regional survey in the Kurdish Region of Iraq (British Institute for the Study of Iraq, G.A. Wainwright Fund, Carnegie Trust for the Universities of Scotland).
2012-2014 The Prehistoric Black Sea (PI). Collaborative research workshops (Royal Society of Edinburgh).
2009-2013 Cide Archaeological Project (PI). Archaeological survey on the Turkish Black Sea coast (British Academy; G.A. Wainwright Fund, Mediterranean Archaeological Trust, The Carnegie Trust for the Universities of Scotland, University of Glasgow, UCL).
Supervision
- Neil Erskine (2016-). Movement, Routines, and Religiosity in the Ancient Near East. Jointly supervised with Michael Given.
- Luise Loges (2017-). Cultural Commodities during Political Crises. Jointly supervised with Donna Yates.
- Rebecca Neil (MPhil, 2018-2019), Gupta imperialism. Jointly supervised with Michael Given.
- Elsa Perruchini (2015 - ). Consuming Identities in the ‘Cradle of Civilizations’ – Food Consumption and the Emergence of Social Complexity in Greater Mesopotamia. Jointly supervised with Jaime Toney.
Completed:
- Francesca Chelazzi (2010-2016). Bronze Age Settlement Pattern of South-western Cyprus (2500-1050 BC). Jointly supervised with Michael Given.
- Angela Massafra (2014-2018). Southern Palestine Between the Final MBA and the LBA: Pottery, Material Connections and Identity in an Era of Change. Jointly supervised with Michael Given.
International supervisions/PhD committees:
- Müge Durusu-Tanrıöver (2014 -2016). The Ties that Bind: Regional Networks and Diachronic Perspectives for the Study of the Hittite Empire. Brown University, USA.
- Jen Thum (2015-). Ramses Was Here: The Mechanics of Egyptian Royal Rock Inscriptions. Brown University, USA.
I am interested in working with students researching materials and artefacts from my ongoing fieldwork projects and the following themes in the Near East and East Mediterranean:
- Early states and empires
- Highland-lowland encounters and relationships
- Craft production and political authority
- Settlement and landscape archaeology
- Food, food ways and identity (including organic residue analysis in collaboration with Jaime Toney)
- Cultural heritage and heritage protection in Iraq/Middle East
- Nabati Mazloumi, Yasaman
Landscape Transformations and Heritage Discourses in the Sirwan Valley: Connecting Community Perceptions and Archaeological Approaches in Iraqi Kurdistan - Stone, Emma Elizabeth Porter
The Use and Transportation of Amber in the Egyptian New Kingdom: Connecting International Late Bronze Age Trade and Cultural Identities
Teaching
Teaching
- Archaeology of Europe and the Mediterranean (Level 2)
- Landscape and Power in the Ancient Near East and East Mediterranean (Honours, convenor)
- The International Age in the East Mediterranean and Its Aftermath (Honours, convenor)
- Theory and Interpretation in Archaeology (Honours)
- Feasting like the Ancients: An Inter-Disciplinary Approach to Early Food and Drink (Convenor, Honours and Masters)
- Archaeology: Research and Professional Skills (Masters)
- Rituals Feasts and Festivals – Power, Community and Consumption in the East Mediterranean and Near East (MLitt, convenor)