Masters’ School Seminar 18.05.2022 3 p.m.
The next Masters’ School Seminar will be held on May 18, 3 p.m.
Our guest is professor Cornelius Holtorf.
Professor Cornelius Holtorf
is a Professor of Archaeology at Linnaeus University and Director of the Graduate School in Contract Archaeology (GRASCA).
Since 2017 he has been holding a UNESCO Chair on Heritage Futures at Linnaeus University.
In 1998 Professor Cornelius Holtorf gained his PhD and was subsequently employed in research and teaching at the University of Gothenburg (1998-1999), the University of Cambridge (1999-2002), the Swedish National Heritage Board in Stockholm (2002-2004) and the University of Lund (2005-2008).
Professor Cornelius Holtorf reads prehistoric archaeology, social anthropology and physical anthropology in Germany, England and Wales.
is a Professor of Archaeology at Linnaeus University and Director of the Graduate School in Contract Archaeology (GRASCA).
Since 2017 he has been holding a UNESCO Chair on Heritage Futures at Linnaeus University.
In 1998 Professor Cornelius Holtorf gained his PhD and was subsequently employed in research and teaching at the University of Gothenburg (1998-1999), the University of Cambridge (1999-2002), the Swedish National Heritage Board in Stockholm (2002-2004) and the University of Lund (2005-2008).
Professor Cornelius Holtorf reads prehistoric archaeology, social anthropology and physical anthropology in Germany, England and Wales.
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Towards an Archaeology of the Future
Abstract
Although archaeology is conventionally understood as the study of the past, in this lecture I present an outline for an archaeology of the future: Why is it needed? What does it involve? What can it achieve? My presentation is also an account of innovation in the humanities and a call for emerging researchers to think creatively and overcome existing boundaries to reinvent the world they inherited.