Projects per year
Organisation profile
Organisation profile
The Sainsbury Research Unit for the arts of Africa, Oceania and the Americas (SRU), is a centre for the study of the arts and material culture of these three regions, with six permanent academic faculty supported by library and administrative staff. Visiting fellows, research associates and postdoctoral researchers working on special projects also contribute to the lively academic community within the unit. The unit has its own teaching and study facilities and a specialist research library known as the Robert Sainsbury Library, all on hand within the Sainsbury Centre.
The SRU offers MA and PhD degrees, with generous scholarships and funding support for students. It also offers visiting fellowships for postdoctoral scholars and hosts regular conferences, symposia and other academic meetings. Combining anthropological, art-historical, archaeological and museological approaches, SRU research and teaching are focused on the distinctive cultures of the three regions, especially how artworks and objects are made, used, and circulated – in effect, how they matter to people, both in their original contexts and in the contexts of museums and exhibitions. The MA and PhD programmes are intended for those interested in careers in higher education, museums and galleries, publishing, journalism and development.
Network
Profiles
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Aristoteles Barcelos Neto
- Sainsbury Research Unit for the Arts of Africa, Oceania and the Americas - Associate Professor in the Arts of the Americas
- Area Studies - Member
Person: Research Group Member, Academic, Teaching & Research
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Nicholas Brooks
- School of Environmental Sciences - Visiting Research Fellow
- Centre for African Art and Archaeology - Member
Person: Other related - academic, Member
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Making things from animals: the material knowledge of Kalahari crafts
1/03/21 → 31/08/22
Project: Research
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A coastal occupation in Bénin, West Africa: Earthenwares and salt at the time of Atlantic entanglement
Haour, A., Coulson, I., N'Dah, D. & Labiyi, N., 28 May 2022, (Accepted/In press) In: Journal of Island and Coastal Archaeology.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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African heritage sites threatened as sea-level rise accelerates
Vousdoukas, M. I., Clarke, J., Ranasinghe, R., Reimann, L., Khalaf, N., Duong, T. M., Ouweneel, B., Sabour, S., Iles, C. E., Trisos, C. H., Feyen, L., Mentaschi, L. & Simpson, N. P., Mar 2022, In: Nature Climate Change. 12, 3, p. 256–262 7 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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An examination of Recuay kaolin pottery production and exchange through petrography and LA-ICP-MS (100–700 CE; Ancash, Peru)
Grávalos, M. E., Bria, R. & Lau, G., 22 Apr 2022, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Archaeometry.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Prizes
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BKFS Book Prize in Middle Eastern Studies
Riggs, C. (Recipient), 2015
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries
Haour, Anne (Recipient), 2018
Prize: Election to learned society
Activities
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AHRC Peer Review College (External organisation)
Karen Jacobs (Member)
1 Mar 2022 → 28 Feb 2027Activity: Membership › External peer review panel
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The Snake-Canoe and His Singing Pots: Modes of Transformation in Wauja Ceramics and Visual Culture, Upper Xingu, Brazilian Amazonia
Aristoteles Barcelos Neto (Speaker)
21 Oct 2021Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Participation in workshop or seminar
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Journal de la Societe des Oceanistes (Journal)
Karen Jacobs (Editorial board member)
1 Sep 2021 → 31 Aug 2026Activity: Editorial work › Publication editorial role
Press / Media
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Almost 200 impaled vertebral columns found at archaeological site in Peru (Apr 2022)
Jacob Bongers
9/04/22
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Press / Media
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African heritage sites threatened as sea-level rise accelerates
10/02/22 → 27/02/22
5 items of Media coverage
Press/Media: Press / Media