Material culture researchers
Core members of the research group
Prof Jon Stobart
Professor of Social History
Social and economic historian of the eighteenth century, with particular interests in the histories of retailing and consumption, both by the urban middling sorts and the rural elite. My primary focus has been on England, but I am increasingly engaged in international comparative studies and global encounters. Co-lead of the AHRC-funded Hidden lives domestic servants in the European country house c. 1700-1850 research network
Dr Tilman Frasch
Reader in Asian History
Historian of South and Southeast Asia, Buddhist Studies, urban history, history of technology, historiography and theory of history writing.
Prof Seren Griffiths
Professor of Public Heritage and Archaeological Science
Analysis of chronometric data, public heritage, post-glacial European Archaeology
Dr Ben Edwards
Reader in Heritage & Archaeology
Geophysics, Survey and Digital Recording. Neolithic and Roman Britain. Director of the Centre for Digital Modelling and Analysis for Cultural Heritage (D-MACH)
Dr April Pudsey
Reader in Roman History
Ancient Historian of children’s and women’s lives in the Graeco-Roman world, particularly Egypt of the 1st c BCE – 6th c CE
Dr Alex Makin
Third Century Research Fellow
Early medievalist specialising in the analysis and interpretation of embroidery and textiles
Dr Mike Woods
Research associate
AHRC-funded Heritage Data Science project
Dr Elizabeth Evans
D-MACH Chief Research Scientist and Laboratory Manager
AHRC-funded Researcher
Associate Research Group Members
Dr Jenny Cromwell
Reader in Ancient History
Department of History, Politics and Philosophy
Alan Dempsey
PrintCity Project Manager
Stephanie Boydell
Curator
Special Collections
Dr David Penny
Senior Lecturer
SODA – School of Digital Arts Manchester School of Art
Alison Draper
Object Conservator
Special Collections Museum
Paul Bason
Reader in Digital and Creative Industries
Dr Charlotte Brasset
Senior Lecturer in Zoology
Natural Sciences, Manchester Metropolitan University
Dr Adam Griffiths
Senior Lecturer
Graphic Design
Dr Thomas Kendall
Product Development Specialist – Industrial Digitalisation
Dr Jane Eagling
Head of Research Infrastructure
Dr Sonja Lawrenson
Senior lecturer in eighteenth- and nineteenth-century literature
Post Graduate Research Students
Rebecca Lambert
Practises make Places: Artists’ responses to ‘prehistoric’ monuments
AHRC-funded project in collaboration between Manchester Metropolitan University and English Heritage
Paula Martin
Global connections and local contexts: the material culture of Saltram, c. 1725-1840.
AHRC-funded project in collaboration between Manchester Metropolitan University and the National Trust.
Arwyn Parry Owen
The Missing Prehistory of Anglesey
AHRC-funded project in collaboration between Manchester Metropolitan University and Oriel Mon Museum and Gallery
Suzie Cloves
Now Hear Then: altering place attachment with geolocated heritage trails
Leverhulme-funded project as part of the LUDeC scheme.
Alyssa Myers
Suburban Villas in Eighteenth-Century London: Forms, Functions and Networks
AHRC-funded project in collaboration between Manchester Metropolitan University and English Heritage
Cat Rees
Histories of death in prehistoric and Romano-British Wales – people, material culture, beliefs and special places
AHRC-funded project in collaboration between Manchester Metropolitan University and Amgueddfa Cymru National Museum Wales
Tom Blackburn
Prehistoric metalworking
Masters by research project in collaboration with Oriel Mon Museum and Gallery
Mike Sparks
Nested identities: people and places and things amongst the Romano-British in north western England
AHRC-funded project in collaboration between Manchester Metropolitan University and Grosvenor Museum, Chester
Visiting Lecturers
Dr James Dixon
Visiting Lecturer
Team Leader, Conservation & Design at Cheshire West and Chester Council
Archaeologist and heritage professional
Dr Jennifer Wexler
Visiting Lecturer
Curator of History, English Heritage