The Department of Archaeology is pleased to announce the appointment of Prof Cameron Petrie as the next Head of Department.

Prof Petrie said, “I really look forward to leading the Department in quite a challenging time for universities but also a time which is an excellent opportunity to consolidate all the gains we’ve made since the Covid pandemic and to continue building our community of students.”

“As Head of Department, I really hope to have opportunities to continue offering excellent teaching to our students and our postgraduate students especially, giving them really excellent opportunities to engage in really exciting and interesting Masters and PhD level research.”

Prof Cameron Petrie is Professor in South Asian and Iranian Archaeology and a Fellow at Trinity College. Prof Petrie’s research is primarily focused on human and environment relations and general long term archaeological history in many different regions, but especially in India, Pakistan and Iran.

Prof Petrie succeeds the outgoing Head of Department, Dr Tamsin O’Connell, as from 1 July 2025.