Promotions in the Department of Archaeology

As detailed in the Cambridge University Reporter on 12 June 2024, a Professorship has been established for Dr Gilly Carr and a University Associate Professorship has been established for Dr Guy Jacobs and Dr Alastair Key. Congratulations also to Dr Liliana Janik who is now a University Teaching Officer.

Dr Gilly Carr is an Associate Professor and Academic Director in Archaeology at the Institute for Continuing Education and a Fellow of St. Catharine’s College. She is a member of the UK delegation of IHRA, the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance, and a Partner of the Cambridge Heritage Research Centre. Gilly works in the field of Conflict Archaeology and Heritage Studies with a current specialism in Holocaust heritage.

Credit: Philip Murphy

Credit: Guy Jacobs

Dr Guy Jacobs is an Assistant Professor in Human Evolutionary Genetics and Bioinformatics. His research uses population genetics to better understand human evolutionary history, including adaption, genetic demography and archaic introgression. He is interested in how large-scale patterns of genetic variation, over countries and continents, are impacted by local social behaviours such as kinship practices, migration and movement decisions, and social hierarchies. He combines modelling and simulation with information from human genetics and other sources (linguistics, movement ecology, ancient DNA, domesticate genetics and the microbiome) to better understand these processes. His work has a regional focus in South Asia and islands in Southeast Asia.

Dr Alastair Key is an Assistant Professor in Palaeolithic Archaeology. He is an archaeologist with broad interests in the design, production and use of stone tool artefacts. His research often investigates the interplay between cultural and biological aspects of our evolutionary history and applies mechanical, biomechanical, morphometric and statistical techniques to better understand the behaviour and evolution of early humans. At Cambridge his teaching focuses on Palaeolithic archaeology, human origins, and lithic technology.

Credit: Liliana Janik

Dr Liliana Janik is an Assistant Director of Research and Fellow of Girton College. Dr Janik is also Deputy Director of the Cambridge Heritage Research Centre and researches prehistoric art and heritage in Japan. She has worked on many collaborative projects throughout her career, including exploring themes of spirituality, belonging, decolonisation and translating knowledge to the public domain.

Published 28 June 2024

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