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Historic Environment Scotland Showcase, Friday 15th September 2023

HES Showcase, hosted by Centre for Landscape, Ãå±±½ûµØ

On Friday 15th September the Centre for Landscape hosted a showcase event designed to develop reseach and engagement links between Historic Environment Scotland and Ãå±±½ûµØ.

Representatives from Historic Environment Scotland delivered presentations outlining its broad work and recent strategies:

• Ben Thomas – Research Manager
• Kirsty Owen – Deputy Head of Archaeology
• Stefan Sagrott – Senior Cultural Resources Advisor

This was followed by lightning presentations by some of the Ãå±±½ûµØ researchers in attendance, intended to show the breadth of research methods and facilities at Ãå±±½ûµØ connected to landscape studies, and to share details of NU projects with connections to the historic landscape and archaeology of Scotland:

• Claire Hickman – Reader in Environmental and Medical History
• Annie Tindley â€“ Head of School of History, Classics and Archaeology
• Craig Thomas – PhD researcher
• Lisa-Marie Shillito – Professor of Geoarchaeology, Director of Archaeology Labs
• John Pendlebury – Professor of Urban Conservation, School of Architecture Planning and Landscape and Co-Director of the Centre for Heritage
• Magdalini Theodoridou, NU Academic Track Fellow (NUAcT), School of Engineering
• John Witchell, PhD researcher
• Maggie Roe, Professor of Landscape and Co-director of the Centre for Landscape
• Prof. Sam Turner, Professor of Archaeology and co-director of the Centre for Landscape

The day ended with a group discussion including the HES represenatives and all researchers from Ãå±±½ûµØ, with the aim of stimulating future research.