People

Dr Paolo Forlin

Dr Paolo Forlin

PI - MSC Fellow

Paolo is a medieval archaeologist who is mainly interested in disaster archaeology and landscape archaeology. In the last few years, he has worked on the archaeology of medieval earthquakes   conducting field research in Italy, Spain, the Azores (Portugal), Cyprus and Nepal. At Durham University, where he spent more than six years, he first developed the Marie Curie funded ArMedEa project (Archaeology of Medieval earthquakes in Europe, AD 1000-1550) and then worked on the Leverhulme Trust project RiskRes (Risk and Resilience. Exploring historic responses to earthquakes in preindustrial Europe). With Chris Gerrard and Peter Brown, he edited the volume 'Waiting for the end fo the world? New perspective on natural disasters in medieval Europe' (Routledge, 2021).  

Professor Matthew Johnson

Professor Matthew Johnson

Co-Supervisor

Matthew works on the archaeology of Europe and the Atlantic world.  He has written six books on a range of themes, including castles, traditional houses, landscape, and an archaeology of capitalism.  His best known book is Archaeological Theory:  An Introduction:  the revised third edition appeared in 2019. He has also written more widely on interdisciplinary and interpretive approaches, understanding medieval and historical archaeology, and archaeology in its cultural context. 

He most recently worked ‘in the field’ at Bodiam Castle and nearby houses and landscapes in southeastern England.  Bodiam is an iconic site, termed a ‘fairytale castle’ by visitors.  It has been a classic study in debates over society and culture in the later Middle Ages.  The collaborative Anglo-American project explored the castle and its surroundings as a living landscape of people of different social classes and identities.  Places like Bodiam are best understood as a series of scales, ranging from the action of washing hands in the chapel piscina through to their setting within global and postcolonial networks.

Professor Andrea Augenti

Professor Andrea Augenti

Supervisor

Andrea teaches Medieval archaeology at the University of Bologna since 2000. He carried out investigations in many Italian sites, and directed the excavations of the port and of the monastery of San Severo in Classe (Ravenna). He is currently director of the excavations in the abandoned town of Cervia Vecchia (RA). Andrea Augenti is also editor of the journal 'Archeologia Medievale' and member of the International Advisory Board of the journal 'Medieval Archaeology'. He is currently member of the Scientific Committee of the magazine 'Archeo', of the Archaeological Park of the Colosseum (Rome) and of the 'RavennAntica' Foundation. He is author of several publications, including his last books Archeologia dell'Italia medievale, Laterza, Roma-Bari 2016; A come Archeologia, Carocci, Roma 2018 Prima lezione di archeologia medievale, Laterza, Roma-Bari 2020; Scavare nel passato, Carocci, Roma 2020.