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UCL Institute of Archaeology UCL Institute of Archaeology is one of the largest and most highly regarded centres for archaeology, cultural heritage and museum studies in Britain.

‘Student Satisfaction 94-100% in the National Student Survey for the past five years.’

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The UCL Institute of Archaeology is the largest and one of the most highly regarded centres for archaeology, cultural heritage and museum studies in Britain, as evidenced by its top position in university league tables and National Student Survey results. It is one of the very few places in the world actively pursuing research on a truly global scale. Its degree programmes offer an unrivalled variety of courses on a diverse range of topics, and wide-ranging fieldwork opportunities. The Institute hosts events on many different aspects of archaeology and is linked to heritage organisations, museums and archaeological societies, providing an outstanding research environment for staff, students and visitors.

15/10/2026

Fuad Musallam, Lecturer (Teaching) in Archaeology and Anthropology at the UCL Institute of Archaeology, was once again recently an in-studio guest on the BBC World Service Weekend programme, where he gave his thoughts on the week's news stories from an anthropological perspective.

Throughout the show, they discussed, among other stories, Sicily's one-euro homes scheme for repopulating aging towns; Fuad's forthcoming co-edited book, New Questions of Anthropology (LSE Press), and Brazil's presidential election.

As well as being a social anthropologist, Fuad is also the convenor of our BA in Archaeology and Anthropology.

🔗Listen to the full interview and programme at tinyurl.com/FuadMBBC

See what we've got coming up at the IoA at the International Centre for Chinese Heritage and Archaeology's China Night S...
13/10/2026

See what we've got coming up at the IoA at the International Centre for Chinese Heritage and Archaeology's China Night Seminars this term, with speakers from the Emperor Qinshihuang's Mausoleum Site Museum, the School of Art and Archaeology, and more!

🎟 All are welcome
💸Attendance is free
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🔗 Find out more by heading to the IoA's website

Image credits: Dr Zhengyuan Wang, Dr Ying Yang and Dr Tian Tian

We are delighted to announce the upcoming London and Middlesex Archaeological Society (LAMAS) Lectures at the UCL Instit...
09/10/2026

We are delighted to announce the upcoming London and Middlesex Archaeological Society (LAMAS) Lectures at the UCL Institute of Archaeology.

This year promises an exciting programme, with speakers from Mills Whipp Projects, Museum of London Archaeology and LAMAS.

To book your spot, head to the LAMAS website!

We are hiring: Lecturer (Teaching) in European Prehistory Fixed-term | Full time | HybridKnow someone who might be a goo...
09/10/2026

We are hiring: Lecturer (Teaching) in European Prehistory

Fixed-term | Full time | Hybrid

Know someone who might be a good fit? Tag them in comments!

🔗Find out more by heading to the News section of the UCL Institute of Archaeology website.

Image credit: Charlotte Frearson

How can plants and animals function as heritage?Professor Rodney Harrison is part of a new £3.2m, six-year research proj...
08/10/2026

How can plants and animals function as heritage?

Professor Rodney Harrison is part of a new £3.2m, six-year research project, entitled 'LiveHeritage: Living beings as more-than-human heritages, exploring how non-human beings shape and participate in cultural heritage'.

The project is led by Professor Dolly Jørgensen and Professor Finn Arne Jørgenson at the Universitetet i Stavanger and involves an interdisciplinary team of environmental historians, geographers, archaeologists and heritage studies scholars from Norway, Sweden and the UK.

Find out more: https://tinyurl.com/MoreThanHumanHeritage

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Black and Green Gold - a story of oil, forests and FinnsThis exhibition explores the significance of forests and oil to ...
05/10/2026

Black and Green Gold - a story of oil, forests and Finns

This exhibition explores the significance of forests and oil to Finnish history, identity and daily life from six perspectives.

The final of four museum and heritage interventions developed as part of Professor Rodney Harrison and colleagues’ UKRI- and Horizon Europe-funded PITCH project, the exhibition will open on 9 October 2026 and run until 31 August 2027 at Suomen Metsämuseo Lusto.

The exhibition is integrated into Lusto’s permanent exhibition.

A beautiful weekend to be Butser Ancient Farm for the 2026 ArchaeoTech Course: run by the IoA since 1982 this course has...
03/10/2026

A beautiful weekend to be Butser Ancient Farm for the 2026 ArchaeoTech Course: run by the IoA since 1982 this course has taught thousands of students about the importance of experimental Archaeology.

Thanks to Butser Ancient Farm, and their amazing team, this course now includes access to amazing reconstructed buildings and the wonderful Butser Hill (Hampshire) landscape.



📷 Elena Jones Elena Jones

Karl Lee from Karl Lee teaching students the art, and science, of flint knapping.

📷 Elena Jones Elena Jones

A new student working on relining the kiln wall to make it ready for some pot firing!

📷 Lisa Daniel UCL Social & Historical Sciences

🔥 Hot Tech and some students using bellows to keep the fires alight so the smelting, and metal working, can begin!

📷 Lisa Daniel UCL Social & Historical Sciences

Students outside one of the Saxon buildings, with Jeremy Beartham, having just learnt about crop processing with Prof Dorian Fuller.

📷 Lisa Daniel UCL Social & Historical Sciences

Prof Bill Sillar getting stuck into tempering some clay, ready for ceramic production!

📷 Lisa Daniel UCL Social & Historical Sciences

Recent UCL Alumni Liv with Jeremy Beartham, post recording a short video with the team 🎥 more to follow! Stay tuned over the coming weeks!

📷 Lisa Daniel UCL Social & Historical Sciences

⛺️ The 2026 undergraduate cohort at their enjoying the sunshine Butser Ancient Farm ☀️
03/10/2026

⛺️ The 2026 undergraduate cohort at their enjoying the sunshine Butser Ancient Farm ☀️

Dr Manuel Arroyo-Kalin, Associate Professor of Geoarchaeology, was one of five panellists at Building the Canopy, held a...
29/09/2026

Dr Manuel Arroyo-Kalin, Associate Professor of Geoarchaeology, was one of five panellists at Building the Canopy, held at Natural History Museum, London last week.

The event showcased research in the Amazon basin supported through the UK-Brazil Amazon+10 partnership, including the UKRI-funded Voices of Indigenous Amazonia project, of which Manuel is co-PI.

Read the full article: tinyurl.com/BuildingCanopy

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