British archaeologist and academic
Cyprian Broodbank , FSA , FBA (born 26 December 1964) is a British archaeologist and academic. Since October 2014, he has been Disney Professor of Archaeology at the University of Cambridge and director of the McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research . From 2010 to 2014, he was Professor of Mediterranean Archaeology at University College London .[1] [2]
Early life and education
Broodbank was born on 26 December 1964.[3] He studied modern history at the University of Oxford , graduating in 1986 with a Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree.[4] He then went on to study for a Master of Arts (MA) degree in Aegean and Anatolian prehistory at the University of Bristol , graduating in 1987.[4] He undertook postgraduate study at the Faculty of Classics , University of Cambridge , and completed his Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) degree in 1996.[2] His supervisor was John F. Cherry ,[5] and his doctoral thesis was titled This small world the great: an island archaeology of the early Cyclades .[6]
Academic career
Broodbank began his academic career as a junior research fellow at University College, Oxford , from 1991 to 1993.[4] In 1993, he joined University College London as a lecturer in Aegean archaeology based in the Institute of Archaeology .[2] He was promoted to senior lecturer in 2001 and to reader in 2009.[7] He was a visiting fellow at All Souls College, Oxford , in 2005.[4] In October 2010, he was appointed Professor of Mediterranean Archaeology.[8]
In November 2013, it was announced that he had been elected to the position of Disney Professor of Archaeology at the University of Cambridge . He took up the appointment in October 2014.[9] [10] In addition, he is the Director of the McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research ,[11] and a Professorial Fellow of Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge .[12]
He was awarded the 2003 James R. Wiseman Book Award by the Archaeological Institute of America for his monograph An Island Archaeology of the Early Cyclades (Cambridge University Press, 2001).[13] He was also awarded the 2001 Runciman Award by the Anglo-Hellenic League for the monograph.[14] [15] His monograph The Making of the Middle Sea: A History of the Mediterranean from the Beginning to the Emergence of the Classical World (Thames and Hudson. 2013) has been described as 'an unprecedented work of scholarship; it is unlikely ever to be matched' and as a 'landmark publication'.[14] [16]
Personal life
In 2006, Broodbank married Dr Lindsay Close Spencer.[17] Together they have two children; one daughter and one son.[17]
Honours
On 11 October 2007, Broodbank was elected a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries (FSA).[18] In 2014, he was awarded the Wolfson Prize for History for his book The Making of the Middle Sea .[19] [20] On 16 July 2015, he was elected a Fellow of the British Academy (FBA).[21] [22]
Selected works
Broodbank, Cyprian (2000). An island archaeology of the early Cyclades . Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9780521528443 .
Broodbank, Cyprian (2013). The making of the Middle Sea: a history of the Mediterranean from the beginning to the emergence of the Classical world . London: Thames & Hudson. ISBN 9780500051764 .
References
^ "The Making of the Middle Sea: A History of the Mediterranean from the Beginning to the Emergence of the Classical World" . News and events . University College London. 25 November 2013. Retrieved 19 March 2014 .
^ a b c "Cyprian Broodbank" . Staff . University College London. Archived from the original on 29 March 2014. Retrieved 19 March 2014 .
^ BROODBANK, Prof. Cyprian , Who's Who 2015 , A & C Black, 2015; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2014
^ a b c d "Broodbank, Prof. Cyprian, (born 26 Dec. 1964), John Disney Professor of Archaeology and Director, McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research, University of Cambridge, since 2014; Fellow, Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge, since 2014" . Who's Who 2020 . Oxford University Press. 1 December 2019.
^ "Prof Cyprian Broodbank" . Department of Archaeology . University of Cambridge. 6 October 2014. Retrieved 6 February 2021 .
^ Broodbank, Cyprian (1995). This small world the great: an island archaeology of the early Cyclades . E-Theses Online Service (Ph.D). The British Library. doi :10.17863/CAM.19007 . Retrieved 18 December 2015 .
^ "Broodbank, Prof. Cyprian" . Who's Who 2018 . Oxford University Press. 1 December 2017. doi :10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U260678 . ISBN 978-0-19-954088-4 .
^ "Mid-Career Fellowship Competition 2011 Awards" . British Academy. Retrieved 20 March 2014 .
^ "New Disney Professor Announced: Cyprian Broodbank" . Aegeus - Society for Aegean Prehistory. 25 November 2013. Archived from the original on 1 November 2014. Retrieved 20 March 2014 .
^ "New Disney Professor Announced" . University of Cambridge. Retrieved 19 March 2014 .
^ "Prof. Cyprian Broodbank" . Division of Archaeology . University of Cambridge. 6 October 2014. Retrieved 1 November 2014 .
^ "Professor Cyprian Broodbank" . People . Gonville & Caius College, Cambridge. Archived from the original on 9 June 2015. Retrieved 30 June 2015 .
^ "Cyprian Broodbank— 2003 James R. Wiseman Book Award" . Archaeological Institute of America. 2003. Archived from the original on 20 March 2014. Retrieved 20 March 2014 .
^ a b "Public Lecture by Eminent Archaeologist Professor Cyprian Broodbank (4 Apr.)" . University of Malta.[permanent dead link ]
^ "Runciman Award Prize winners from 1986" (PDF) . Anglo-Hellenic League. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 November 2013. Retrieved 20 March 2014 .
^ Knapp, A. Bernard (29 January 2014). "The Making of the Middle Sea" . History Today . Retrieved 20 March 2014 .
^ a b "BROODBANK, Prof. Cyprian" . Who's Who 2016 . Oxford University Press. November 2015. Retrieved 23 October 2016 .
^ "List of Fellows" . Society of Antiquaries of London. Archived from the original on 24 June 2012. Retrieved 19 March 2014 .
^ "Cyprian Broodbank awarded Wolfson Prize for History" . British Academy. Archived from the original on 3 July 2014. Retrieved 10 June 2014 .
^ "Latest Prize Winners" . The Wolfson Foundation. Archived from the original on 4 September 2013. Retrieved 10 June 2014 .
^ "British Academy Fellowship reaches 1,000 as 42 new UK Fellows are welcomed" . British Academy . 16 July 2015. Retrieved 17 July 2015 .
^ "BROODBANK, Professor Cyprian" . British Academy Fellows . British Academy. Archived from the original on 21 July 2015. Retrieved 17 July 2015 .
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