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Dan Hicks

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Dan Hicks, (born 1972) is a British archaeologist and anthropologist. He is Professor of Contemporary Archaeology at the University of Oxford, Curator at the Pitt Rivers Museum, and a Fellow of St Cross College, Oxford. His research is focused on contemporary archaeology, material culture studies, historical archaeology, colonial history, heritage studies, and the history of art, archaeology, anthropology, and museum collections. Early life and education Hicks studied archaeology and anthropology at St John's College, Oxford, gaining a Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree. He received his Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) degree in archaeology and anthropology from the University of Bristol. Career Hicks worked as a field archaeologist in the local authority and private sector in the 1990s. He has conducted fieldwork in the UK, the eastern Caribbean, and the eastern United States, and has published on archaeological and ethnographic collections from around the world. He was previously Lecturer in Archaeology and Anthropology at St John's College, Oxford, Lecturer in Archaeology and Anthropology at the University of Bristol, and Research Fellow in Archaeology and Anthropology at Boston University. Hicks is Professor of Contemporary Archaeology at the University of Oxford and Curator at the Pitt Rivers Museum. Hicks has appeared on BBC Radio 4's In Our Time and Making History. In 2017-18 he was the Junior Proctor of the University of Oxford. Hicks has also served as a non-executive director of Museum of London Archaeology, a member of council and trustee of the Society of Antiquaries of London, a trustee and delegate of Oxford University Press, and a trustee and member of council of the University of Oxford. In 2019, Hicks co-curated the exhibition Lande: The Calais ‘Jungle’ and Beyond at the Pitt Rivers Museum. In 2021-22, Hicks was advisor to Isaac Julien for his work Once Again (Statues Never Die), commissioned by the Barnes Foundation. In 2022, he curated an installation by the Nigerian artist Victor Ehikhamenor at St Paul's Cathedral.

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Dan Hicks, (born 1972) is a British archaeologist and anthropologist. He is Professor of Contemporary Archaeology at the University of Oxford, Curator at the Pitt Rivers Museum, and a Fellow of St Cross College, Oxford. His research is focused on contemporary archaeology, material culture studies, historical archaeology, colonial history, heritage studies, and the history of art, archaeology, anthropology, and museum collections. Early life and education Hicks studied archaeology and anthropology at St John's College, Oxford, gaining a Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree. He received his Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) degree in archaeology and anthropology from the University of Bristol. Career Hicks worked as a field archaeologist in the local authority and private sector in the 1990s. He has conducted fieldwork in the UK, the eastern Caribbean, and the eastern United States, and has published on archaeological and ethnographic collections from around the world. He was previously Lecturer in Archaeology and Anthropology at St John's College, Oxford, Lecturer in Archaeology and Anthropology at the University of Bristol, and Research Fellow in Archaeology and Anthropology at Boston University. Hicks is Professor of Contemporary Archaeology at the University of Oxford and Curator at the Pitt Rivers Museum. Hicks has appeared on BBC Radio 4's In Our Time and Making History. In 2017-18 he was the Junior Proctor of the University of Oxford. Hicks has also served as a non-executive director of Museum of London Archaeology, a member of council and trustee of the Society of Antiquaries of London, a trustee and delegate of Oxford University Press, and a trustee and member of council of the University of Oxford. In 2019, Hicks co-curated the exhibition Lande: The Calais ‘Jungle’ and Beyond at the Pitt Rivers Museum. In 2021-22, Hicks was advisor to Isaac Julien for his work Once Again (Statues Never Die), commissioned by the Barnes Foundation. In 2022, he curated an installation by the Nigerian artist Victor Ehikhamenor at St Paul's Cathedral.

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