Co-investigator for Ethiopia
Timothy is Al-Qasimi Professor of African and Islamic Archaeology at the Institute of Arab and Islamic Studies (IAIS), University of Exeter. He is the founding Director of the Centre for Islamic Archaeology in the IAIS, which he joined in 2016 having previously taught in the Department of Archaeology at the University of Manchester (1999-2016). Prior to this he was a Research Fellow at St John’s College, University of Cambridge (1995-1998), where he also completed his PhD at the Department of Archaeology (1992-1995). His BA is from the University of Sheffield (1989-1992).
Timothy is a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries and of the Royal Asiatic Society. He is also the Honorary Archaeological Advisor to the Prime Minister and Crown Prince of Bahrain (since 2001), and Honorary Lecturer, Department of Archaeology and Heritage Management, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia. Previously, he was Honorary Curator of the Ghana Museums and Monuments Board (2017-2019), Visiting Professor, Department of Archaeology and Heritage Management, Jinka University, Ethiopia (2017-2019), and Honorary Academic Curator of African Archaeology at Manchester Museum (2014-2016).
Read more about Timothy on his Academia page.