Historic Environment Scotland Showcase
The Centre for Landscape hosted representatives of Historic Environment Scotland for a partnership building event
15 September 2023
Historic Environment Scotland Showcase, Friday 15th September 2023
HES Showcase, hosted by Centre for Landscape, Newcastle University
On Friday 15th September the Centre for Landscape hosted a showcase event designed to develop reseach and engagement links between Historic Environment Scotland and Newcastle University.
Representatives from Historic Environment Scotland delivered presentations outlining its broad work and recent strategies:
- Ben Thomas – Research Manager
- Kirsty Owen – Deputy Head of Archaeology
- Stefan Sagrott – Senior Cultural Resources Advisor
This was followed by lightning presentations by some of the Newcastle University researchers in attendance, intended to show the breadth of research methods and facilities at Newcastle connected to landscape studies, and to share details of NU projects with connections to the historic landscape and archaeology of Scotland:
- Claire Hickman – Reader in Environmental and Medical History
- Annie Tindley – Head of School of History, Classics and Archaeology
- Craig Thomas – PhD researcher
- Lisa-Marie Shillito – Professor of Geoarchaeology, Director of Archaeology Labs
- John Pendlebury – Professor of Urban Conservation, School of Architecture Planning and Landscape and Co-Director of the Centre for Heritage
- Magdalini Theodoridou, NU Academic Track Fellow (NUAcT), School of Engineering
- John Witchell, PhD researcher
- Maggie Roe, Professor of Landscape and Co-director of the Centre for Landscape
- Prof. Sam Turner, Professor of Archaeology and co-director of the Centre for Landscape
The day ended with a group discussion including the HES represenatives and all researchers from Newcastle University, with the aim of stimulating future research.