Raimund Karl

Raimund Karl (born September 15, 1969 in Vienna) is an Austrian archaeologist, Celticist and historian. He is currently a professor of Archaeology and Heritage Management Institute and at the School of History, Welsh History and Archaeology at Bangor University.

Between 1987-1995 Karl studied Prehistory and Early History, and a combination of subjects on Celtic at the University of Vienna. He attended additional courses in Egyptology, Ethnology, Classical Archaeology, Ancient history, numismatics and linguistics. This study was followed by a doctorate in prehistory and early history, in which he graduated in 2003. His habilitation process took place in 2005-2006, his habilitation thesis appeared in 2006 under the title Altkeltisch ("Old Celtic") Social Structures. With over one hundred professional publications, including many large and basic ones, he is one of the best known of the prehistorians from Austria and Central and Western Europe.

In October 2001 he worked as an AHRB (now: AHRC) Research Fellow at the University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh and Celtic Studies, where he was on the Project 5 - Celtic identity project, among others, creating an Atlas for Celtic Studies and cooperated on the Encyclopedia Celtic Culture - A Historical Encyclopedia. He also taught in 2002 at the Centre for Continuing Education of the University of Wales, Aberystwyth Archaeology. From January 2003 he joined Aberystwyth as Lecturer in Archaeology and Heritage at the University of Wales, Bangor. In 2006 he became its Senior Lecturer, 2008 promoted to Professor of Archaeology and Heritage. Since 2007 he is also Head of School of History, Welsh History and Archaeology at Bangor University.

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