Yannis Hamilakis
| Yannis Hamilakis | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1966 Sitia, Greece |
| Nationality | Greek |
| Website | twitter |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | University of Sheffield |
| Thesis year | 1995 |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Archaeology |
| Institutions | Brown University, University of Southampton |
Yannis Hamilakis (Greek: Γιάννης Χαμηλάκης,pronounced [ˈʝanis xamiˈlacis]; born 1966) is a Greek archaeologist and writer who is the Joukowsky Family Professor of Archaeology and Professor of Modern Greek Studies at Brown University. He specialises in archaeology of the prehistoric Aegean as well as historical archaeology, including ethnography and anthropology. His research interests include nationalism, postcolonialism, and migration studies.
Hamilakis was raised in Sitia, a town in Crete. He received his BA in History and Archaeology from the University of Crete in 1988, followed by an MSc and PhD from the University of Sheffield. From 2000–2016, he was Professor of Archaeology at the University of Southampton. From 2012–2013, Hamilakis was a member of the Princeton Institute for Advanced Study. He has also been a Fellow at the American School of Classical Studies, Athens; Princeton University; the University of Cincinnati; and the Getty Research Institute, Los Angeles.
Hamilakis has published papers on a wide variety of topics in archaeology and beyond. His most recent work involves the excavation of a Middle Neolithic tell site in central Greece, where he also hosts a range of art projects, including a theatre-archaeology program. He is a prominent advocate of combining ethnography, art, and community engagement in archaeological fieldwork, in the interest of "a politically committed archaeological and academic practice, devoted to social justice." He has also written on the politics of pedagogy and his attempts to create a "border pedagogy" in his teaching.
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