Professor Manuel Fernández-Götz
Honorary Professor
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Background
Manuel Fernández-Götz is Professor of Later European Prehistory at the University of Oxford. Previously, he was Abercromby Professor at the University of Edinburgh, where he also served as Head of the Archaeology Department. He continues to be associated with the University of Edinburgh as Honorary Professor.
His main research areas are late prehistoric and Roman societies in Europe, specialising in topics such as the archaeology of early cities, migrations, and battlefields. He has carried out fieldwork in the United Kingdom, Germany, Spain, and Croatia, and authored over 250 publications. His research has been recognised by various distinctions and awards, including the Philip Leverhulme Prize in Archaeology and the Royal Society of Edinburgh’s Thomas Reid Medal in Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences. From 2021-25 he was PI of the Leverhulme Trust-funded project “Beyond Walls: Reassessing Iron Age and Roman Encounters in Northern Britain”.
Prof Fernández-Götz has been a board member of the European Association of Archaeologists and the Young Academy of Europe, and he is currently Trustee of National Museums Scotland. He is a member of numerous learned societies, including the Academia Europaea and the Societies of Antiquaries of London and Scotland, as well as corresponding member of the German Archaeological Institute.