Dr. A.n. Brysbaert

Biography

Ann Brysbaert (PhD 2004, University of Glasgow) is Associate Professor/Reader in Material Culture Studies and Archaeological Sciences at the Faculty of Archaeology, Leiden University, and Director of Research for the Faculty Board. Previously, she held academic positions at the University of Leicester (UK: 2004-2009); DIKEMES, Athens (Greece: 2009-2012); and at the University of Glasgow (UK: 2015). Between 2010 and 2013 she held a Senior A. von Humboldt Research Fellowship (University of Heidelberg, Germany) and between 2013 and 2014 a Senior Marie Curie – Gerda Henkel Research Fellowship at Leiden University. Since 2014, she is Professeur Invitée, University of Bordeaux-Montaigne, and is member of the International Scientific Committee of the LaScArBx (France).

Research Interest

Ann works on aspects of monumental architecture and human ecology in Bronze Age Greece and the East Mediterranean, pre-industrial technologies and related social practices, the integration of science-based studies with theoretical approaches and science-based topics relating to pyrotechnologies, painted plaster and mortars, and workshop contexts. From 2015 until 2020, Ann is PI of an ERC Consolidator Grant project, based at the University of Leiden, entitled: