Dr Ken Dark
Associate Professor
Department of Economics
University of Reading
United Kingdom
Biography
Dr. Ken Dark is currently working as a Associate Professor in the Department of Economics, University of Reading , United Kingdom. Areas of Interest: Archaeology and history of 1st millennium AD Europe (including Roman and immediately post-Roman Britain) and the Middle East; urban archaeology, landscape archaeology; pre-modern societies and economies; archaeology and history of religion (especially early Christianity); archaeological method and theory; interdisciplinary relationships between archaeological and historical research and studies of contemporary economics and international relations. Research Supervision I am happy to supervise research students working on the archaeology or history of Europe (including Britain) and the Mediterranean region in the 1st millennium AD. Research groups / Centres: • Research Centre for Late Antique and Byzantine Studies • Centre for Institutional Performance • Graduate Centre for Medieval Studies • Centre for Hellenic Studies
Research Interest
Archaeology and history of 1st millennium AD Europe (including Roman and immediately post-Roman Britain) and the Middle East; urban archaeology, landscape archaeology; pre-modern societies and economies; archaeology and history of religion (especially early Christianity); archaeological method and theory; interdisciplinary relationships between archaeological and historical research and studies of contemporary economics and international relations.
Publications
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Dark, K. (2014) Western Britain in late antiquity. In: Haarer, F.K., Collins, R., Fitzpatrick-Matthews, K., Moorhead, S., Petts, D. and Walton, P. (eds.) AD 410:The History and Archaeology of Late and Post-Roman Britain. Society for the Promotion of Roman Studies, London, pp. 23-35. ISBN 9780907764403
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Dark, K. (2015) Rethinking the Conversion of Scotland in the fifth and sixth centuries. Journal of Celtic Studies, 5. ISSN 1781-1406 (In Press)
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Dark, K. (2015) Has Jesus’ Nazareth house been found? Biblical Archaeology Review, 41 (2). pp. 54-63. ISSN 0098-9444 (40th Anniversary Issue)
