Curriculum Vitae
Michael Lewis
Identification
Personal identification
- Full name
- Michael Lewis
Citation names
- Lewis, Michael P.
Author identifiers
- Ciência ID
- 741D-192F-399B
- ORCID iD
- 0000-0001-6998-9257
Email addresses
- michael.lewis@uc.pt (Professional)
Addresses
- Centre for Studies in Archaeology, Arts and Heritage Sciences (CEAACP), 3000-395, Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal (Professional)
Websites
- https://coimbra.academia.edu/MichaelLewis (Scholar)
- https://www.uc.pt/ceaacp/investigacao/investigadores/michael-lewis/ (Professional)
Knowledge fields
- Humanities - History and Archaeology
- Humanities - History and Archaeology
- Humanities - History and Archaeology
- Social Sciences - Sociology - Anthropology
Languages
| Language | Speaking | Reading | Writing | Listening | Peer-review |
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| English (Mother tongue) | |||||
| Portuguese | Beginner (A1) | Elementary (A2) | Beginner (A1) | Elementary (A2) |
Education
| Degree | Classification | |
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2017/10/01 - 2022/06/15
Concluded
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PhD Archaeology (Doctor of Philosophy)
University of Cambridge Department of Archaeology, United Kingdom
"‘Social Transformations and Modes of Ceramic Production during the 4th-early 3rd millennium BCE in Iraqi-Kurdistan’" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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2015/10/01 - 2017/07/31
Concluded
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MSc Technology and Analysis of Archaeological Materials (Master)
University College London Institute of Archaeology, United Kingdom
"Ceramic Production During the Late Chalcolithic at Gurga Çiya: A Petrographic and Geochemical Examination of Ceramics from
the Shahrizor Plain, Iraqi-Kurdistan" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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Distinction |
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2010/10/01 - 2011/06/01
Concluded
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Archaeology of the Eastern Mediterranean and Ancient Near East (Master)
University College London Institute of Archaeology, United Kingdom
"The Ceramic Platters of the Southern Levant: A Geographical and Chronological Reassessment" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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Merit 2:1 |
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2007/10/01 - 2010/07/01
Concluded
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Archaeology (Bachelor)
University College London Institute of Archaeology, United Kingdom
"How Representative is the Egyptian Palette found in Israel at Tel Bet Yerah of other Relief Carved Palettes and why would
it have occurred in this particular context" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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2:1 |
Affiliation
Positions / Appointments
| Category Host institution |
Employer | |
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| 2023/10/02 - Current | Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions Postdoctoral Researcher | Centro de Estudos Arqueológicos das Universidades de Coimbra e Porto, Portugal |
| Centro de Estudos Arqueológicos das Universidades de Coimbra e Porto, Portugal |
Projects
Grant
| Designation | Funders | |
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| 2023/10 - 2025/10 | TRANSFORM. Regionalised Trajectories and Socio-Political Transformations in the late 4th - early 3rd millennia BCE in Mesopotamia.
101108815
Co-Principal Investigator (Co-PI)
Centro de Estudos Arqueológicos das Universidades de Coimbra e Porto, Portugal
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European Commission Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions
Ongoing
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Outputs
Publications
| Book chapter |
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| Book review |
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| Edited book |
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| Journal article |
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Activities
Oral presentation
| Presentation title | Event name Host (Event location) |
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| 2024/09/25 | TRANSFORM. Regionalised Trajectories and Socio-Political Transformations in the late 4th - early 3rd millennia BCE in Mesopotamia. | INNOVAÇÃO @ UC.
Universidade de Coimbra (Coimbra, Portugal)
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| 2024/08/31 | Revisiting the Polychrome Painted Pottery of Early Bronze Age Mesopotamia. (Workshop title: Centering the object: between production and consumption in ceramic studies). | European Association of Archaeologists
Sapienze Univeristy of Rome (Rome, Italy)
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| 2024/01/04 | Regionalised Trajectories at the Zagros Fringe: The Early Bronze Age pottery sequence from Kani Shaie. | British Association of Near Eastern Archaeology (BANEA).
University of Glasgow (Glasgow, United Kingdom)
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| 2023/11/23 | Kani Shaie Archaeological Project. An I&D Project investigating the ancient history of Kurdistan and Mesopotamia since 2013 (Poster presentation) | Omnia: Catálogo de Posters Científicos CEAACP
CEAACP, Universidade de Coimbra (Coimbra, Portugal)
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| 2023/05/24 | The Uruk Conundrum in Iraqi Kurdistan. Cultural connections and pottery traditions. | International Congress on the Archaeology of the Ancient Near East (ICAANE).
Copenhagen University (Copenhagen, Denmark)
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| 2022/11/17 | Kani Shaie: Fieldwork Report of the 2022 Excavation Season. Renette, S., Tomé, A, Lewis, M. P., Abu Jayyab, K., Grossman, K., Khayani, A., Costa, T., Simi, F. K. B., Conceição Lopes, M. | American Society of Overseas Research (ASOR) Annual Meeting.
American Society of Overseas Research (ASOR) Annual Meeting. (Boston, United States)
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| 2021/11/14 | Social transformations and modes of ceramic manufacture during the 4th-early 3rd millennium BCE: The Uruk Phenomenon in south-eastern Iraqi Kurdistan | American Society of Overseas Research (ASOR) Annual Meeting.
American Society of Overseas Research (ASOR) Annual Meeting. (Chicago, United States)
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| 2021/04/07 | Household processes and social practice during the Late Ubaid – Late Chalcolithic 1 in the Shahrizor. A case study from Gurga Chiya. | International Congress on the Archaeology of the Ancient Near East (ICAANE).
Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna (Bologna, Italy)
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| 2021/04/06 | Kani Shaie: Defining the material culture of the early third millennium BCE in the Zagros Foothills. | International Congress on the Archaeology of the Ancient Near East (ICAANE).
Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna (Italy)
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| 2019/06/24 | Ceramic production during the 4th-Early 3rd Millennium BCE in the Bazyan Basin: The Late Chalcolithic Ceramics from Kani Shaie, Iraqi-Kurdistan. | Broadening Horizons 6
Institute for Ancient Near Eastern Archaeology and the Institute for Ancient Near Eastern Studies. Freie University of Berlin (Berlin, Germany)
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| 2018/10/29 | Late Chalcolithic Ceramics Along the Upper Reaches of the Sirwan/Diyala-'Adhaim Rivers: Comparing Datasets from Kani Shaie and Gurga Çiya | Tracking Uruk Pottery Workshop
TOPOI Centre. Freie Universität. Berlin (Berlin, Germany)
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| 2018/04/06 | Ceramic production during the Late Chalcolithic 4 at Gurga Çiya, Iraqi Kurdistan. (Poster presentation). | International Congress on the Archaeology of the Ancient Near East (ICAANE).
Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität Munchen (Munich, Germany)
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| 2018/04/05 | Social transformations and modes of ceramic production during the Late Chalcolithic in the Shahrizor, Iraqi Kurdistan. | International Congress on the Archaeology of the Ancient Near East (ICAANE).
Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (Munich, Germany)
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| 2018/03/28 | Clays, technologies and ceramic production at Gurga Çiya, Iraqi Kurdistan. | British Association of Near Eastern Archaeology (BANEA).
Durham University (Durham, United Kingdom)
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| 2017/06/06 | Ceramic production during the Late Chalcolithic at Gurga Çiya, Iraqi Kurdistan | Broadening Horizons 5
Università degli Studi di Udine (Udine, Italy)
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| 2017/01/04 | The application of archaeometric approaches to the Uruk Ceramics from Gurga Çiya, Iraqi Kurdistan. | British Association of Near Eastern Archaeology (BANEA).
University of Glasgow (Glasgow, United Kingdom)
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| 2016/11/10 | Conference paper presentation Paper title: "Preliminary petrographic investigations into the Middle Uruk ceramics from Gurga Çiya, Iraqi Kurdistan" | Ceramic Petrology Group Annual Meeting
Leiden University Faculty of Archeology (Leiden, Netherlands)
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| 2016/04/26 | A preliminary analysis of the Late Chalcolithic ceramics from Gurga Çiya, Iraqi Kurdistan. (Poster presentation). | International Congress on the Archaeology of the Ancient Near East (ICAANE).
AUSTRIAN ARCHAEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE (Vienna, Austria)
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| 2016/04/25 | Conference poster presentation: "A preliminary analysis of the Late Chalcolithic ceramics from Gurga Çiya, Iraqi Kurdistan" | International Congress on the Archaeology of the Ancient Near East (ICAANE)
Austrian Archaeological Institute, University of Vienna (Vienna, Austria)
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Event organisation
| Event name Type of event (Role) |
Institution / Organization | |
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| 2020/11/09 - 2020/11/12 | Ceramic Petrography Group (CPG) Annual Conference. (2020/11/09 - 2020/11/12)
Workshop (Co-organisor)
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University of Cambridge McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research, United Kingdom |
| 2018/08/01 - 2018/08/01 | Late Chalcolithic Pottery from Iraqi Kurdistan. Informal workshop organized in Iraqi Kurdistan for several international projects
to compare Late Chalcolithic ceramics from excavations of sites in Iraqi Kurdistan. (2018/08/01 - 2018/08/01)
Round table (Co-organisor)
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Kani Shaie Archaeological Project, Iraq |
| 2018/03/28 - 2018/03/28 | Workshop title: Mesopotamian Pottery: Developing Interpretive Frameworks.
Held at the conference "British Association of Near Eastern Archaeology (BANEA) 2018" (2018/03/27 - 2018/03/29)
Workshop (Co-organisor)
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Durham University, United Kingdom |
Committee member
| Activity description Role |
Institution / Organization | |
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| 2020 - 2021 | General Editor of the Archaeological Review from Cambridge (ARC). Initiated new subscription prices for organisations to improve
future financial viability of the journal. Oversaw committee website updating/redesign to improve online sales and online
presence.
President / Vice-president
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Archaeological Review from Cambridge, United Kingdom |
| 2018/10 - 2020/07 | Journal Secretary of the Archaeological Review from Cambridge (ARC). Organisation of committee meetings and minutes. Distribution
of information to the committee, maintenance of committee mail-list.
Other
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Archaeological Review from Cambridge, United Kingdom |
| 2017/11 - 2018/10 | General member of the Archaeological Review from Cambridge (ARC). Primary responsibility was copy editing articles.
https://arc.soc.srcf.net
Member
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Archaeological Review from Cambridge, United Kingdom |
Course / Discipline taught
| Academic session | Degree Subject (Type) | Institution / Organization | |
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| 2024/10/01 - Current | Práticas em Arqueologia e Território I (Teaching Assistant) | Arqueologia | Universidade de Coimbra Instituto de Arqueologia, Portugal |
| 2022/11 - 2023/11 | Food, Sex and Death in Ancient Mesopotamia. Two invited classes for students taking the course ‘Food, Sex and Death’ ANTHROP 1AA3 CO1 & C02. Faculty of Social Sciences. | ANTHROP 1AA3 CO1 & C02. (Bachelor) | McMaster University, Canada |
| 2022/02 - 2022/02 | G20 Practice of Archaeological Science. Leading practical FTIR session for MSc students. | BA Archaeology (Bachelor) | University of Cambridge Department of Archaeology, United Kingdom |
| 2020/10 - 2021/06 | A3: Introduction to the Culture of Egypt and Mesopotamia. Supervisor | (Bachelor) | University of Cambridge Department of Archaeology, United Kingdom |
| 2018/09 - 2021/06 | A1: World Archaeology. Supervisor | University of Cambridge Department of Archaeology, United Kingdom | |
| 2018/10 - 2019/06 | A1: World Archaeology. Teaching Assistant | University of Cambridge Department of Archaeology, United Kingdom |
Scientific expedition
| Activity description | Institution / Organization | |
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| 2023/04/01 - Current | Sirwan Regional Archaeological Project. Kurdistan Region of Iraq. Ceramicist. Cataloguing of ceramics from excavations at Shakhi Kura. Development of ceramic typologies for the Late Chalcolithic. Pottery illustration. | University of Glasgow Archaeology, United Kingdom |
| 2016/08/01 - Current | Kani Shaie Archaeological Project. Associate Director (2022-present) Lead Ceramicist 2016-present). Kurdistan Region of Iraq. Cataloguing of ceramics from the excavation. Development of ceramic typologies for the Late Chalcolithic and Early Bronze Age. Finds and pottery illustration. https://kanishaie.org/ | Centro de Estudos Arqueológicos das Universidades de Coimbra e Porto, Portugal |
| 2013/05/01 - Current | Shahrizor Prehistory Project (Trench Supervisor [2013] Ceramicist [2014-present]). Kurdistan Region of Iraq. Excavation of a multi-period (5th – 4th millennium BCE) site. Cataloguing of ceramics from the excavation. Development of ceramic typology. Finds and ceramic illustration. | University College London Institute of Archaeology, United Kingdom |
| 2022/06/01 - 2023/06/01 | Gadachrili Gora Regional Archaeological Project (GRAPE). Georgia. Excavation Assistant. Investigation of the emergence and evolution of the prehistoric southern Caucasus. Creation of ceramic chronologies and typologies for the Neolithic – Late Chalcolithic levels (6th-4th millennium BCE). Pottery illustration. (2022 and 2023 seasons) | University of Toronto Department of Near & Middle Eastern Civilizations, Canada |
| 2009/07/01 - 2014/07/01 | Excavations at Tell Bet Yerah, Israel. (Trench Supervisor). Excavation of an Early Bronze Age 3rd millennium BCE urban centre on the banks of the Sea of Galilee, Israel. Teaching undergraduate students in field excavation, recording of archaeological remains. (4 seasons in total) | Tel Aviv University, Israel University College London Institute of Archaeology, United Kingdom |
| 2014/01/01 - 2014/03/30 | Excavations at Amara West, Sudan. The British Museum. (Excavation Assistant). Excavation at an Egyptian, New Kingdom urban centre, northern Sudan. | British Museum, United Kingdom |
| 2013/11/01 - 2014/01/01 | Kawa Excavation Project, Sudan. The British Museum (Excavation Assistant). Sudan. Excavation of a 1st millennium BCE Kushite pyramid and necropolis. | British Museum, United Kingdom |
| 2011/09 - 2011/12 | Qatar National Historic Environmental Research (QNHER) and Birmingham University. (Excavation and Survey Assistant). Excavation and survey of archaeological heritage of Qatar in advance of construciton for the new port of Doha | Qatar National Council for Culture Arts and Heritage, Qatar Birmingham City University, United Kingdom |