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William Carruthers is a historian of archaeology, heritage, and decolonisation. He is a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society (May 2023), and holds an AHRC-funded PhD (2014) in the History and Philosophy of Science from the University of Cambridge.
William Carruthers is a writer, researcher, and historian of archaeology, the field sciences, and heritage. He is the author of "Flooded Pasts: UNESCO, Nubia, and the Recolonization of Archaeology" (Cornell University Press, 2022) and an Honorary Lecturer at the University of East Anglia.
William Carruthers is a writer, researcher, and historian of archaeology, heritage, and decolonisation. He is an Honorary Lecturer in the Department of Art History and World Art Studies at the University of East Anglia.
I'm a historian of archaeology, heritage, and decolonisation. I am a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society (May 2023), and hold an AHRC-funded PhD (2014) in the History and Philosophy of Science from the University of Cambridge. Prior to that, I trained in archaeology (BA and MA) at the UCL Institute of Archaeology.
This page describes books written by William Carruthers. They are "Flooded Pasts: UNESCO, Nubia, and the Recolonization of Archaeology" (Cornell University Press, 2022) and the edited volume "Histories of Egyptology: Interdisciplinary Measures" (Routledge, 2014).
Dec 15, 2022 · In this book, William Carruthers asks how postwar decolonization took shape and what role a colonial discipline like archaeology—forged in the crucible of imperialism—played as the "new nations" asserted themselves in the face of the global Cold War.
Feb 24, 2023 · William Carruthers is Honorary Lecturer in the Department of Art History and World Art Studies at the University of East Anglia, and the author of “Flooded Pasts: UNESCO, Nubia, and the Recolonization of Archaeology.”
