Emily Hanscam
ResearcherOriginally from Alaska, I have a PhD in Archaeology from Durham University (2019), a MA in Social Archaeology with Distinction from the University of Southampton (2014), and a BA in Anthropology and History from Whitman College (2012). Most recently I have worked for the University of Amsterdam as a Lecturer in Archaeology (2020-2021) and provided editorial and media support for Antiquity Journal (2018-2020). My research at LNU is supported by the Crafoord Foundation, the LNU Centre for Concurrences, the UNESCO Chair for Heritage Futures, and the Linnaeus Knowledge Environment: Digital Transformations.
My research background is in Roman frontier archaeology, having spent a decade excavating and managing a volunteer-based fieldwork project at Halmyris, on the Lower Danube frontier in Romania. I am interested in the politics of the past, nationalism, critical heritage and the potentials of archaeology to build a more inclusive and just future.
My current project, New Romans, utilizes the digital humanities to research the sociopolitical contexts of references to Classical Antiquity in the United States, exploring the possible significance of a critically understood Classical tradition for negotiating the future of American society. I am also working on Digital Excavations, funded by the LNU KE Digital Transformations, which in collaboration with Computer Science applies techniques from the Digital Humanities to the corpus of Antiquity, a journal of world archaeology, to develop a more quantitative understanding of the development of archaeological discourse.
Teaching
I teach on the Network, Society and Internet Cultures MA course, and on the Digital Humanities MA programme.
My research groups
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Aesthetics of Empire Research Cluster In the age of climate emergency, global inequality, and – most recently – the uneven effects of pandemic illness, it is increasingly clear that the way people and…
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Digital Humanities Digital humanities is an interdisciplinary field of study that represents a bridge between the arts and humanities and information technology.
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Linnaeus University Centre for Concurrences in Colonial and Postcolonial Studies The Linnaeus University Centre for Concurrences in Colonial and Postcolonial Studies is a leading centre for Colonial…
My ongoing research projects
Publications
Article in journal (Refereed)
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Hanscam, E., Buchanan, B. (2023). Borders and politically proactive archaeologies. Antiquity. 97. 1029-1031.
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Hanscam, E., Buchanan, B. (2023). Walled in : Borderlands, frontiers and the future of archaeology. Antiquity. 97. 1004-1016.
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Hanscam, E., Witcher, R. (2023). Women in Antiquity : An Analysis of Gender and Publishing in a Global Archaeology Journal. Journal of field archaeology. 48 (2). 87-101.
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Hofmann, D., Hanscam, E., Furholt, M., Bača, M., Reiter, S.S., et al. (2021). Forum : Populism, Identity Politics, and the Archaeology of Europe. European Journal of Archaeology. 24 (4). 519-555.
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Popa, C.N., Hanscam, E.R. (2020). Of Romans, Dacians and Romanians. ARCHAICA. 7-8. 243-251.
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Hanscam, E. (2019). Postnationalism and the Past : The Politics of Theory in Roman Archaeology. Theoretical Roman Archaeology Journal. 2 (1).
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Hanscam, E., Quiery, J. (2018). From TRAC to TRAJ : Widening Debates in Roman Archaeology. Theoretical Roman Archaeology Journal. 1 (1).
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Hanscam, E. (2017). Frontiers of Romania : Nationalism and the Ideological Space of the Roman Limes. EX NOVO Journal of Archaeology. 2. 63-83.
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Chapter in book (Refereed)
- Hanscam, E., Koranyi, J. (2023). Digging Politics : The Ancient Past and Contested Present. Digging Politics : The Ancient Past and Contested Present in East-Central Europe. Berlin, Walter de Gruyter. 1-16.
- Hanscam, E. (2023). Archaeology and the Challenge of Continuity : East-Central Europe during the Age of Migrations. Digging Politics : The Ancient Past and Contested Present in East-Central Europe. Berlin, Walter de Gruyter. 307-345.
- Hanscam, E. (2018). The Social Context of Archaeology in Romania : Teaching Field Methodology on an Orthodox Holy Site. Archaeological Sites as Space for Modern Spiritual Practice. Newcastle, Cambridge Scholars Publishing. 72-89.
Collection (editor) (Refereed)
- Koranyi, J., Hanscam, E. (2023). Digging Politics : The Ancient Past and Contested Present in East-Central Europe. Berlin, Walter de Gruyter. 356.
Collection (editor) (Other academic)
- Zahariade, M., Avram, A., Hanscam, E., Rogers, G., Durant, N. (2015). Lexicon of the Greek and Roman Cities and Place Names in Antiquity, c.1500 B.C.-c500 A.D. : Caesarodunum-Cannabiaca. Amsterdam, Adolf M. Hakkert.
Article, book review (Other academic)
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Hanscam, E. (2022). Chiara Bonacchi. 2022. Heritage and nationalism: understanding populism through big data. London: UCL Press; 978-1-78735-803-4 hardback £40. Antiquity. Cambridge University Press. 96 (389). 1351-1353.
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Hanscam, E. (2021). Clive Gamble. 2021. Making deep history: zeal, perseverance, and the time revolution of 1859 : Oxford: Oxford University Press, 978-0-198870-69-2 hardback £25. Antiquity. Cambridge University Press. 95 (381). 843-845.
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Hanscam, E. (2021). Hannah Cobb and Karina Croucher. Assembling Archaeology: Teaching, Practice, and Research : (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2020, xi and 214pp., 10 figs, hbk, ISBN 9780198784258). European Journal of Archaeology. Cambridge University Press. 24 (2). 287-291.
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Hanscam, E. (2020). [Review of] Iurie Stamati, The Slavic Dossier. Medieval Archaeology in the Soviet Republic of Moldova. Between State Propaganda and Scholarly Endeavor, Leiden / Boston: Brill, 2019. Jahrbücher für Geschichte Osteuropas. Franz Steiner Verlag. 3. 82-84.
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Hanscam, E. (2020). Lynn Meskell. A Future in Ruins: UNESCO, World Heritage, and the Dream of Peace : (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2018, xxiii and 372pp., 20 figs, hbk, ISBN 978-0190648343). European Journal of Archaeology. Cambridge University Press. 23 (1). 152-154.
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Hanscam, E. (2019). Cornelius Holtorf, Andreas Pantazatos and Geoffrey Scarre, eds. Cultural Heritage, Ethics, and Contemporary Migrations : (London: Routledge, 2019, xii and 256pp., 23 figs, pbk, ISBN 978-1138788220). European Journal of Archaeology. Cambridge University Press. 22 (2). 293-297.
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Hanscam, E. (2017). Review of Interconnectivity in the Mediterranean and Pontic World during the Hellenistic and Roman Periods, by Victor Cojocaru, Altay Coşkun, and Mădălina Dana. Mouseion. University of Toronto Press. 14 (1). 161-164.
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