Cyprian Broodbank, (born 26 December 1964) is a British archaeologist and academic. Since October 2014, he has been

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at the

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and director of the

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. From 2010 to 2014, he was Professor of Mediterranean Archaeology at

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Early life and education

Broodbank was born on 26 December 1964. He studied modern history at the

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, graduating in 1986 with a

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(BA) degree. He then went on to study for a

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(MA) degree in Aegean and

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at the

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, graduating in 1987. He undertook

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study at the Faculty of Classics,

, and completed his

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(PhD) degree in 1996. His supervisor was

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, and his

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was titled ''This small world the great: an island archaeology of the early Cyclades''.

Academic career

Broodbank began his academic career as a

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, from 1991 to 1993. In 1993, he joined

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as a

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in Aegean archaeology based in the Institute of Archaeology. He was promoted to

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in 2001 and to

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in 2009. He was a

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, in 2005. In October 2010, he was appointed Professor of Mediterranean Archaeology. In November 2013, it was announced that he had been elected to the position of

at the

. He took up the appointment in October 2014. In addition, he is the Director of the

, and a

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. He was awarded the 2003 James R. Wiseman Book Award by the

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for his monograph ''An Island Archaeology of the Early Cyclades'' (Cambridge University Press, 2001). He was also awarded the 2001

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by the

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for the monograph. His monograph ''The Making of the Middle Sea: A History of the Mediterranean from the Beginning to the Emergence of the Classical World'' (Thames and Hudson. 2013) has been described as 'an unprecedented work of scholarship; it is unlikely ever to be matched' and as a 'landmark publication'.

Personal life

In 2006, Broodbank married Dr Lindsay Close Spencer. Together they have two children; one daughter and one son.

Honours

On 11 October 2007, Broodbank was elected a

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(FSA). In 2014, he was awarded the

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for his book ''The Making of the Middle Sea''. On 16 July 2015, he was elected a

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(FBA).

Selected works

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References

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