Shadreck Chirikure @chirikure.bsky.social · 28/09/2026 www.thebookseller.com/rights/hutch...thebookseller.comHutchinson Heinemann wins five-way auction for Shadreck Chirikure’s How Africa Made the WorldHutchinson Heinemann has acquired How Africa Made the World: A History from the Beginning by Oxford professor Shadreck Chirikure. 041
Shadreck Chirikure @chirikure.bsky.social · 20/06/2026Had a great conversation at the British Academy Festival of Ideas on What can ancient civilisations teach us about sustainability? It was a reminder that sustainability is not a new challenge. Archaeology offers a long-term perspective that can help inform how we think about sustainability today. 010
Reposted by Shadreck ChirikureSchool of Archaeology @unioxarchaeology.bsky.social · 03/06/2026Introducing Prof Shadreck Chirikure (@chirikure.bsky.social) Edward Hall Professor in Archaeological Science. "The great thing about Archaeological Sciences, it is so inter-disciplinary, ...It combines, chemistry and geo-science and anthropology and problem solving’. www.ox.ac.uk/news/pulse/s...ox.ac.ukProfessor Shadreck Chirikure: How archaeology can take us back to the futureProfessor Shadreck Chirikure defies expectations: an archaeologist of ancient civilisations who is fixed on the future; an expert in highly-technical sciences, who likes to mend random things, and a d... 0102
Shadreck Chirikure @chirikure.bsky.social · 21/05/2026www.ox.ac.uk/news/pulse/s...ox.ac.ukProfessor Shadreck Chirikure: How archaeology can take us back to the futureProfessor Shadreck Chirikure defies expectations: an archaeologist of ancient civilisations who is fixed on the future; an expert in highly-technical sciences, who likes to mend random things, and a d... 000
Reposted by Shadreck ChirikureSchool of Archaeology @unioxarchaeology.bsky.social · 15/04/2026For your midweek happy 🥰📸Professor Shadreck Chirikure ( @chirikure.bsky.social ) looking very dapper as he models his new project merch for New Bantu Mosaics 091
Reposted by Shadreck ChirikureSchool of Archaeology @unioxarchaeology.bsky.social · 10/03/2026Click on the link to read Volume 68 (2) of our #Archaeometry Journal. Read it online here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/14754754... 032
Shadreck Chirikure @chirikure.bsky.social · 04/03/2026Colonialism in Africa: archaeology offers a deeper view theconversation.com/colonialism-...theconversation.comColonialism in Africa: archaeology offers a deeper viewArchaeology offers a useful way to counter some biases. 000
Reposted by Shadreck ChirikureSchool of Archaeology @unioxarchaeology.bsky.social · 23/02/2026One of our newest projects: New Bantu Mosaics, led by @chirikure.bsky.social is up & running now & the photos from the field are glorious! @alicejwilliams.bsky.social @micabjones.bsky.social Find out more at: www.arch.ox.ac.uk/new-bantu-mo... 073
Reposted by Shadreck ChirikureSchool of Archaeology @unioxarchaeology.bsky.social · 17/02/2026Professor Shadreck Chirikure & Muchen Zhou (current DPhil) with friends at @cam-archaeology.bsky.social & @uclarchaeology.bsky.social have organised this one day workshop on Weds 25 Feb @sthughscollege.bsky.social on #archaeologicalscience and the #African past. @chirikure.bsky.social 0126
Reposted by Shadreck ChirikureSchool of Archaeology @unioxarchaeology.bsky.social · 20/01/2026📢Job alert! Come & work with us as the Project Administrator for Dr Anke Hein's exciting new project China-TRACER (Technological Processes and Social Organisation in Early Northern China). Deadline for applications: 6 Feb. For full details: www.arch.ox.ac.uk/job-vacanciesarch.ox.ac.ukJob Vacancies 014
Reposted by Shadreck ChirikureSchool of Archaeology @unioxarchaeology.bsky.social · 13/11/2025This 🎄 we are celebrating 70 years of innovation & impact at our Research Laboratory for Archaeology & the History of Art (RLAHA to our friends). 🎉👏⚛️🔬🧪🌋🦴🧬 The history of the lab is one long list of shameless namedropping for #archaeologicalscience! So many industry leaders through these doors! 183
Shadreck Chirikure @chirikure.bsky.social · 08/11/2025youtu.be/hFhflvq6Grcyoutu.beWhat can ancient civilisations teach us about sustainability?YouTube video by The British Academy 000
Reposted by Shadreck ChirikureSchool of Archaeology @unioxarchaeology.bsky.social · 04/11/2025Want to study #archaeology at graduate level in #Oxford? Join our tutors at 3pm Thurs 20 Nov on zoom for a cosy chat about our world-leading MSc Archaeology degree. Meeting link: zoom.us/j/9184876042... 0810
Reposted by Shadreck ChirikureThe British Academy @britishacademy.bsky.social · 07/11/2025How can the cosmologies of successful past civilisations help us address the challenge of sustainability? In this 10-Minute Talk, Professor Shadreck Chirikure explores how the worldviews of historic societies shaped economic development without compromising their environment. bit.ly/4onudYR 064
Reposted by Shadreck ChirikureSchool of Archaeology @unioxarchaeology.bsky.social · 16/10/2025📸 friendly but mildly competitive cordage making @butserancientfarm.co.uk yesterday as tutors @rschulting.bsky.social, @chirikure.bsky.social & Rachel Wood (@oxradiocarbon.bsky.social) & our MSc Archaeological Science students sought to impress the quality control judge: Pawfessor Kenta 🐾#studyhere 2152
Shadreck Chirikure @chirikure.bsky.social · 30/09/2025What an incredibly productive field season at Great Zimbabwe! Great science loading, new narratives loading! Thanks to @ox.ac.uk @NMMZ @Great Zimbabwe University @UKRI @erc.europa.eu 000
Reposted by Shadreck ChirikureSchool of Archaeology @unioxarchaeology.bsky.social · 08/09/2025Welcome to Bluesky Professor Shadreck Chirikure! The Director of our RLAHA (awesome archaeology lab) is here! Find out about his vision for archaeology here: www.ox.ac.uk/news-and-eve... and give him a follow: @chirikure.bsky.socialox.ac.ukProfessor Shadreck Chirikure: We owe a lot to the past. ArchaeologyProfessor Shadreck Chirikure defies expectations: an archaeologist of ancient civilisations who is fixed on the future; an expert in highly-technical sciences, who likes to mend random things, and a 063
Reposted by Shadreck ChirikureSchool of Archaeology @unioxarchaeology.bsky.social · 08/09/2025We are delighted to share the wonderful news that Amy Bogaard, Professor of European Archaeology, has been awarded the Christiane & Jean Guilaine Prize 2025 👏📢🏆@ox.ac.uk @socsci.ox.ac.uk @Academie_IBL bit.ly/3JT5egHarch.ox.ac.ukProfessor Amy Bogaard awarded the prestigious Christiane and Jean Guilaine Prize 2025 0102
Reposted by Shadreck ChirikureGeology @geologytime.bsky.social · 02/08/2025Pristine spessartine garnet with quartz and muscovite—flawless crystals, brilliant luster, and textbook-perfect morphology from all angles. Video: Durrani Fine Minerals #crystals #gems 15810
Shadreck Chirikure @chirikure.bsky.social · 28/07/2025Are you a recent PhD Graduate and interested in materials analysis in archaeology. Get in touch...about the opportunity below... www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/funding/post...thebritishacademy.ac.ukPostdoctoral FellowshipsThe British Academy Postdoctoral Fellowships is a three year award made to an annual cohort of outstanding early career researchers in the humanities or social sciences. 000
Shadreck Chirikure @chirikure.bsky.social · 08/07/2025Full article: Introduction: is the human past a history of colonialism? www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....tandfonline.comIntroduction: is the human past a history of colonialism?This introduction sets out the rationale for this collection of papers by exploring the question what and how does colonialism from within Africa look like, and can it be compared to other forms? I... 083
