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Awards Granted in 2003

The members of the Consultative Committee appointed to advise The Dr. M. Aylwin Cotton Foundation for the year 2003-2004 were:

  • Mr. David Ridgway B.A., F.S.A.
    Reader in Classics, University of Edinburgh
    (Co-Trustee of the Foundation and Chairman of the Consultative Committee)
     
  • Ms. Amanda Claridge B.A., F.S.A.
    Reader in Classical Archaeology
    Royal Holloway, University of London
     
  • Professor John F. Haldon M.A., Ph.D., F.R.Hist.S.
    Head of School of Historical Studies and Professor of Byzantine History
    University of Birmingham
  • Dr. Alan W. Johnston M.A., DPhil., F.S.A.
    Reader in Classical Archaeology
    Institute of Archaeology, University College London
     
  • Dr. Gillian B. Shepherd B.A., Ph.D.
    Lecturer in Ancient History and Archaeology
    University of Birmingham
     
  • Professor Ruth D. Whitehouse M.A., Ph.D., F.S.A., M.I.F.A.
    Professor of Prehistoric Archaeology
    Institute of Archaeology, University College London

Awards Granted For 2003

The Trustees have pleasure in announcing the following awards for 2003-2004:-

Fellowship Awards

  • DR. ANDREW BEVAN, Institute of Archaeology, University College London (UK), towards research on The value and role of stone vessels in the Eastern Mediterranean Bronze Age. (£2000)
     
  • DR. ALESSANDRA GIUMLIA-MAIR, Moruzzo, prov. Udine (Italy), towards research on Archaeometallurgy in Sicily: Madonna del Piano. (£3000)
     
  • DR. ANTHEA L. HARRIS, Reading (UK), towards research on The Eastern Mediterranean Textiles in the Ure Museum of Classical Art. (£4000)
     
  • DR. RICHARD E. JONES, University of Glasgow (UK), towards research on The archaeometric characterisation of Sardinian prehistoric and later pottery: a new initiative. (£1000)
     
  • DR. ELEANOR LOUGHLIN, University of Edinburgh (UK), towards research on The Popham archive of Minoan Pottery. (£5000)
     
  • PROFESSOR LOLITA NEHRU, National Museum Institute, New Delhi (India), towards research on The Greek, Hellenistic and Roman presence in the art of Western Central Asia, 6th century BC – 4th century AD. (£3000)
     
  • DR. JOAN RAMON SEGUI SEGUI, Centre de Cultura Mediterránea La Beneficneio, Valencia (Spain), towards Ethnoarchaeological research on traditional pastoralism in the territory of Valencia. (£2500)
     
  • PROFESSOR JOANNA S. SMITH, Columbia University, New York (USA), towards research on Phlamoudhi-Melissa: A Late Bronze Age settlement on the North coast of Cyprus. (£3500)
     
  • DR. SAMUEL R. WOLFF, Israel Antiquities Authority, Jerusalem (Israel), towards research for The Tel Megadim publication project: the pottery. (£2000)

Publication Grants

  • DR. MATTHEW P. FITZJOHN, University of Liverpool (UK), towards the publication of Understanding Upland Landscapes: Interdisciplinary investigations of Sicily. (£2500)
     
  • DR. SIMON T. JAMES, University of Leicester (UK), towards the publication of Excavations at Dura-Europos, Final Report VII: The arms and armour, and other military equipment. Published: (The British Museum Press) 2004 (£1500)
     
  • DR. CAROLYN C. SZMIDT, University of Cambridge (UK), towards the publication of The Mousterian in Mediterranean France: A regional, integrative and comparative perspective. Published: British Archaeological Reports (Oxford), No. 1147 - 2003 (£1000)
     
  • PROFESSOR DIMITRIS P. TZIOVAS, University of Birmingham (UK), towards the publication of Greece and the Balkans: Identities, perceptions and cultural encounters since the Enlightenment. (£1000)  

David Ridgway

Marion J. Piercey
Managing Director
Albany Trustee Company Limited

All publications belonging to the Cotton Foundation are on loan to one of the three following Libraries of the Institutes of the University of London:-

  • Institute of Archaeology
  • Institute of Classical Studies
  • Warburg Institute

The three Libraries above have kindly agreed that all current holders of Cotton Fellowships, Publication grants or other awards may have free access to those Libraries.

May 2003

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