Raimund Karl

Raimund Karl ( born September 15, 1969 in Vienna) is an Austrian archaeologist, Keltologe and historian, currently a Professor of Archaeology and Heritage and Head of Institute of the School of History, Welsh History and Archaeology of the University of Wales, Bangor ( Wales).

Life

1987-1995 studied Karl prehistory and early history and a combination of subjects relating to Celtic at the University of Vienna. Supplementary courses he attended from Egyptology, Ethnology, Classical Archaeology, Ancient History, Numismatics and linguistics. This was followed by a PhD in Prehistory and Early History, which he finished in 2003. His habilitation procedures took place 2005-2006, his habilitation thesis was published in 2006 under the title of ancient Celtic social structures. Over one hundred professional publications, including numerous extensive and fundamental, make him a well-known and important prehistorians in Austria and Central and Western Europe.

2000-2001 he worked as Rechtsfürsorger the Office of Children and Family City of Vienna.

In October 2001 he went as AHRB ( now: AHRC ) Research Fellow at the University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh and Celtic Studies, where he in Project 5 - Celtic identity, among others, the creation of an Atlas for Celtic Studies and Celtic Culture Encyclopedia - A Historical Encyclopedia cooperated. In addition, he taught in 2002 at the Centre for Continuing Education, University of Wales, Aberystwyth archeology. From Aberystwyth, he joined as a lecturer in January 2003 Archaeology and Heritage at the University of Wales, Bangor. In 2006 he was promoted to Senior Lecturer in 2008 as Professor of Archaeology and Heritage. Since 2007 he is also Head of School.

Since 2004 he is member of the Institute of Field Archaeologists and a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland. He became a member of the Board of Celtic Studies, where he remained until its dissolution in 2007, 2005. Since 2007 he is the representative of prehistoric archeology in the successor organization of the Board of Celtic Studies, the " Publications and Collaborative Research Committee " of the Centre for Advanced Welsh and Celtic Studies. Also in 2007 he was elected a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London.

Research priorities

  • Archaeology of the European Late Bronze Age, Iron Age and the North-West European Early Middle Ages
  • Archaeological theory
  • Celtic Archaeology
  • Social History of Celtic antiquity
  • Celtic legal history
  • Monuments and Cultural Heritage Protection
  • Museology
  • Labor market in archeology
  • Discovering the archaeologists of Austria ( http://discovering-archaeologists.eu/ )
  • Health and safety in archaeological fieldwork

Writings

  • Introduction to Cultural Studies Celtic Studies. PDF file (7 MB, 239 pages)
  • Ancient Celtic social structures, Budapest, Archaeolingua 2006, ISBN 963-8046-69-4, (PDF, 6.2 MB)
  • David Stifter ( ed.), The Celtic World, (4 vol ), London, Routledge 2007, ISBN 978-0-415-35711-1
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