Conor Newman

Senior Lecturer   

Exploring kingship and the sacred, landscapes, art and iconography. 

Biography

Conor Newman directed the Discovery Programme’s Tara: Archaeological Survey Project before joining the Department of Archaeology, NUI, Galway, in 1996. Three times visiting professor of Celtic archaeology at the University of Toronto, he has studied at the Institute of Archaeology, Oxford, and at Edinburgh University. He was Vice-Dean for Research at the Arts faculty in 2007-08. A member of the Institute of Archaeologists of Ireland, he was editor of the Journal of Irish Archaeology from 2003-2008. He is a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London and chairman of the Heritage Council. 

Conor is a member of the Centre for Landscape Studies, NUI Galway's portal to Uniscape. 

Office ARC214, Department of Archaeology, School of Geography and Archaeology, Arts/Science Building, NUI, Galway.

Tel 091 493407
Fax 091 525700   
E-mail conor.newmannuigalway.ie

Awards/Distinctions National University of Ireland Travelling Studentship 1987-90.  British Academy John Coles Medal for Landscape Archaeology 2011.                                                           Research Irish ’royal’ landscapes from prehistory to the early middle ages.               Irish Art and Iconography c. AD 300 – 700 Ireland and the Roman World The Life and Legacy of Columbanus (PRTLI4)
Current Writing Projects Raffin Fort, Co. Meath, excavations Christian symbols and iconography on Irish brooches (AD 500-650) Sword ceremonies in early medieval Ireland.	John Coles Medal winner Conor Newman with President of the British Academy Sir Adam Roberts at the awards ceremony, 6th  October 2011.

Current Graduate Supervision

PhD

• Fiona Gavin (IRCHSS Scholar) Insular Ornamental Metalwork AD 300 – 500: 'Military Style' Inspired Art in Ireland and Britain.
• Margaret Mannion (IRCHSS Scholar) Glass Beads of Early Medieval Ireland.
• Clodagh Lynch (IRCHSS Scholar; co-supervised with E. Herring) Hoards containing Roman material from Ireland.
• Emmet Marron (PRTLI4 Scholar) Columbanian foundations on the Continent.
• Christine Allan (PRTLI4 Scholar) Bobbio, Ireland and pilgrimage art.
• Karina Hensel (Galway Research Scholar) The Tree of Life in early medieval Ireland.
• Brendan Kelly Early Medieval Brooch-pins in Ireland and Britain.
  

Accepting Graduate research students in the following areas:
          Irish Christian art and iconography 5^th to 8^th centuries.
          Landscapes and ceremonies of early medieval Irish kingship.

Teaching

• AR325 Minor Dissertation in Archaeology (3BA)
• AR328 Irish Art from the Early Iron Age to the 8^th century AD (3BA)
• AR239 Landscape of Cult and Kingship (2BA)
• AR115 Celts, Vikings and Normans (1BA)
• MA in Landscape Archaeology

External Responsibilities

• Chairman, The Heritage Council.
• Committee member Ministerial Expert Committee reviewing legislation, policy and practice in Irish archaeology.

Publications

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• 2011 The sacral landscape of Tara: a preliminary exploration. In R. Schot, C. Newman and E. Bhreathnach (eds), Landscapes of Cult and Kingship, Four Courts Press, Dublin, 22-43.  A proof copy of this article is available on-line through the National University of Ireland Galway's library web site (in ARAN).
• 2011 Landscapes of Cult and Kingship, Four Courts Press, Dublin, 322pp (edited with R. Schot and E. Bhreathnach). 
• 2009 The Sword in the Stone: previously unrecognised archaeological evidence of ceremonies of the later Iron Age and early medieval period, in G. Cooney et al (eds), Relics of old decency: archaeological studies in later prehistory.  Festschrift for Barry Raftery, 425-36.  Wordwell, Dublin. A proof of this article is available on-line through the National University of Ireland Galway's library web site (in ARAN).
• 2008. Environment and Ritual in a Late Iron Age Context: and example from Raffin Fort, Co. Meath, Ireland. In G. Fiorentino and D. Magri (eds) Charcoals from the Past: Cultural and Palaeoenvironmental Implications. Proceedings of the Third International Meeting of Anthracology, Cavallino-Lecce (Italy), June 28^th – July 1^st 2004, BAR (Int. Ser.) 1807, 75-92. (with M. Dillon, K. Molloy and M. O’Connell).

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