Dr. Katie Campbell

Biography

Katie Campbell is a Research Fellow at King's College, University of Cambridge, with a focus on archaeology and heritage management. She has a background in studying history and archaeology, having obtained her MSc in Digital Heritage from the University of York and her DPhil in Archaeology from the University of Oxford. Her doctoral thesis examined the evidence of the Mongol Conquest in the 13th century and its impact on urban changes in cities across Central Asia and the Caucasus. Currently, Campbell investigates broader urban site changes from the 11th to 15th centuries during the period of the Turco-Mongol groups in the region. She has conducted extensive research in Azerbaijan, Georgia, and Turkmenistan, and is currently leading a field project with colleagues at the Otrar State Archaeological Museum, focusing on the ancient urban site of Otrar in southern Kazakhstan. Additionally, she is involved in the Rivers of the Silk Roads Project at the University of Lincoln, exploring how water shaped the societies and empires of Central Asia over the past millennia. Her teaching contributions include lectures and supervisions in various historic and archaeological courses at Cambridge, as well as international lecturing in archaeology at Tbilisi State University in Georgia.

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