Dr Richard Benjamin
Head of the International Slavery Museum
Senior management team
Richard gained a BA (Hons) degree in Community and Race Relations at Edge Hill College and then went on to complete an MA and PhD in Archaeology at the University of Liverpool. He was appointed as the head of the International Slavery Museum in 2006.
In his free time he enjoys a wide range of pastimes including photography, travel, world cinema, African American literature and vegan cooking. He is also a keen football and cricket fan following Leeds United and the West Indies respectively.
Key publications
Articles
- Benjamin, RP July 2004, 'Whose Wall: Roman Wall, Barrier or Bond', British Archaeology Magazine, Council for British Archaeology, Issue 77
- Benjamin, RP 2004, 'Building a Black British identity through archaeology', Reconsidering Ethnicity: Material culture and identity in the past, Archaeological Review of Cambridge
- Benjamin, RP Spring 2003, 'Black and Asian Representation in UK Archaeology', The Archaeologist, Institute of Field Archaeologists, Number 48
- Benjamin, RP and Greaves, A 2001, 'The Archaeology of Black Britain: Approaches, Methods and Possible Solutions', case study: North African soldiers at Aballava (Burgh-by-Sands), Black and Asian History Map
Presentations and conferences
- 'The Black Atlantic and the Archaeology of the African diaspora', forum panel member, Society for Historical Archaeology Annual Conference on Historical and Underwater Archaeology, 5-10 January 2005, York
- 'African American archaeology in the North', symposium discussant, Society for Historical Archaeology Annual Conference on Historical and Underwater Archaeology, 5-10 January 2005, York
- 'Creating tomorrow’s archaeologists: who sets the agenda?', TAG 2004, plenary session, 18 December 2004, University of Glasgow
- 'Widening participation, archaeology and the Black community', Widening Participation in Archaeology and the Continuing Education Agenda Conference, 24 September 2004, University of Nottingham
- 'African American archaeology: an English perspective', Society for Historical Archaeology Annual Conference on Historical and Underwater Archaeology, 14-19 January 2003, Providence, USA
- 'African anthropology: an inquiry', 14th Cheikh Anta Diop Conference: 'Theorizing the Discipline', 11 October 2002, Philadelphia, USA
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