Tareq Alsheikh Hasan Awwad
3005202a@student.gla.ac.uk
Research title: Syrian Archaeological Excavations after the Independence of 1946 to the Present: Colonial Legacies and Decolonial Ambitions
Research Summary
This project will explore the history of archeology in Syria and its impact on local archaeological excavation management, methods, and practices, as well as interpretive paradigms in post-independence excavations from 1946 until 2010. The project seeks to situate current practices of archaeological knowledge creation in Syria’s colonial history and key archaeological research projects.
This study will explore post-independence archaeological practice in Syria from three interrelated perspectives:
1) Local communities of practice, including: (a) Syrian archaeologists. (b) The structure, organization, and management of Syrian archaeological missions. (c) The relationships of excavation labourers and archaeological research teams.
2) Excavation methods and techniques. The second part of the study will develop a comprehensive understanding of the aims of Syrian excavations, their overall research strategies, the methods employed, and interpretive frameworks used to narrate results.
3) Foreign institutions. A third component will explore the emergence and development of international research institutions/schools, focusing in particular on policies regarding excavation practices up to 2024.
Publications
Tareq Awwad & Mustapha Audeh (2024). Arslan Tash Palace: a reconsideration of the architecture, phases, chronology and use1, Levant, DOI: 10.1080/00758914.2024.2315852
2024. The nature of the relationship between the Syrian communities and the archaeological sites between the past and present variables (Displaced Syrian in Lebanon and Jordan as a case study, 2021-2022). Under review.
2024. The Factors shaping Syrians' relationship with archaeological sites: Syrian Displaced Voices in Lebanon and Jordan, 2021-2022. Under review.
2024. A Manual Book on the Archaeological Excavation in the Eastern Mediterranean. In proofreading.
TRANSLATION:
2020. "Principles of Archeological Stratigraphy" by Dr. Edward Harris into an Arabic Edition with Baraa Seraj Al-Deen. Harris Matrix, online.
Grants
2025-2029: PhD Scholarship from the Arts and Humanities Research Council & the Scottish Graduate School for Arts & Humanities (SGSAH-AHRC Doctoral Training Partnership Studentship), Scotland, UK.
June-Sept. 2024: the Council for British Research in the Levant (CBRL),
CBRL Research Support Grants 2024. UK- Jordan.
Jan.-July 2024: A privat grant from Harris Matrix.
Jan 2021-Jan. 2022: the Mellon Fellowship Program, at Columbia Global Centers-Amman, with the cooperation of the Department of Anthropology, Columbia University in New York.
May-Sept. 2008: Small grant from the Council At-Risk Academics (Cara), UK.
Conferences
2022. Heritage and Archeology Diwan conference, in collaboration with Ifpo, CBRL, and GPIA.
- The topic “The relationship between the archaeological excavations and the local communities in the Eastern Mediterranean” (Syria as a case study).
2021. Closed Round Table at Columbia Global Centers|Amman.
The topic is "The relationship between the Syrian communities and archaeological sites and its factors.”
