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Chris Gosden
Chris Gosden holds a research professorship in archaeology and has worked extensively on the archaeology of Oxfordshire since 1994, as well as carrying out fieldwork in many other parts of the world. He is author of a wide range of books including The History of Magic: From Alchemy to Witchcraft, from the Ice Age to the Present (2020). He is currently writing a world history, entitled Humans: The First Seven Million Years.
Courses
Chart the deep human history of seafaring across Earth’s oceans – from Ancient Egypt to Bronze Age Greece, Neolithic England to the Vikings, and Ice Age Australia to remote Pacific atolls. Join in Oxford or watch online.
This event examines the concept of the commons, with case studies from archaeology, anthropology and geography. It explores the things we share in common – language, knowledge, physical resources, and the forms of organisation needed to protect them.