BA, MPhil, PhD (Cantab)
Dr Shadia Taha
Research Expertise
Qualitative Research, Cultural Heritage (tangible/intangible), Material Culture, Ancient Nubia, Kushites Kingdoms, Traditional Knowledge, Sustainable Development, Nomads and nomadic heritage, Coastal communities', Ethnographic techniques.
Research Interest
Ancient Nubia, Kushites Kingdoms, Oral traditions, cultural heritage (tangible/intangible), traditional knowledge, local communities, forced relocation, memory and identity, sustainable development, nomadic routes and the heritage of incense in Sudan
Current Work
Research Fellow Department of Anthropology and International Development, School of Global Studies, University of Sussex.
Collaborative Research Project examining 'Global Pilgrimage and Circuits of Exchange'.
- Tutor Wolfson College Cambridge
Guest Lecturer, Cambridge Heritage Research Centre, University of Cambridge
Affiliated Research Scholar, McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research, University of Cambridge
Researcher with the Civilisation in Contact Project
Independent Researcher
Research Associate with the Indian Ocean World Centre
Previous Projects
Consultant for Google Project: Uncover Sudan's Pyramids with Google Arts & Culture
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uSTYu1Psv9c
https://artsexperiments.withgoogle.com/meroe/
- Consultant for the ‘Rising from the Depths’ East Pemba Maritime Heritage Project
News
Invitatied to Ena Thompson Annual lecture series, History Department, Pomona College, S. California. Keynote Lecture and teaching, March 2024.
Section Editor for: The Palgrave Encyclopedia of Cultural Heritage and Conflict, edited by Professor Ihab Saloul and Dr Britt Baillie
Included in the TrowelBlazers series of Women in African Archaeology
https://troweious lblazers.com/shadia-taha/
Research Fellow, School of Global Studies, Department of Anthropology and International Development, University of Sussex
A collaborative research project, directed by Professor Raminder Kaur, University of Sussex. Funded by The Leverhulme Trust. The main focus is on diverse Sikh, Hindu, Muslim, Jewish and Catholic communities in Birmingham along with their conceptual, material and physical mappings of pilgrimage sites in South Asia
Background
PhD Heritage Studies. Department of Archaeology, University of Cambridge
MPhil Archaeology, Department of Archaeology, University of Cambridge
BA (Hons) Social Policy, Department of Social Studies, Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge
BA (Hons) Archaeology, Department of Archaeology, University of Khartoum (Sudan)
Availability
Available for consultancy and collaborative projects - Fieldwork & Research Projects
Geographical Areas
Africa, Gulf States, Middle East
Contact details
Wolfson College, Barton Road, Cambridge, CB3 9BB
Email: st446@cam.ac.uk
Websites
https://sites.google.com/view/shadiataha
https://www.wolfson.cam.ac.uk/people/shadia-taha
Sudan plendid Heritage, by Dr Shadia Taha
https://www.youtube.com/c/sudanssplendidheritage