Prof. Paul Lane currently the Jennifer Ward Oppenheimer Professor of the Deep History & Archaeology of Africa at the University of Cambridge, UK, and is presently involved in the following research and training projects:
| 2025-2029 | Principal Investigator, Landscape Historical Ecologies of Ancient African Pastoralists (LHEAAPS) European Research Council Advanced Grant / UKRI Frontier Research for research on the Pastoral Iron Age of Kenya, £1.56 million |
| 2025-2027 | Principal Investigator, Climates of Change Around Lake Chalbi, Kenya: Developing a Deep History of Human-Environment Interactions. Mastercard Foundation and University of Cambridge Climate Resilience and Sustainability Research Fund £19,306. |
| 2024-2029 | Principal Investigator Mapping Africa’s Endangered Archaeological Sites and Monuments, Arcadia Foundation, for mapping and documentation of archaeological sites & monuments in eight sub-Saharan African countries, £5.3 million. Co-Investigators: Professor Stephanie Wynne-Jones, University of York; Professor Kevin MacDonald, University College London; Professor Innocent Pikirayi, University of Pretoria; Professor Anneli Ekblom, Uppsala University; Professor Ibrahima Thiaw, University Cheikh Anta Diop, Dakar; Professor Hilario Madiquida, Eduardo Mondlane University, Maputo; Dr Kennedy Gitu, British Institute in Easter Africa. Nairobi., Drs Alexander Livingstone-Smith and Dr Nicolas Nikis, Universite Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels. |
Related Links
Uppsala University – Bilateral collaboration with Mozambique
Affiliations
keywords
Archaeology of sub-Saharan Africa
Landscape Historical Ecology
Transitions to food production in eastern and southern Africa
Archaeology of pastoralism in eastern Africa
Archaeology, colonialism and postcolonialism
Heritage, identity and memorialisation
Organisation of space and time among human societies in the past and present
Maritime archaeology and historical ecology
Subjects
Archaeology
Geographical areas
Africa