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Society for Postdoctoral and Early Career Teaching and Research Staff in Archaeology

Society for Postdoctoral and Early Career Teaching and Research Staff in Archaeology (SPECTRA) is a community-oriented group for all non-permanent teaching and research staff within the School of Archaeology at the University of Oxford.

The primary aims of the society are to:

  • Build connections between contract staff across the School
  • Create opportunities for professional development
  • Provide support and a place where we can share our experiences
  • Promote change by providing official representation

The Society's full constitution is available to download here.

If you have any concerns, questions or problems during your time as a member of the society, please contact our committee.

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News and Events

The best way to keep up with the society's activities and events is by subscribing to our X (Twitter) feed.

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Committee and Contacts

The SPECTRA Committee is the first point of contact for the Society. Our current committee members are:

Dr Emma Horn
Co-Chair
Dr Emma Horn
2 South Parks Rd

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Dr Lorena Becerra-Valdivia
Co-Chair
Dr Lorena Becerra-Valdivia
Dyson Perrins Building (RLAHA)

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Dr Stacy Carolin
Secretary
Dr Stacy Carolin
2 South Parks Rd

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Dr Thomas Huet
Treasurer
Dr Thomas Huet
2 South Parks Road

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Dr Shyama Vermeersch
Events Officer
Dr Shyama Vermeersch
Dyson Perrins Building (RLAHA)

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Dr Qian Ma
Events Officer
Dr Qian Ma
Dyson Perrins Building (RLAHA)

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Useful Resources

School of Archaeology's Research Support (SSO required).
Oxford University Heritage Network.
Oxford University support pages for Public Engagement with Research. (Sign up to the monthly PER digest news bulletin by emailing with subject 'Start PER DIGEST' to publicengagement@admin.ox.ac.uk.
Calendar of Support and Training Events held by Social Sciences Division.
Research Staff Hub. The universities new support network for ECRs.
TORCH- The Oxford Research Centre in the Humanities. They have lots of small funds available across the university.

We hope to build a list of useful resources both with Oxford and beyond. If you have any recommendations please send them to our twitterfeed @oxfordspectra and we will check them out!

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