Patrick Gleeson
Patrick Gleeson is a archaeologist interested in the later prehistoric, medieval and historical archaeology of Europe. He was awarded a Philip Leverhulme Prize in 2022 for this work, recognising the international impact of his research. He is a member of the Young Academy of Ireland (RIA), the Historic Monuments Council of Northern Ireland, and the Standing Committee for Archaeology of the Royal Irish Academy. His current research focus is (i) the archaeology of cult, rulership, kingdoms and governance in the first millennium AD of northern Europe; and (ii) novel approaches to landscape and social-ecological change, including developing chronologies for change for the recent past (1700–). He is particularly interested in the use of large scale remote sensing, G.I.S. and the application of new and novel methodologies at a landscape scale in these areas. Ongoing field projects include Dunseverick Promontory, Kedrah Fort, Lagore Crannog, Navan Fort, the Rock of Cashel, Knockainy and Milfield, while he has also worked on multi-proxy approaches to human-environment dynamics particularly associated with island archaeology/ecology. PhD and postdoctoral projects are welcome in any aspect of (i) Iron Age or medieval society, and specifically cult, kingship and religion in late prehistoric and medieval Europe; and (ii) catastrophes and multi-scalar human-environment dynamics 1700–present.
