Michael John Lewis

FSA
Lewis in 2019
Academic background
Alma materUniversity of Kent
Thesis"The Archaeological Authority of the Bayeux Tapestry" (2004)
Academic work
Discipline
  • Archaeology
Sub-disciplineMedieval archaeology
Institutions
  • British Museum
  • Portable Antiquities Scheme
  • University of York
  • University of Reading

Michael John Lewis FSA is a British archaeologist and Head of the Portable Antiquities Scheme.[1]

Career

Lewis studied at the University of Surrey (Roehampton) and the University of York before researching his PhD at the University of Kent, completed in 2004.[1] He is the current head of the Portable Antiquities Scheme. Lewis is a research associate at the University of York and a visiting professor at the University of Reading.[2][3]

Between 2012 and 2017 Lewis was a special constable with the Metropolitan Police Art & Antiques Unit.[3][4]

He was elected as a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London on 4 April 2006.[5] He is Freeman of the Worshipful Company of Art Scholars and an adviser to the All Party Parliamentary Archaeology Group.[1]

Select publications

  • with P. Deckers & S. Thomas. 2016. Aspects of Non-Professional Metal Detecting in Europe. Open Archaeology.
  • with N. Speakman 2016. Los Pilares de Europa: la edad media en el British Museum. British Museum/ObraSocial la Caixa.
  • 2014. Saints and their Badges: saints’ lives and medieval pilgrim badge. Greenlight publishing.
  • with G. Owen-Crocker & D. Terkla. 2011. New Research on the Bayeux Tapestry: proceedings of aconference at the British Museum. Oxbow.
  • with G. Egan, K. Leahy, J. Naylor & S. Worrell. 2010. A Decade of Discovery: proceedings of the Portable Antiquities Scheme Conference 2007. British Archaeological Reports
  • 2008.. The Real World of the Bayeux Tapestry. The History Press.

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Michael Lewis". Portable Antiquities Scheme. Retrieved 18 April 2020.
  2. ↑ "DR Michael Lewis FSA MIfA Research Associate". University of York. Retrieved 18 April 2020.
  3. 1 2 "Professor Michael Lewis". University of Reading. Retrieved 18 April 2020.
  4. ↑ "Art-Beat Constables". Illicit Cultural Property. Retrieved 18 April 2020.
  5. ↑ "Michael John Lewis". Society of Antiquaries of London. Retrieved 18 April 2020.


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