Kieran Gleave
- Graduate Member, Cambridge Heritage Research Centre
- PhD Student in Archaeology
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About
After completing a BA in Archaeology at the University of Chester in 2019, I went on to work with the Centre for Applied Archaeology (CFAA) at the University of Salford as a Commercial Archaeologist. Being based in England’s Northwest, most of the projects I excavated and recorded were industrial remains dating from the 18th to 20th centuries. Of these industrial sites, I worked on and subsequently authored the archaeological excavation report on the first colliery site to be fully archaeologically investigated in Merseyside.
In 2021, I lay down my trowel and hung up my hard hat to pursue an MPhil in Heritage Studies here at the University of Cambridge. Upon completion of the MPhil, I began my PhD within the Department of Archaeology.
Research
My research centres around the study of industrial and post-industrial heritage(s) in Britain. My MPhil dissertation project explored how ‘everyday industrial heritage’ can provide insights into the core challenges facing industrial heritage today. Building upon the research I conducted in the MPhil, my PhD research aims to examine the network of relationships that regional post-industrial identities have with constructs of a broader British national identity.