Katie Campbell
@KxCampbell
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Archaeologist of medieval Central Asia and the Caucasus. Research Fellow @Kings_College @Cambridge_Uni on @KingsSilkRoads programme.
Cambridge
Joined July 2014
New article in @IJIA_Journal on mud architecture and why the accounts of #Mongol destruction by Genghis Khan's armies in #CentralAsia should not be understood literally! https://t.co/TQ0BukCiLn OA pre-print https://t.co/Ss2j5PUT9k
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Fantastic opportunities for early career researchers! 4 x research fellowships available at King's for people up to c. 2 years post PhD. Topics include 'Myth' 'Fabrication' and a new #SilkRoads fellow. Deadlines 15th and 28th of September. https://t.co/d988NCuHFO
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Join us this Friday, the 14th for @rchaeosusanne from @UniBonn for: 'The economics of building cities in the steppes: Karakorum, the former capital of the Mongol World Empire'. 2pm UK time, @Kings_College & online. All very welcome! Sign up & info: https://t.co/16D7iTLLg4
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Excited to welcome @MDFrachetti of @WUSTLAnthro & Farhad Maksudov, Uzbekistan Academy of Sciences-Tashkent Branch presenting on the abandoned city of Tugunbulak 🇺🇿 for the first @Kings_College #SilkRoads seminar of the term! 2pm, Fri 31st Jan UK time https://t.co/16D7iTLLg4
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The Mongol Zoominar returns Friday Jan 17 (14:30 CET) with our first meeting for 2025: “Plague and Famine: Global and Local Perspectives” with Philip Slavin and Chun Xu Check out the invitation and link in the poster
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Join us 2pm this Friday (6th) @Kings_College and online for our own Angus Russell of @KingsSilkRoads & @MMLL_Cambridge who will present 'Tamga: taxation, morality and trade in post-Mongol Eurasia'. All very welcome! Info and sign up: https://t.co/16D7iTLLg4
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Delighted to welcome Prof. Sussan Babaie of @TheCourtauld this Friday, 22 November, at 2 pm, for a talk on arts and Mongol connections – as ever, all very welcome! In person in Keynes Hall at King's, or register to watch online at: https://t.co/3lwPr4vvYz.
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Our colleagues @ArcDurham & University of al-Qadisiyah in Iraq have used declassified spy satellite images to help locate the lost site of a famous early Islamic battle, #Battleofalqadisiyyah which took place in 637/8AD. Find out more👇🏻 https://t.co/zHvNfWXjM6
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Exciting new role! Head of Curatorial @FitzMuseum_UK @Cambridge_Uni. Come and lead our fantastic curatorial team across research, display/exhibition projects and acquisitions & much more. https://t.co/rLH0uXxRgA
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Thrilled to be welcoming the curators of @britishmuseum's #SilkRoads exhibition this Friday, 15 November, at 2 pm – all very welcome! In person in Keynes Hall at King's, or register to watch online at: https://t.co/YVvZlITJ1A.
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Join us for a round table on 'Democracy in Georgia' 🇬🇪 Friday 8th at 2pm UK time, at this week's @Kings_College #SilkRoads Seminar. Featuring experts, Beka Kobakhidze @IliaStateUni @k_kakachia and @NUKA21. All very welcome! Register: https://t.co/6I3zAKnQAq
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Looking forward to hearing our very own @KxCampbell on #Otrar this Friday, 1 November, at 2 pm as the fourth speaker in this term's seminar series – all very welcome! In person in the Audit Room at King's, or register to watch online at: https://t.co/9KaTRGN5NU.
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Delighted to host @rachel_r_mairs from @UniRdg_Classics who will present 'Regime Change and the Archaeological Record of Old Kandahar'. Fri 25th Oct at 2pm in the Audit Room @Kings_College and on Zoom. All very welcome! https://t.co/16D7iTLLg4
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Looking forward to hearing @HuseiniSaid on Chinggisid kingship this Friday, 18 October, at 2 pm as the second speaker in this term's seminar series – all are very welcome to join! In person in Keynes Hall at King's, or register to watch online at: https://t.co/I9JzvPUcs8
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Still finding lots of amazing #Qarakhanid period material at #Otrar #Otyrar 🇰🇿 Today archaeologist Mariam has been excavating this big ceramic basin, we have also discovered drainage pipes nearby. In-house plumbing from c. 11th century ��
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Back at #Otrar #Otyrar 🇰🇿 where we are excavating #Qarakhanid period buildings (c.11th-12th century). Archaeologist Tata has found a beautiful decorated pot sherd. Thanks to @BIPS_Britac @KingsSilkRoads & @UCamArchaeology for funding & support!
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BREAKING NEWS. The end of an era. The #Taliban approved the destruction of the ancient #Buddhist city of #MesAynak #Afghanistan by #Chinese company MCC. For more on the effort to save #MesAynak, please watch "Saving Mes Aynak" by @Brent_Huffman
https://t.co/TpA4ldd7GH
savingmesaynak.com
Mes Aynak Copper Mine Operations to Resume by Next Week #TOLOnews
https://t.co/6KGIqOQJkD
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Delighted to introduce a fantastic set of papers with my co-chair Xia Chen of the very first edition of Silk Roads papers. These are written by award winners of the Youth Research Grant - that is such an exciting part of the #SilkRoads programme @UNESCO
https://t.co/AdqUihCg3q
unesdoc.unesco.org
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Weekly Georgian Etymology: დათვი datvi 'bear', from Old Georgian ႣႠႧჃႨ datwi, from Georgian-Zan *datw-, from Proto-Kartvelian *da(sʲ)tw-. Unquestionably ancient in Kartvelian, it may yet be an ancient loan from Akkadian 𒊍 dabītu 'she-bear' into the protolanguage.
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