Bio
Dr. Shawn Graham is a digital archaeologist and Full Professor in the Department of History at Carleton University in Ottawa, Canada. He is also the Programme Coordinator for the MA specialization in Digital Humanities. He edits the open access journal Epoiesen: A Journal for Creative Engagement in History and Archaeology.
His current major research project, together with his collaborator Damien Huffer, uses neural networks and computer vision to explore the online trade in human remains. As part of the Computational Research in the Ancient Near East (CRANE) Project from the University of Toronto, he is exploring generative adversarial networks and archaeological photography. With Dr. Donna Yates of the University of Maastricht, he is exploring knowledge graph embedding models of the antiquities trade. For more on his research, see his faculty page or his publications.
His work has been featured in the Ottawa Citizen, WIRED, and The New York Times.
In 2019, he won the Archaeological Institute of America’s Award for Outstanding Work in Digital Archaeology for leading the creation of the ‘Open Digital Archaeology Textbook Environment’, O-DATE.
Books
2020 An Enchantment of Digital Archaeology: Raising the Dead with Agent-Based Models, Archaeogaming and Artificial Intelligence. New York: Berghahn Books
2019 Failing Gloriously And Other Essays. Grand Forks: The Digital Press at the University of North Dakota
2015 S. Graham, I. Milligan, S. Weingart Exploring Big Historical Data: The Historian’s Macroscope London: Imperial College Press
2006 Ex Figlinis: The Network Dynamics of the Tiber Valley Brick Industry in the Hinterland of Rome BAR International Series 1486. John and Erica Hedges Ltd: Oxford
Education
University of Reading | Ph.D. Archaeology | 2002
University of Reading | M.A. City of Rome | 1998
Wilfrid Laurier University | B.A. Hons Archaeology | 1997
Current Courses
I cycle through the following courses, with two courses
in particular being the anchors for what’s on offer.
HIST5706a is offered every other year; HIST3814o is offered
in the early summer term. HIST1900c | The History of
the Internet HIST3812 | Playful Engagement with
History HIST3814o | Crafting Digital
History
HIST3000a | Introduction to Digital
Archaeology HIST4916a | DH + Museums
HIST5706a | Digital History for
Public Historians