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Kevin D. Fisher is an Associate Professor of Eastern Mediterranean Archaeology in the Department of Ancient Mediterranean and Near Eastern Studies at the University of British Columbia's Faculty of Arts. Previously serving as Assistant Professor from 2013-2022, his academic journey includes postdoctoral fellowships at Cornell University, Brown University, the University of Arkansas, and the University of Toronto.
Fisher earned his PhD in Anthropology from the University of Toronto (2007), where his dissertation "Building Power: Monumental Architecture, Place and Social Interaction in Late Bronze Age Cyprus" won the 2008 Society for American Archaeology Dissertation Award. His research focuses on the relationship between people and their built environments, urbanism in ancient cities, and digital technologies for archaeological analysis. He is Co-director of the Kalavasos and Maroni Built Environments (KAMBE) Project investigating Late Bronze Age Cyprus (c. 1700-1100 BCE) and a partner on the $2.5 million SSHRC Partnership Grant for the Computational Research on the Ancient Near East (CRANE) Project.
Fisher's methodological expertise spans spatial analysis of built environments, digital archaeology (remote sensing, 3D modeling, extended reality), and the study of monumentality and power structures in ancient societies. His work has been supported by substantial funding from SSHRC, NSF, NEH, and CFI, including a 2018 SSHRC Insight Grant ($276,338 CAD) and a 2017 CFI grant ($185,406 CAD) to build digital archaeology infrastructure at UBC.
- Society for American Archaeology Dissertation Award (2008)
- SSHRC Partnership Grant ($2.49 million CAD)
- Canada Foundation for Innovation John R. Evans Leaders Fund Grant (2017-18)
- National Science Foundation Collaborative Research Grant ($168,208 USD)
- UBC Dean of Arts Research Award (2017)
Fisher mentors graduate students in Mediterranean and Near Eastern archaeology and teaches courses on the archaeology of Egypt, Greece, Rome, and the Near East, with special focus on space and place. His research on Late Bronze Age urban transformation in Cyprus bridges traditional archaeological methods with cutting-edge digital approaches, revealing how ancient societies navigated social change through their built environments. His recent publications demonstrate consistent scholarly output with increasing methodological sophistication in digital approaches to archaeological landscapes.
