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Neil Curtis is Head of Museums and Special Collections and Honorary Senior Lecturer in Social Science at the University of Aberdeen. He holds a PhD in Archaeology from the University of Glasgow, an MA in Museum Studies from the University of Leicester, and an MSc in Education from the University of Aberdeen. His roles include leadership in museum ethics, collections management, and academic teaching. He has worked with the Aberdeen collections since 1988 and teaches across Archaeology, Anthropology, Art History, History, Law, Museum Studies, and Scottish Ethnology.
Research interests focus on museum ethics (repatriation, decolonization), Scottish museum history, prehistoric archaeology of North-East Scotland, and material culture studies. He is a Fellow of the Museums Association and served on key committees including the Museums Association Ethics Committee and Scottish Archaeological Finds Allocation Panel.
Recent work emphasizes co-production in community heritage projects, radiocarbon dating of archaeological materials, and the role of 3D photogrammetry in museum education. His publications span journals like Journal of Community Archaeology & Heritage, PNAS, and Oxford Handbook of History and Material Culture.
- Grants: Leverhulme Trust (Beakers and Bodies Project), AHRC Connected Communities (Bennachie Project)
- Labs/Teams: Leads University Museums in Scotland network, coordinates curatorial courses at Aberdeen