Awet Teklehimanot Araya
Department: College of Social Sciences and International Studies
Discipline: Institute of Arab and Islamic Studies
Research Centre/Unit: Center for Islamic Archaeology
Project Summary
My current research focuses on the Archaeology of African diaspora in the Gulf (Arabian/Persian), case studies include Archaeological ceramics in Bahrain in the period between the 8th-16th c. AD.
Supervisory Team
Lead Supervisor: Professor Timothy Insoll
Second Supervisor: Dr Emily Selove
Wider Research Interests
Islamic Archaeology
Archaeology of African Diaspora
Archaeology of Identity
Archaeology of the Red Sea and Eastern Africa