Beatriz Marín-Aguilera

Research Fellow, McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research, University of Cambridge


I have a combined background of History (BA, MA, Universidad Complutense, Madrid) and Archaeology (MA, PhD, Universidad Complutense, Madrid) with a focus on the material culture of colonialism. Currently a Postdoctoral Fellow at the McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research, I was previously an affiliated postdoc at the Department of Archaeology at Ghent University (Belgium), and a Project Officer at the Research Executive Agency of the European Commission. During my doctoral studies, I was invited as visiting graduate student at Brown University (Joukowsky Institute for Archaeology), the Spanish School for History and Archaeology in Rome, and Glasgow University (Department of Archaeology). I have conducted fieldwork in Antigua and Barbuda, Chile, Cyprus, Italy and Spain. I am especially interested in power relations, hybridity, indigeneity, and colonial borderlands looking at clothing as well as the conception and use of domestic space in colonial contexts.

Weaving Cultures: Textiles of the Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology

by , and | 16.07.18

Cambridge is a fascinating place that brings people and objects together; a place that unites museums and research and attracts experts from all over the world. In April 2018, the Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology welcomed world-leading experts who studied and discussed some of the manifold textile treasures hold in the collections of the museum. This masterclass was part of… Read full article