Tutor information
Jade Whitlam
Jade’s research focuses on how people and environments have interacted through time. She is particularly interested in the emergence of farming in southwest Asia and the plant management strategies that underpinned this, as well tracking the long-term socio-economic consequences of farming. She has worked on fieldwork projects in Iraq, Jordan, Israel, Türkiye, Siberia and Italy. As a publicly engaged researcher, Jade has also developed a diverse portfolio of public engagement with research (PER) activities, designing and delivering projects to communicate with public audiences. This includes Farming: The First 12,000 Years a collaboration with the Pitt Rivers Museum (Oxford) and The Museum of English Rural Life (Reading).
Courses
Explore medieval life along the Silk Roads. This hybrid lecture series will cover many facets of life, from farming and agriculture to the lives of women and Jews in today’s Afghanistan, Iran, Central Asia and beyond.
Built more than 11,000 years ago at the dawn of agriculture, Göbekli Tepe is famous for its monumental enclosures and richly decorated T-shaped pillars. Join us to learn more about this extraordinary settlement and the new research that is redefining it.