Weber Andrzej Witold

Year of birth

1954

Academic degree

PhD

Field of studies

History and archaeology

Professor in the Department of Anthropology at the University of Alberta (Canada)

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Leading scientist's research interests: Archeology, Historical Sciences and Archeology:

Old World Archaeology, Siberia, Northeast Asia, Mesolithic, Neolithic, Hunter–gatherers;

Holocene foraging adaptations in the Lake Baikal region, Siberia, and Hokkaido;

Evolutionary change, subsistence, social organization, mortuary archaeology.

Quote by the head of the laboratory: Our achievements impress simply because the project has commenced in the end of May 2018. It is very pleasant to realize that all the goals that we had set were reached during the first year. This is really commendable as the team had had only 7 months to work!

Awards and achievements:

2019 - Honorary Professor of Irkutsk University (Russia).

2015–2019 - A*MIDEX Foundation, Endowed Research Chair (Aix-Marseille Université, France).

2015 - Visiting Professor, Ainu Centre for Indigenous Research (Hokkaido University, Japan).

2014 - Nomination for the Partnership Award (Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada).

2013 - Nomination for Fellowship of the Royal Society of Canada.

2013 - Research Award in the rank of Full Professor, Faculty of Arts, University of Alberta (one award per each rank)

1990–2013 - Research Associate (Canadian Circumpolar Institute, University of Alberta, Canada).

2012 - Keynote Speaker: Weber A.W. "Holocene Hunter–gatherers of Cis-Baikal (Siberia): A paradigm shift from unilinear to variational evolution" (The 39th Annual Conference of the Alaska Anthropological Association, Seattle, USA, February 29 – March 3, 2012).

2011 - Invitation from Canada Foundation of Innovation to submit equipment grant application to the Leaders Opportunity Fund.

2010 - Keynote Speaker: Weber A.W. (with contribution from D. White) "Baikal Hunter–gatherer Archaeology" (International Workshop Bridging Eurasia: Environmental and Human Dynamics in Southern Siberia", Berlin,Germany, April 28 – May 02, 2010).

2008 - Weber A.W. "Baikal Archaeology Project Today and Tomorrow" (Keynote address presented at the "Hunter–gatherer Archaeology of the Northern Pacific", Sapporo, Japan, 10–12 January, 2009).

2000–2002 - Teaching Honours Roll (Department of Anthropology, University of Alberta, Canada).

1984 - President Award for Excellence in Research (Adam Mickiewicz University, Poland).

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Hosting organization	Field of studies	City	Invited researcher	Time span of the project
Laboratory for the Inter-disciplinary Study of Space Tyumen State University - (UTMN)	History and archaeology	Tyumen	Bassin Mark USA	2021-2023
Laboratory for Architectural Archaeology and the Inter-disciplinary Study of Architectural Monuments The Institute of Archaeology of the RAS - (IA RAS)	History and archaeology	Moscow	Giumlia-Mair Alessandra Switzerland, Italy	2021-2023
Laboratory for Social and Anthropological Research Tomsk State University - (TSU)	History and archaeology	Tomsk	Funk Dmitriy Anatoliyevich Russia	2013-2017