CBA North

Students Section

CBA North has a student section. Student membership is FREE and includes the following benefits:

What we do:

Two emailed newsletters featuring current archaeology and events taking place in the CBA North region (includes Cumbria, Durham, Northumbria, Teesside and Tyne and Wear);
Special access to sites or world-renowned experts through our special events programme;
Advice on issues concerning archaeological heritage in your area;
Information on fieldwork and details of how you can get involved.

We also aim to:

promote interaction between CBA north members at different colleges and Universities (whether you are just on an evening course, studying for an undergraduate degree, Masters or PhD)
advertise events happening at different universities to members through our email list and Facebook page
advertise volunteering and excavation opportunities through the mailing list and Facebook page.

How to join:

To join the CBA as a student you need to fill in the application form on the ‘become a member’ of our website, and send it along with proof that you are a student (ie a photocopy of your student card) to the address given.

Your Student Representatives:

Kirsty McCarrison

I graduated from Birmingham University in 2005 having studied Ancient History and Archaeology and then took a year out to work as a careers assistant. During this time, I decided to apply for a master’s degree at Durham University (Palaeopathology) after which I went straight into a NERC-funded PhD entitled ‘An Osteological and Biomolecular Study of Prehistoric Tuberculosis in Britain’. I am now in the final year of the PhD so I’m being kept very busy! My interests are primarily infectious disease, weapon trauma, and the history of medicine with a strong focus on outreach and how human remains are represented in museums. I’m a committee member for the British Association for Biological Anthropology and Osteoarchaeology (BABAO) and am very pleased to now be representing CBA North students

Tori Park

Along with Kirsty I am one of the Student Representatives for CBA North. I graduated from Durham University in 2005 where I studied Anthropology followed by an MSc in Palaeopathology. I then took a couple of years break from studying and worked in contract archaeology in the UK and Ireland, spending time working out on site as well as in the lab doing osteological analysis (along with a brief stint in historic building recording!). I’m currently a second year PhD student at the International Centre for Cultural and Heritage Studies at Newcastle University. My research is funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) and looks at how the excavation and reburial of archaeological human remains are portrayed by the British Press, and the impact and attitudes to this.

How to contact us

Your student representatives can be contacted at: cbanorthstudent@britarch.ac.uk