Manuel Fernández-Götz

Dr Manuel Fernández-Götz

Professor of Later European Prehistory

GB Fellow

Manuel Fernández-Götz is Professor of Later European Prehistory at the University of Oxford. Previously, he was Abercromby Professor at the University of Edinburgh, where he also served as Head of the Archaeology Department.

His main areas of research are the archaeology of identities, early urbanisation, migrations, and conflict archaeology, with a primary focus on Bronze and Iron Age Europe. Manuel has carried out fieldwork in the United Kingdom, Germany, Spain and Croatia, and authored over 240 publications. Recent books include the monograph "Archaeology of the Roman Conquest" (CUP 2024), as well as the edited volumes "Rethinking Migrations in Late Prehistoric Eurasia" (OUP 2023) and "Power from Below in Premodern Societies" (CUP 2021). From 2021-25 he was PI of the Leverhulme Trust-funded project “Beyond Walls: Reassessing Iron Age and Roman Encounters in Northern Britain”. His research has been recognised by various distinctions and awards, including the Philip Leverhulme Prize and the Royal Society of Edinburgh’s Thomas Reid Medal in Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences.

He has been a board member of the European Association of Archaeologists and the Young Academy of Europe. He is currently a member of the Academia Europaea, Corresponding Member of the German Archaeological Institute, Honorary Professor at the University of Edinburgh, and Trustee of National Museums Scotland.