Chris Gerrard (Historical Archaeology, University of Durham, UK)has held a professorial chair in Archaeology at the University of Durham since 2009. He was Deputy Head of Department and chair of the Department’s Research Committee in 2005-7 before becoming a Deputy Head of the Faculty of Social Sciences and Health (for Postgraduate matters) 2008-11, Deputy Head of Department again in 2012 and Chair of the Board of Studies 2013-2016.