When the UK leaves Europe Where Does That Leave Me?

Abstract

This paper presents a personal view of the problems that archaeologists will face as a result of the UK leaving the EU (Brexit). These problems will affect all levels of our discipline, including students, researchers and academics, as well as field archaeologists, and impact equally on both non-domiciled archaeologists working in the UK and UK archaeologists working in other EU countries. The paper suggests that there are opportunities for archaeologists from many different sectors to unite in tackling the difficulties that may arise through the Brexit process, and such opportunities should also embrace tackling other problems affecting our discipline, particularly with regard to issues of diversity and equality.

Keywords:

• Brexit
• archaeologists
• EU
• CIfA
• freedom of movement
• international
• collaboration
• diversity
• equality

Notes

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2. Schlanger, this volume.

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5. Wooldridge, ‘Summary report’.

6. CIfA, ‘CIfA announcement: Beyond Brexit’.

7. CIfA, ‘Letter from CIfA’.

8. Chu, ‘What do immigrants do’.

9. British Academy, ‘Reflections on Archaeology’.

10. CIfA, ‘21st-century challenges in archaeology’.