Our people
Director
Kenneth Sheedy
Director, Australian Centre for Ancient Numismatic Studies
Associate Professor, Department of Ancient History
Associate Professor Kenneth Sheedy was appointed the founding director of the Australian Centre for Ancient Numismatic Studies in 2000. He is also a member of the teaching staff of the Department of History History and Archaeology and a member of the Centre for Ancient Cultural Heritage and Environment. He received his doctorate in Classical Archaeology from the University of Sydney in 1987.
Board
Professor Chris Dixon [Profile]
Mrs Janet Gale
Dr Ian Plant [Profile]
Associate Professor Ted Nixon
Mr Colin Pitchfork
Dr Ross Burns
The Hon. Cameron Lionel Murphy AM MLC [Profile]
Staff
Deputy Directors for Research, ACANS:
- Dr Peter Edwell [Profile] [Academia.edu]
- Associate Professor Eva Anagnostou-Laoutides [Profile]
Associate members
- Associate Professor Lea Beness (Honorary Associate Professor in the Department of History and Archaeology, Macquarie University).
- Dr Ross Burns (Honorary Researcher, Department of History and Archaeology, Macquarie University).
- Dr Gil Davis (Australian Catholic University, Sydney).
- Professor Damian Gore (School of Natural Sciences, Macquarie University).
- Associate Professor Tom Hillard (Honorary Associate Professor in the Department of History and Archaeology, Macquarie University).
- Professor John Melville Jones (Emeritus/Senior Honorary Research Fellow, Department of Classics and Ancient History, University of Western Australia).
- Dr V. Luzin (Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation).
- Associate Professor Ted Nixon (Former Honorary Researcher, Department of History and Archaeology, Macquarie University).
- Mr. Scott Olsen (Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation).
- Associate Professor Clare Rowan (Department of Classical Studies, Warwick University).
- Associate Professor Kenneth Sheedy (Department of History and Archaeology, Macquarie University).
- Dr Floriana Salvemini (Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation).
- Mr. James Tindall (Former Librarian, NSW State Library).
Senior research fellows
2020-2023: Senior Fellow program suspended.
2018: Professor Lee Brice, (Western Illinois University, USA).
2017: Professor Oğuz Tekin (Koç University, Türkiye).
2016: Dr Anne Lykke (Aarlborg University, Denmark).
2014: Dr. David Pritchard (University of Queensland).
2012: Dr Nikola Carsule (Macquarie University).
2011: Dr Michel Amandry (Cabinet des Medailles, BNF, Paris).
2010: Dr Sencan Altinoluk (Canakkale Onsekiz Mart University, Türkiye).
2009: Professor Brian Bosworth (Macquarie University).
2007: Professor John Melville Jones (University of Western Australia).
2006: Dr Sergei Kovalenko (Pushkin Museum, Moscow).
2005: Mr Donald Ariel (Coin Department, Israel Antiquities Authority).
2004: Dr Andrew Burnett (The British Museum).
2003: Dr Kathryn Welch (University of Sydney).
2002: Professor Barbara Burrell (University of Cincinnati, USA).
2001: Dr Tom Stevenson (University of Auckland, NZ).
Gale distinguished lecturers
2024: Dr Richard Abdy (The British Museum).
2020-2023: Gale Lecturer in Numismatics programs suspended.
2019: Professor Chris Howgego (Ashmolean Museum, Oxford)
2018: Professor Lee Brice, (Western Illinois University, USA).
2017: Professor Oğuz Tekin (Koç University, Türkiye).
2016: Dr Clare Rowan (University of Warwick, UK).
2015: Dr Jeremy Armstrong (University of Auckland, NZ).
2014: Dr David Pritchard (University of Queensland).
2012: Professor Matthew Trundle (University of Auckland, NZ).
2011: Professor Keith Rutter (University of Edinburgh, UK).
2008: Professor Osmund Bopearachi (Sorbonne University, Paris).
2007: Professor John Melville Jones (University of Western Australia).
2006: Professor Richard Seaford (University of Exeter, UK).
2005: Mr Donald Ariel (Coin Department, Israel Antiquities Authority).
2004: Dr Andrew Burnett (The British Museum).
2003: Professor Dan Potts (University of Sydney).
2002: Professor Harold Mattingly (University of Leeds, UK).
2023 ACANS volunteer, intern, and Junior Research Fellow team.