Dr Susan Arthure
Research Fellow (Southeast Asian Ceramic Archaeology Lab)
College of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences
Susan works as Research Fellow in the Southeast Asian Ceramics Archaeology Laboratory (SEACAL). This lab is the Australian focal point for an ARC Linkage Project, Reuniting Orphaned Cargoes: Underwater Cultural Heritage of the Maritime Silk Route.
She completed her PhD in historical archaeology in 2023 with a thesis titled A Long, Long Way from Clare to Here: An Archaeology of the Irish in Colonial South Australia. This research into the Irish community of Baker’s Flat, near Kapunda in South Australia, identified the first complete exemplar of a clachan (traditional Irish settlement system) to be recognised outside of Ireland so far.
Her research interests include: social identity; the Irish diaspora with a particular focus on the Irish Australian experience; ceramics and the ceramic tradition; folk traditions and folklore; experimental archaeology.
Doctor of Philosophy 2023, Flinders University. Thesis title: A long, long way from Clare to here: An archaeology of the Irish in colonial South Australia
Graduate Certificate in Experimental Archaeology and Material Culture (by distance) (first class honours) 2022, University College Dublin
Master of Archaeology (with high distinction) 2014, Flinders University
Graduate Diploma in Archaeology (with high distinction) 2012, Flinders University
Graduate Diploma in Library Studies (with distinction) 1988, South Australian Institute of Technology
Bachelor of Social Science (Hons) 1983, University College Dublin
Majors: Sociology, Social Administration. Minor: Politics
2025 Maureen Byrne Award for Best Postgraduate Thesis (bi-annual): Australasian Society for Historical Archaeology
2024 College of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences Award for Innovation in Teaching (team award)
2023 Vice-Chancellor's Award for Doctoral Thesis Excellence
2023 Wakefield Press Essay Prize from History Council of South Australia
2020 Wakefield Press Essay Prize from History Council of South Australia
2016 Flinders University Best Research Higher Degree Student Publication Award
2015 R. Ian Jack Award for Best Masters Thesis—awarded by Australasian Society for Historical Archaeology (ASHA)
2015 Ruth and Vincent Megaw Award for Outstanding Collaboration in Archaeological Research and Practice, Flinders University (awarded jointly with Cherrie De Leiuen)
2015 Chancellors Letter of Commendation, Flinders University
2014 Comber Consulting Prize in Archaeology, Flinders University
2014 Best Student Poster Prize at the national conference of Australian Archaeological Association (AAA) and Australasian Society for Historical Archaeology (ASHA)
Co-convenor of ISAANZ 24, the 24th conference of the Irish Studies Association of Australia and New Zealand held in Adelaide in December 2019, with the theme of Foregrounding Irish Women: The Antipodes and Beyond, 2018–2019.
Chair (2018), Deputy Chair (2017-2018) and Board Director at Connecting Up, a not-for-profit organisation providing technology and training services to social enterprises across Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific, 2012–2018.
Co-convenor of the Flinders Archaeology Postgrad Research Colloquium, a research-sharing and support forum for post-graduate students in the Archaeology Department, 2016–2017.
Co-convenor of the 22nd Australasian Irish Studies Conference held in Adelaide in December 2016, under the auspices of the Irish Studies Association of Australia and New Zealand, with the theme of Change, Commemoration, Community, 2015–2016.
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