Research PG
- About
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- Email Address
- s.hiepler.19@abdn.ac.uk
- Office Address
G05 Edward Wright Building
Department of Anthropology
University of Aberdeen
Aberdeen, AB24 3QY
- School/Department
- School of Social Science
Biography
University of Aberdeen, PhD Anthropology - Archaeology (2019-2024)
University of Oxford, MPhil Classical Archaeology (2016-2018)
Southern Methodist University, BA Art History, Minors Arts Managment, Archaeology, Music (2012-2016)
Memberships and Affiliations
- Internal Memberships
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PGR Representative for the School of Social Science (2020-2023)
Symposium Co-Coordinator and Peer Reviewer for Granite Journal (2021-2023)
- External Memberships
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Archaeological Institute of America
Association of Social Anthropologists
British Federation of Women Graduates
European Association of Social Anthropologists
Graduate Women International
University Women of Europe
- Research
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Research Overview
Anthropology of death, museum studies, history of collecting, ancient human remains, Etruscan archaeology, Greek vase painting.
Research Specialisms
- Anthropology
- Archaeology
- Museum Studies
Our research specialisms are based on the Higher Education Classification of Subjects (HECoS) which is HESA open data, published under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International licence.
Current Research
‘In the wake of the existence of a being’: An ethnographic analysis of death and archaeological human remains displayed in university museums in the UK.
Hiepler’s PhD fieldwork was conducted across the 12 university museums in the UK that publicly display archaeological collections.
Hiepler’s PhD thesis examines discourses and museum practices around displayed human remains, drawing connections to contemporary death care concerns in the UK. A core argument is that human remains can come to be displayed through the Lowenthalian thesis that the past purifies and framed as Hertzian secondary burial rites, where the dead body is shifted from the private to the communal realm.
Knowledge Exchange
Peer-reviewer for Common Ground Research Networks
- Teaching
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Teaching Responsibilities
University of Aberdeen, Teaching Assistant
AT1003 (2020-21) Introduction To Anthropology: Peoples of The World
AT1502 (2020-2021) Introduction to Anthropology: Questions of Diversity
Summer Bridging Programme (2021) Sociology, Politics and Anthropology : Social Inclusion and Cultural Diversity
AT2515: Reimagining Colonialism (2022-2023)
PI2508: Global Politics: Equality And Inequality (2022-2023)
Non-course Teaching Responsibilities
Guest Lecturer (February 17th, 2023) "Anthropology of Death and Funerary Rites," SA1002: Ways of Thinking. University of St Andrews.
University of St Andrews, Teaching Assistant (2021-2022, 2022-2023)
SA1002 (Semester 2) Ways of Thinking
SA1001 (Semester 1) Anthropology in the World
SA2002 (Semester 2) Ethnographic Encounters
Guest Speaker (May 5th, 2022) The University of Aberdeen's Museums and Special Collections weekly series.
Guest Lecturer (April 6th, 2021) Seminar on Ancient Art, SMU’s “Egyptian Mummy” at the Dallas Museum of Art: Ethics and New Approaches to the Exhibition of Ancient Human Remains. Southern Methodist University, Dallas.