Christopher Fennell
- Professor of Anthropology and Law
- University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
- cfennell@illinois.edu
- ORCID: 0000-0002-1170-8755
- ccfennell
- United States
- CST - Central Standard Time - GMT-6:00
Research areas and topics
Research Focus:
African and European diasporas, historical archaeology, craft and industry
- Employment Sector: Academic
- Continents: Africa, Europe, North America, South America
- Materials: architecture, ceramics, cultural heritage, ethnohistory, sculpture, textiles
- Analytical Skills: aerial survey, Archival research, community outreach, databases, GIS, remote sensing, statistics
- Research Topics: Anthropogenic change, colonialism, cultural enclaves, demography, Disciplinarity, economic history, gender, identity and power, inequality, landscapes, migration, religion, settlement patterns, social development, sustainability, urbanization
Interest in Synthesis
My empirical research addresses subjects in trans-Atlantic historical archaeology and the dynamics of social group affiliations and lifeways among Europeans, Africans, and various social groups within the Americas. These research initiatives include interpretative frameworks focusing on social group identities, ethnic group dynamics and racialization, diaspora studies, regional systems and commodity chains, stylistic and symbolic elements of material culture, consumption patterns, and analysis of craft and industrial enterprises.