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Educated as an archaeologist and historian, my research and teaching centres on the archaeology, architecture, art, and numismatics of the Islamic World. In my work I seek new ways of understanding formative developments in Islamic society through the use of contemporary (and especially post-colonial) approaches to the analysis of visual culture. I have worked in the Middle East for over 35 years, over which time I have directed five major field projects. My current research focuses on the major site of Jarash (in partnership with the Department of Antiquities of Jordan), and a joint heritage and archaeology project in northwest Qatar at the UNESCO-listed World Heritage site of Al Zubarah (in partnership with the Qatar Museums Authority).