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Hasan J. Ashkanani is an assistant professor of anthropological archaeology and a curator of Anthropology and Archaeology Museum and Laboratory in the department of Sociology, Social Work, and Anthropology at Kuwait University, recently a consultant of NCCAL for antiquities and museums affairs. His research interests involve: studying artifact assemblages of Late Neolithic and the Bronze Age in the Arabian Gulf and adjacent regions, using chemical and petrographic analysis; the source of artifacts common to the Ubaid-culture and Dilmun Periods; and the nature of socio-political entities, social complexity, trade and exchange, and social archaeology. Hasan's research interests also involve the history of archaeology and museums in Kuwait, Cultural heritage digitalization and public archaeology.
| 2014- | Director of Archaeology and Anthropology Museum and Laboratory at Kuwait University. |
| 2017-2018 | First General Director of Abdullah Al Salem Cultural Center (Amiri Dewan Cultural District). |
| 2009-2014 | Ph.D. program, Department of Anthropology, University of South Florida, Tampa GPA: 3.74/4.00. (Hasan in USF President Speech) |
| 2007-2009 | Master of Arts, Department of Anthropology, Wayne State University, Michigan GPA: 3.85/4.00. |
| 2000-2004 | Bachelor of Art, Major: History, Minor: Anthropology, Kuwait University, Kuwait GPA: 3.80/4.00. |
| 2024 | Honored with Knight of the Order of Arts and Letters from French Republic. |
| 2023 | Certificate of the most downloaded paper by Wiley during 2021 in Arabian Archaeology and Epigraphy scientific journal (certificate).paper titled "Investigating ancient technology and ceramic composition at Al-Khidr site (Failaka Island, Kuwait): Geochemical analyses of Bronze Age pottery by pXRF and thin section petrographic analyses”. |
| 2021 | Hassan Ashkanani honored with the Order of the Star of Italy from the President of Italy for promoting cross-cultural links between Kuwait and Italy. |
teaching anthropology and archaeology classes, curator of anthropology and archaeology laboratory and museum at college of social sciences.
| 2021-2022 | Director of Archaeological and Folklore Studies Unit at Kuwait University. |
| 2017-2018 | First General Director of Abdullah Al Salem Cultural Center (Amiri Dewan Cultural District) |
| 2017-2022 | Director of Fieldwork Training and Alumni Unit at College of Social Sciences. |
Kuwait Archaeology, Arabian Gulf Archaeology, Bronze Age, Neolithic Age, Chemical and Mineralogical analyses, Cultural Heritage, portable XRF, Digital heritage, history of archaeology and museum, public archaeology, anthropology.
2024 “Khaldun al-Naqeeb in Newspapers Archive: Renovation Cultural and Scientific Role of Khaldun”. Hasan Ashkanani. Center for the Gulf and Arabian Peninsula Studies, (7), 2024. Kuwait University, Kuwait. 2023 Kuwait University Students’ Awareness and Perception of Archaeology”. Art College Journal, Alexandria University, 37(114) 2023 pp. 1-22. 2022 “Museum Movement in Kuwait”. Cultural and Heritage Industry Conference. Abu Dhabi. October 2022. 2021 "Investigating ancient technology and ceramic composition at Al-Khidr site (Failaka Island, Kuwait): Geochemical analyses of Bronze Age pottery by pXRF and thin section petrographic analyses". Hasan J. Ashkanani & Branislav Kovár. Arabia Archaeology and Epigraphy Journal 2021 (32) 8-20. 2020 A Characterization Study of Ubaid period Ceramics from As-Sabbiya, Kuwait, Using a Non- Destructive Portable X-Ray Fluorescence (pXRF) Spectrometer and Petrographic Analyses. Hasan J. Ashkanani, Robert H. Tykot, Ali Al-Juboury, Ciprian Stremtan, Jan Petrik & Karel Slavicek. Arabia Archaeology and Epigraphy Journal 2020. 31:3-18. 2019 Investigating Land-Use and Land-Cover Changes of Failaka Island: A Study in Geography and Geoarchaeology. Muhammad G Almatar, Hasan Ashkanani & Ahmed Hassan. Journal of Social Sciences, Kuwait University. |