!!!Matthew Spriggs
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__Present and Previous Positions__
*Since April 2021 Emeritus Professor, The Australian National University, Canberra
*Since 2012 Honorary Curator of Archaeology, National Museum, Vanuatu Cultural Centre, Port Vila
*Since January 2023 Hon. Librarian, Vanuatu and Pacific Collection, National Library, Vanuatu Cultural Centre, Port Vila
*2022 - 2025 Honorary Professor, School of Humanities, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, The University of Sydney
*Robyn Doohan Visiting Fellow in Celtic Studies 2023-2025, School of Art, Communication and English, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, University of Sydney
*2015 - 2025 Affiliate Professor, Department of Archaeology and Ancient History, University of Uppsala, Sweden
*2017 - 2023Honorary Research Associate, McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research, University of Cambridge
*1997 - 2021 Professor of Archaeology, School of Archaeology and Anthropology, College of Arts and Social Sciences, The Australian National University
*1987 - 1997 Fellow and then Senior Fellow, Department of Archaeology and Natural History, College of Asia-Pacific, The Australian National University
*1981 - 1987 Assistant and then Associate Professor, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, Hawaii
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__Honours and Awards__
* 2023 Awarded inaugural Robyn Doohan Visiting Fellowship in Celtic Studies, University of Sydney, 2023 - 2025
* 2023 Appointed Honorary Librarian of the Vanuatu and Pacific Collections, National Library of Vanuatu
* 2022 Awarded the Rhys Jones Medal “for Outstanding Achievement in Australian Archaeology”, Australian Archaeological Association
* 2021 Awarded the 40th Anniversary of Independence Medal by President of the Republic of Vanuatu, Obed Moses Tallis, Port Vila, Vanuatu, 30 July
* 2019 Awarded the Order of Vanuatu (Third Class) Medal for services to archaeology and training in Vanuatu by President of the Republic, Obed Moses Tallis, Port Vila, Vanuatu, 30 July
* 2015 Appointed Leverhulme Trust Visiting Professorship, University of Cambridge, UK for 2016 - 2017
* 2014 Awarded Australian Research Council Laureate Fellowship to be held at ANU, 2015 - 2020
* 2012 Appointed as Honorary Curator of Archaeology, Vanuatu Cultural Centre, Port Vila, by the Vanuatu National Cultural Council, August
* 2008 Awarded “Certificate of Appreciation…in recognition of your valuable contribution and support to Vanuatu Cultural Centre through your contribution to archaeology in Vanuatu for the past 30 years” by the Honourable Joe Natuman, Minister of Culture of the Republic of Vanuatu, in a ceremony on 11 July at the Vanuatu National Museum
* 2004 Awarded as one of 17 Australian "Citation Laureates" by Thomson ISI in a ceremony attended by the Federal Minister of Education, National Press Club, Canberra, Australia, March 24
* 2003 Awarded Centenary Medal of Australia, General List, “For Service to Australian Society and the Humanities in the Study of Pacific and Asian Archaeology”
* 2002 Awarded Vanuatu General Service Medal for services to archaeology and training in Vanuatu by President of the Republic John Bani, Port Vila, Vanuatu, 30 July
* 2002 Elected as a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London
* 2000 Elected as an Overseas Visiting Scholar, St John’s College, University of Cambridge, UK, for October 2001 to March 2002.
* 1998 Elected as a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Humanities
* 1998 Winner of the Kon-Tiki Museum-Telenor “No Barriers” Prize, Kon-Tiki Museum, Oslo, Norway, worth US$25,000
* 1994 Elected to Life Membership, Clare Hall College, University of Cambridge, UK
* 1991 Appointed to the Cultural/Historical Review Board of the Kaho'olawe Island Conveyance Commission, established by the U.S. Senate to "recommend terms and conditions for returning Kaho'olawe Island from the United States to the State of Hawaii"
* 1986 Office of Hawaiian Affairs, State of Hawaii, USA,  Palapala Ho'omaika'i Award "in gratitude for personal service and assistance for the betterment of all Hawaiians"
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