About Suzie
Suzie is a professor in heritage studies at the University of Antwerp. She is the Spokesperson for the current Scientific Research Network on Heritage Practice Communities in a Digitized World. She is interested in the ways in which different groups and communities engage with heritage, and did her PhD on metal-detectorists in England and Wales. She teaches Bachelor- and Master-level courses at the University of Antwerp on a variety of topics including participatory methods in heritage work.
Selected publications:
Pitblado, Bonnie L., Suzie Thomas, Anna Wessman, and Sophie Woodward. 2025. "Retheorizing Archaeological 'Artefacts' as 'Belongings'". Archaeologies 21: 209-229. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11759-025-09523-1
Wessman, Anna, Suzie Thomas, Pieterjan Deckers, Andres S. Dobat, Stijn Heeren, and Michael Lewis. 2023. "Hobby Metal-detecting as Citizen Science. Background, Challenges and Opportunities of Collaborative Archeological Finds Recording Schemes". Heritage & Society 16(2): 89-108. https://doi.org/10.1080/2159032X.2022.2098654
Thomas, Suzie. 2022. "Conclusion. Critical Public Archaeology in Context". In Critical Public Archaeology, edited by V. Camille Westmont. De Gruyter Brill. https://doi.org/10.1515/9781800736160-012
