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Victoria holds a PhD in Biological Anthropology from Department of Archaeology, the University of Cambridge. She was supervised by Dr Arik Kershenbaum and Professor Robert Foley, and advised by Dr Emma Pomeroy. Her PhD profile is accessible via the Cambridge Department website here

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EDUCATION

Bachelor of Composition, Sydney Conservatorium of Music (2014-2018)

Bachelor of Arts (Archaeology/Art History), University of Sydney (2014-2018)

First Class Honours (Archaeology), University of Sydney (2019)

PhD in Biological Anthropology, University of Cambridge (2020-2023)

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ACADEMIC WORK EXPERIENCE

Archaeological Review from Cambridge - Book Reviews Editor (2020 - 2022 )

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The Australian Museum Blog - supervised by Stan Florek (2014 - 2018): Sample available here

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Soyo, Mongolia NMAP + Max Planck Institute 2017

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Kantarodai Expedition (Jaffna, Sri Lanka) 2018

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Coves del Toll (Moia, Catalunya) 2018 - solo field work, supported by the Olwen Tudor Scholarship and UNESCO

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ACADEMIC and SCIENTIFIC PUBLICATIONS

Pham, V. A.-V., & Fletcher, R. (2024). Negative Space: An Alternative Framework for Archaeoacoustics. Journal of Cognition, 7(1): 6, pp. 1–17. DOI: https://doi.org/10.5334/joc.331

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Book Chapters (about to be updated!)

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Co-authored

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Taylor, W. & Fantoni, M. et al. 2020. ‘Horse sacrifice and butchery in Bronze Age Mongolia,’ Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports, p. 1-8.

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Taylor, W.T.T., Clark, J., Bayarsaikhan, J. et al. Early Pastoral Economies and Herding Transitions in Eastern Eurasia. Sci Rep 10, 1001 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-57735-y

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Other

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Nguyen, J. & Pham, V.A.V. 2023. How we’re using the Vietnamese ethnic savings scheme ‘Hụi’ to buy back our cultural heritage. The Conversation. https://theconversation.com/how-were-using-the-vietnamese-ethnic-savings-scheme-h-i-to-buy-back-our-cultural-heritage-204802 

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ACADEMIC AWARDS AND FUNDING

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2022

Research Fund, Department of Archaeology (University of Cambridge) 

SSHB Grant for Research, University of Loughborough 

 

2020

Maureen A Byrne Memorial Prize for Best Thesis in Archaeology IV (Prehistoric and Historical) 

Finalist NSW Young Achiever's Award and Finalist NSW Young Achiever's Award for Academic Achievement

Cambridge University Trust: International Scholar Scholarship (2020-2023)

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2018

John Schaeffer Fund for Nineteenth-Century Art 

Olwen Tudor Jones Scholarship for Archaeological Fieldwork 
 

2017

Graduates Prize for Prehistoric and Historical Archaeology 

Frank Albert Prize in Prehistoric and Historical Archaeology 

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2016

Kathleen Garnham Laurence Prize for Fine Arts (Art History)

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