Ian Russell is currently the curator of the 'Abhar agus Meon: Materials and Mentalities' exhibition which will occur at University College Dublin as part of the 6th World Archaeological Congress in 2008. He was previously employed as a post-doctoral Research Associate in the School of Histories and Humanities at Trinity College Dublin were he acted as administrator of the Digital Image Project - a frontiers research project in the fields of new media studies and humanities research. He specialises in visual and material cultural theory, intellectual history, archaeological theory, modern and contemporary art, heritage and museum studies and modern Irish history. He recently published Images, Representations and Heritage (2006: Springer, New York), an edited volume exploring these interests. He completed his Ph.D. in archaeology and history at Trinity College Dublin under Professor Terry Barry where he was the recipient of a Government of Ireland Broad Curriculum Studentship for teaching and a Trinity College postgraduate studentship. His doctoral research focused on the intellectual history of archaeology in Ireland and the impact of the scientific development of archaeology on social and cultural discourses in modern Ireland. He is currently collaborating with the Metamedia Lab at Stanford University on the study of new media, archaeological research and artistic expression. In 2007-8, he held the NEH Keough Fellowship in the Keough-Naughton Institute at the University of Notre Dame. He currently holds a post-doctoral fellowship with the Humanities Institute of Ireland at University College Dublin.