Laura Coltofean-Arizancu is a postdoctoral researcher based at the University of Barcelona (Spain) and a former museum curator at the Brukenthal National Museum in Sibiu (Romania, 2012-2018). Within the history of archaeology, she has especially focused on Hungary and Romania in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, researching topics such as interdisciplinarity, nationalism, female archaeologists, social and academic networks, archaeological knowledge production, transfer and exchange, archaeological photography, and the history of museums and archaeological collections.
Margarita Díaz-Andreu is an ICREA Research Professor based at the University of Barcelona (Spain). She holds a PhD from the Complutense University of Madrid. She specialises in prehistoric archaeology, focusing on the rock art and archaeoacoustics of Western Europe. Additionally, she is deeply involved in heritage studies and the history of archaeology, particularly emphasising the history of women in professional archaeology and the politics of identity in archaeology, including social engagement, nationalism and colonialism, ethnicity, and gender.
