This includes historical imagery and mapping, satellite imagery and aerial photography.
Kennedy established (1978) and directed (until 2018) the Aerial Photographic Archive for Archaeology in the Middle East (APAAME), a project designed to investigate, document and photograph archaeological sites throughout this region using remote sensing. His interests encapsulate Roman landscape studies, military studies, as well as Roman infrastructure in the Near East. He is Chair of the Roman Archaeology Group (RAG), Perth, established in 2004 to promote interest in Roman Archaeology.ĭavid Kennedy’s research focus is on the Roman Near East, with an emphasis on Jordan. In 2002 Kennedy was awarded a Centenary Medal by the Australian Federal Government "for services to. He is a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London (1985- ) and of the Australian Academy of the Humanities (1995- ). In 1986-87 he held a Senior Fulbright Travel Scholarship (UK to USA) a University of Western Australia 75th Anniversary Award in 1993. He has been a Tweedie Exploration Fellow (1976-7), a Cotton Fellow (2004-5), a Member (1986-) and Visitor (2005, 20) at the Institute for Advanced Study at Princeton, a Stanley J Seager Fellow at Princeton University (2005-) and Visiting Fellow at Brasenose College, University of Oxford (2013). He retired in October 2017, returned part-time on a research grant in 2018 and retired again in January 2020. He taught at the University of Sheffield (1976-1989) and Boston University (1989–90) before taking up a position at the University of Western Australia in 1990, ultimately as a Winthrop Professor. David Kennedy completed a Bachelor of Arts (BA (Hons)) in Ancient History and Archaeology at the University of Manchester in 1974, and was awarded a Doctor of Philosophy (D.Phil) by the University of Oxford in 1980.