Timothy Insoll

Who is Timothy Insoll?

Timothy Insoll is a British archaeologist who specialises in the archaeology of religions and rituals and, in particular, the archaeology of Islam in Africa, and African indigenous religions. He is a lecturer at the University of Manchester, and has published widely.

Insoll undertook his undergraduate studies in archaeology at the University of Sheffield from 1989 to 1992, before going on to work on his PhD at St John's College, Cambridge from 1992 to 1998, there becoming a Research Fellow. Hired as a lecturer at Manchester in 1999, he was promoted to the position of Senior Lecturer, and then Reader in 2004, being awarded a personal chair in 2005.