Daniel R. Hansen is a PhD candidate in the Department of Anthropology. His doctoral research examines the role of material things and landscapes in the ongoing (re)construction of Pictish identity in Scotland from the early Middle Ages to the present. Tracing the social entanglements of Pictish carved stone monuments across historical contexts, this project integrates archaeology, art history, linguistics, and historical scholarship to investigate the medieval and early modern past, alongside ethnographic inquiry into contemporary engagements with that past. Daniel received a BA in anthropology from the University of Michigan in 2018 and an MA in anthropology from the University of Chicago in 2021.