| CURRICULUM VITAE
NAME: Paul Thomas NICHOLSON
PRESENT AND PREVIOUS APPOINTMENTS
CURRENT POST AND CONTRACT: Senior Lecturer in Archaeology. School of History and Archaeology, Cardiff University.
CAREER:
1999- Senior Lecturer in Archaeology, Cardiff University
1994 -1999 Lecturer in Archaeology, Cardiff University
1991-1994 De Velling Willis Research Fellow at the Department of Archaeology, University of Sheffield. (Researching production and distribution in ancient Egypt, with particular reference to ceramics)
1990-1991 British Academy & Egypt Exploration Society Research Associate at the Department of Archaeology, University of Sheffield (Petrology of Egyptian Pottery)
1988-1990 S.E.R.C. Postdoctoral Research Fellowship held at the Universities of Cambridge and Sheffield (Scientific examination of Egyptian pottery from Amarna).
1985-1987 Leverhulme Trust Research Assistantship at the Department of Archaeology, University of Sheffield. (Egyptian Pottery)
QUALIFICATIONS
POST-SCHOOL EDUCATION:
1978-1988 University of Sheffield
1981 B.A.: First Class Honours in Prehistory & Archaeology
1986 Ph.D. THESIS: Pottery Production In The Hunsrück-Eifel-Kultur: A World System Perspective. (Submitted 1986)
Ph.D DEGREE: Awarded May 1987
CERTIFICATE IN EGYPTOLOGY: University of Manchester. Distinction. Awarded 1993
Dissertation: Ancient Egyptian Glass And Its Relationship To Faience And Other Manufactures: A 'Vitreous Materials Industry?
HONOURS AND DISTINCTIONS
2007 Elected Vice-Chair of the Egypt Exploration Society (Currently a BASIS Institution of the British Academy)
2004 Elected Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London
1991 Elected Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society
PUBLICATIONS
Please click to download a full list of publications (Word format - 192K)
DETAILS OF RESEARCH GRANTS
Grants to HISAR
| Date |
Amount £ |
Ref. if any |
Sponsor |
Purpose or Title |
2001 |
520,000.00 |
|
SRIF (ELWa) |
Refurbishment of archaeological laboratories in HISAR. |
1999 |
165,519.00 |
|
HEFCW JREI |
Purchase of Analytical Scanning Electron Microscope (Principal investigator, other applicants D. Watkinson and K. Anheuser). |
TEACHING RESPONSIBILITIES AND POSTGRADUATE SUPERVISIONS
| PhD Supervision: |
| Currently two students. |
| Masters: |
| Masters in Archaeology, specialist Egyptology modules. |
| B.A./BSc. Schemes (Part II) |
| HS2304 |
Independent Archaeological Study. (10 credits). |
| HS2306 |
European Iron Age. (10 credits). |
| HS2312 |
Third Year Archaeological Dissertations. (20 credits). |
| HS2318/2381 |
Archaeological Science (20 credits) |
| HS2325 |
Artefact Study And Analysis. (10 credits). |
| HS2361 |
Technology and Artefacts. (10 credits). |
| HS2365 |
Complex Societies. (10 credits) |
| HS 2366 |
Introduction to Egyptian Archaeology (20 credits). |
| HS2376 |
Egyptian Funerary Archaeology (20 credits) |
| HS2400 |
Materials and Technology (10 credits) |
| HS2410 |
Pharaohs of the Sun (20 credits) |
| B.A./BSc. (Part I) |
| HS2101 |
Olduvai To Uruk. (10 credits). |
| HS2105 |
Dating And The Archaeological Record. (Team taught) (10 credits). |
| HS2117 |
Great Discoveries in Archaeology (10 Credits) (Devised with V. Cummings) |
| HS2120 |
Ancient Egypt: An Introduction. (10 Credits) |
SCHOOL, UNIVERSITY AND EXTERNAL RESPONSIBILITIES
| School: |
| 2007-2008 |
Archaeology Publicity Officer |
| 2000-2004 |
Head of Archaeology, School of History and Archaeology (wef September 2000) |
| 1999 |
School First Aider |
| 1999 |
Responsible for co-ordinating JIF bid |
| 1997-1999 |
Archaeology Examinations Officer |
| 1996- |
HISAR/Archaeology Publicity Officer |
| 1996-1997 |
Responsible for Revision of HISAR Student Handbook |
| 1996-1997 |
Responsible for HISAR Undergraduate Brochure (Archaeology Section) |
| 1996-1997 |
Assistant Examinations Officer |
| 1995-1997 |
Secretary to Board of Studies, Archaeology |
| University: |
| 2001 |
Re-elected to Senate |
| 1998 |
Elected to Senate |
| External duties: |
| 2007 |
Vice-Chair of Egypt Exploration Society |
| 2006 |
External panel member for appointment of lecturer in Biomedical and Forensic Egyptology, Manchester University. |
| 2005- |
Board member of KNH Centre for Biomedical and Forensic Egyptology, Manchester University |
| 2004 |
Trustee of Gwent and Glamorgan Archaeological Trust |
| 2000 |
President of the Ancient Middle East Society |
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