Nicholas L. Wright
I am a professional field archaeologist and numismatist, now working in the museum sector in Northern Ireland.
My principal research interest can be defined as social history as evidenced by material culture – an archaeological approach which integrates other evidence types, especially numismatic and literary, to construct a holistic picture of past societies. I focus on cultural and political interactions between settler and indigenous populations in colonial contexts with special reference to the relationship between ethnicity, culture and power.
I attained a BA (Hons 1) in Classical Archaeology at the University of Sydney in 2004 and my PhD at Macquarie University in 2010. I have worked extensively as a field archaeologist in Australia, Europe, the Middle East and Central Asia. I worked as a tutor and casual lecturer in the Department of Ancient History at Macquarie University (2009-2011) and a Research Officer at the Australian Centre for Ancient Numismatic Studies (2007-2012).
My doctoral dissertation 'Religion in Seleukid Syria: gods at the crossroads (301-64 BC)', took an integrative approach to the study of Hellenistic cult and cultic practices in western Asia employing a combination of archaeological, numismatic and historical evidence. The research used religion as a lens through which to explore the processes of acculturation and rejection within a colonial context. It discusses the state attitude towards, and manipulation of, both Hellenic and indigenous beliefs and places this within a framework developed out of a series of case studies exploring evidence for religion at a regional level.
My principal research interest can be defined as social history as evidenced by material culture – an archaeological approach which integrates other evidence types, especially numismatic and literary, to construct a holistic picture of past societies. I focus on cultural and political interactions between settler and indigenous populations in colonial contexts with special reference to the relationship between ethnicity, culture and power.
I attained a BA (Hons 1) in Classical Archaeology at the University of Sydney in 2004 and my PhD at Macquarie University in 2010. I have worked extensively as a field archaeologist in Australia, Europe, the Middle East and Central Asia. I worked as a tutor and casual lecturer in the Department of Ancient History at Macquarie University (2009-2011) and a Research Officer at the Australian Centre for Ancient Numismatic Studies (2007-2012).
My doctoral dissertation 'Religion in Seleukid Syria: gods at the crossroads (301-64 BC)', took an integrative approach to the study of Hellenistic cult and cultic practices in western Asia employing a combination of archaeological, numismatic and historical evidence. The research used religion as a lens through which to explore the processes of acculturation and rejection within a colonial context. It discusses the state attitude towards, and manipulation of, both Hellenic and indigenous beliefs and places this within a framework developed out of a series of case studies exploring evidence for religion at a regional level.
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