Prof James Whitley - FSA
Education & Qualifications
Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge University 1976-1980
BA (now MA), part I Classics, Part II Archaeology
Cambridge University 1981-1986
PhD. in Archaeology
Career Overview
Professor in Mediterranean Archaeology from 1st September 2008 onwards.
Reader in Mediterranean Archaeology, Cardiff, from 1st September 2004 - 2008.
Director of the British School at Athens, 1st October 2002 – 30th September 2007
Senior Lecturer in Mediterranean Archaeology, Cardiff, 1st September 2001 until 31st August 2004
Lecturer in Mediterranean Archaeology, Cardiff, September 1993 – September 2001
Tutorial Fellow in Archaeology, Cardiff, 1990-1993
Visiting Assistant Professor, Vassar College, Spring 1990
Macmillan-Rodewald Student at the British School at Athens 1988-89
School Student at the British School at Athens 1986-87
Teaching Profile
Greek Archaeology and Archaeological Theory
Awards & Prizes
Award in recognition of contribution to ‘Greek culture’ awarded by Mr Giorgios Voulgarakis, the Greek Minister of Culture, at the Athenian Agora, 20th June 2007
Antiquity Essay Prize for 2003, for article ‘Too many ancestors’
Sir Steven Runciman prize awarded June 2002, for book The Archaeology of Ancient Greece
Membership & External Activity
Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London, 2002 onwards
Member, Archaeological Institute of America, 1988- present
Member, British School at Athens, 1982 to present