Faculty
James C. Wright
PhD: Bryn Mawr College 1978
Title: William R. Kenan Jr. Chair, Professor and Chairman, Department of Classical and Near Eastern Archaeology: Aegean prehistory and Greek archaeology, spatial theory, archaeological theory and method.
Office: Thomas Hall 227
Office hours: Wednesday 1-2:30pm, Thursday 10-11am
Phone: 610-526-5340
Email: jwright@brynmawr.edu
Research Interests:
Pre- and protohistoric Aegean; Greek architecture and urbanism; land-use and settlement; method and theory, GIS and cultural geography
Courses: Aegean Pre- and Protohistory, Ancient Greek Cities and Sanctuaries, The Early Bronze Age, Early and Middle Minoan Crete, The Mycenaeans, The Origins of the Polis, Greek
Curriculum Vitae and Publications
Personal Statement:
My primary interest is in the evolution of complex societies in the Aegean basin, and this leads to interests in architecture and urbanism, the social aspects of socio-political integration, the use of the landscape by humans. I have always been interested in ancient Greek architecture, especially as it informs us about the development of the polis, of Greek sanctuaries, of regionalism and of the spread of Hellenism. I am currently coordinating with Greek colleagues the excavation of Mycenaean cemeteries in the vicinity of ancient Nemea, Greece and bringing to press with Dr. Mary Dabney the results of our excavations of the prehistoric settlement on Tsoungiza at Ancient Nemea, Greece..
