James Whitley (archaeologist)

Anthony James Monins Whitley, FSA is a British classical archaeologist specialising in the Early Iron Age and Archaic periods of the Mediterranean world. He was Director of the British School at Athens from 2002 to 2007,[1] and Professor of Mediterranean Archaeology at Cardiff University from 2008 to 2025.[2] Having worked at Cardiff University since 1990, he took voluntary redundancy in 2025 when the university undertook cuts including to its ancient history and archaeology provision, but was denied the title of "professor emeritus".[3]

Honours

Whitley was elected Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London (FSA) on 4 July 2002.[4]

Selected works

  • Whitley, James (1991). Style and society in dark age Greece: the changing face of a pre-literate society 1100-700 BC. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9780521373838.
  • Whitley, James (2001). The archaeology of ancient Greece. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9780521627337.
  • Westgate, Ruth; Fisher, Nick; Whitley, James, eds. (2007). Building communities: house, settlement and society in the Aegean and beyond : proceedings of a conference held at Cardiff University, 17-21 April 2001. London: British School at Athens. ISBN 9780904887563.

References

  1. ↑ "Professor James Whitley". People. University of Cardiff. Retrieved 5 November 2015.
  2. ↑ "Dr James Whitley". Department of Archaeology. University of Cambridge. Retrieved 5 May 2026.
  3. ↑ Mansfield, Mark (25 June 2025). "Cardiff University academic who objected to cuts robbed of title through 'spite'". Nation.Cymru. Retrieved 5 May 2026.
  4. ↑ "List of Fellows - W". Society of Antiquaries of London. Archived from the original on 9 July 2012. Retrieved 9 March 2013.
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