Curriculum Vitae
Peter. E. Nulton
Classical Archaeologist, Art Historian, and Maritime Archaeologist
pnulton@risd.edu
Education
Brown University, Providence, RI 2000
PhD, Old World Archaeology and Art
Dissertation: “The Sanctuary of Apollo Hypoakraios on the Acropolis North Slope:
Politics and Religion in Imperial-Age Athens”
American School of Classical Studies at Athens
Regular Member 1995-1996
Associate Member 1998-1999
American Academy in Rome
Classical Summer Session 1997
Fordham University, Bronx, NY 1992-1994
BA:Classical Languages and Fine Arts
Minor: Classical Civilizations
Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, PA 1990-1992
Major: Classical Languages
Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, PA 1990-1992
Major: Classical Languages
Post-graduate Honors and Grants
National Endowment for the Humanities 2005
Summer Institute: “Roman Religion in its Cultural Context”
hosted by American Academy in Rome
Sheridan Center for Teaching and Learning, Brown University
Teaching Seminar Certificate 2000
Fulbright Fellowship to Greece 1998-1999
New York Classical Club
Rome Scholarship 1997
Brown University Graduate Student Awards
Research Fellowships 1997-1998
Travel Grant 1995-1996
Jukowsky Foundation Scholarship 1994-1995
Teaching Experience
Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
Senior Lecturer 2005-Present
Degree Program Courses:
Art History 102
Topics in Art History: Greek and Roman Art
Egypt and the Aegean in the Bronze Age,
Art in the Age of Alexander the Great
Greek Architecture
Early Christian Art
Ancient Art and Archaeology,
Art and Literature of the Trojan War
European Honors Program:
Archaeology of Ancient Rome: Urban Planning and Architecture
Pre-college Program:
Critical Studies in Art
Art During Crisis: Contemporary Issues (online)
University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI
Part-Time Faculty 2004-2016
Courses:
Introduction to Art History I: Prehistoric to Medieval
Introduction to Art History II: Renaissance to Modern
Art History 120 (Art Appreciation)
The Art of Greece and Rome
Classical Association of New England
Instructor 2019
Course: Demystifying the Etruscans
Rhode Island College
Adjunct Faculty 2015
Course: Greek and Roman Art
Community College of Rhode Island
Adjunct Professor 2005-2009
Course: Introduction to Art History
South Coast Learning Network
Instructor 2007
Courses: Art History & Guitar
E.F. Tours
Educational Tour Leader 2006
Greece and Italy, bearing credit for Clark University
Clark University
Visiting Assistant Professor 2001-2007
Advisor to first-year students and art history concentrators
Courses:
Introduction to Archaeology
Portrait and Representation
Greek Art and Architecture,
Myth and the Greek Ideal,
The Aegean World
Ancient Cities and Sanctuaries,
Art in the Age of Alexander the Great
The Temple Builders: Architecture in Ancient Greece,
Classical Myth in Art
Trinity College
Visiting Assistant Professor 2001
Course: Greek and Roman Architecture
Excavations at Poggio Civitate, Murlo, Italy
Lecturer 2000
Excavations and Curatorial Experience
Certified Archaeological Scuba Diver 2019
Centro Sub Campi Flegrei, Pozzuoli, Italy
PADI Specialty
Rhode Island Marine Archaeology Project 2017-present
Excavations at Poggio Civitate, Murlo, Italy – University of Evansville
Area Supervisor 2000
Center for Old World Archaeology and Art – Brown University
Curatorial Assistant 1995, 1998
Excavations at Corfu, Greece – Université Louvain-la-Neuve
Field Supervisor & Artifact Resgistration 1995-1996
Excavations at Corinth, Greece – American School of Classical Studies at Athens
Trench Supervisor 1996
Selected Publications and Lectures
“Developments in Greek Art of the Fourth Century,” Review of Greek Art and Aesthetics in the Fourth Century B.C. by William AP Childs, in The Classical Review, 69 (2018) 1-3.
“More than a Picture Gallery: The Stoa Poikile as an Ancient Athenian Museum,” in Museum Clausum: A Collaborative Look at Multi-Temporal Athens. Forthcoming.
Review of From the Temple and the Tomb: Etruscan Treasures from Tuscany by P. Gregory Warden, (ed.) in Rasenna: Journal of the Center for Etruscan Studies, II (2010).
“The Three-Figured Reliefs: Copies or Neoattic Creations?” in KOINE: Studies in Mediterranean Archaeology in Honor of R. Ross Holloway, Oxbow 2009.
“Centum Homines: the Alexander Mosaic and the Military Museum in the Hellenistic World” College Art Association Annual Meeting, New York, NY, February, 2007
Apollo Hypoakraios and Imperial-Age Athens, Book in the Archaeologia Transatlantica series, 2003.
“Apollo Hypoakraios Revisited,” AIA/APA National Meeting, Dallas, TX, December 28, 1999.
“The Cave-Sanctuary of Apollo Hypoakraios: Politics and State Religion in Ancient Athens,” invited lecture at Brown University, February 25, 2000.
Language Proficiencies
Conversational speaking proficiency in Modern Greek, basic conversational Italian.
Reading knowledge of Latin, Ancient Greek, Modern Greek, German, French, Italian, Spanish, Turkish.
Professional Organizations
Rhode Island Marine Archaeology Project – Executive Board member since 2019
College Art Association
Classical Association of New England
Archaeological Institute of America
American Philological Association
International Society for the Study of Greek and Roman Music
International Association for the Study of Ancient Baths
American Numismatic Society