{"id":1284,"date":"2017-08-01T12:13:15","date_gmt":"2017-08-01T12:13:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/peternulton.com\/index.php\/home\/"},"modified":"2020-07-17T14:01:22","modified_gmt":"2020-07-17T14:01:22","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/peternulton.com\/","title":{"rendered":"Home"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t
<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t
<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t
<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t

Peter E. Nulton, PhD<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t

Classical Archaeologist, Art Historian, and Maritime Archaeologist<\/p>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

\n\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t
<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t

Biography<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

Peter Nulton is a senior lecturer in RISD\u2019s Art History Department.\u00a0 A specialist in the ancient cultures of Greece, Rome, and Egypt, he teaches art history surveys and more specialized electives in the art of the ancient Mediterranean.\u00a0 He holds an undergraduate degree in Ancient Languages and Fine Arts from Fordham University, and a doctor of philosophy degree in Archaeology from Brown University.\u00a0 Before RISD, he taught Classics at Trinity College, and History of Art at Clark University and the University of Rhode Island.\u00a0 Research interests have included: politics and religion in ancient Athens, sculptural production for domestic contexts in the Roman Empire, portraits of Alexander the Great, and the worship of ancient Egyptian deities in other parts of the Roman Empire.<\/p>

Dr. Nulton has conducted excavations and research in Greece, Italy, Turkey, and Egypt.\u00a0 His Fulbright scholarship resulted in the publication of The Sanctuary of Apollo Hypoakraios and Imperial Athens.\u00a0 His work on the Athenian Acropolis is cited in the guide to the Acropolis Museum.\u00a0 Dr. Nulton is a certified specialist in archaeological scuba diving, and also serves on the board of the Rhode Island Marine Archaeology Project.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

\n\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t

Teaching Philosophy<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

My archaeological training has led me to see art as a useful product of society.\u00a0 The art is a product not only of the artist who created it, but its cultural context, and it always serves a purpose within that context.\u00a0 Too often, people think of the arts as useless or purposeless, and this is a significant error.\u00a0<\/p>

I believe that learning should often be fun.\u00a0 I greatly enjoy learning things myself, and endeavor to choose topics that offer a chance to think differently about things you thought you knew.\u00a0\u00a0 I prefer to look at culture in terms of broader contexts, and believe that my profession has an ethical duty to dispute non-factual accounts that try to revise human history.\u00a0 To paraphrase Senator Moynihan, everyone is entitled to their own opinion, but not their own facts.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

\n\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t

Extracurricular<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

When I\u2019m not teaching or researching, I can be found writing and playing original music.\u00a0 From my childhood through college I was a competitive swimmer (breaststroke, butterfly), and practiced various martial arts.\u00a0 In addition to NCAA swimming, I also played college water polo, then later in life found enjoyment in weightlifting, fencing, and other combat sports.\u00a0 I also enjoy scuba diving, which I learned to enhance the skills I bring to archaeological work.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t
<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\"Dr.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t