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Professor of Archaeology, Durham University

Richard Hingley is Professor of Archaeology and Director of the Centre for Roman Culture at Durham University.

His current research focuses on transforming knowledge of Rome, addressing several distinct topics, including
- 'Geographies of Roman heritage'
- ‘The genealogy of the changing meanings of ‘empire’ from the classical Roman past to the present day’.
- ‘Roman identity and social change’
- ‘The reception of knowledge of Rome in the Western Roman empire’
- ‘Colonial archaeologies from the eighteenth century to today’.
- ‘Ancestral histories’

Experience

  • –present
    Professor of Archaeology, Durham University