Staff

Prof Richard Hingley, BA; PhD

Professor in the Department of Archaeology

Member of the Durham Centre for Roman Culture

Biography

Research themes

My primary attention has focused during 2000-2009 upon:

1) Roman imperialism and native reaction across the Western empire (see R. Hingley 2005 Globalizing Roman Culture: unity, diversity and empire). I have a number of articles in press on this topic.

2) The reception of classical culture since the sixteenth century, with a particular focus on how this has been drawn upon to create new materialities in Britain, Europe and North America (see R. Hingley 2008 The Recovery of Roman Britain 1586 to 1910 [Oxford]), R. Hingley and C. Unwin 2005 Boudica: Iron Age Warrior Queen [London], R. Hingley ed. 2001 Images of Rome: perceptions of Ancient Rome in Europe and the United States in the modern age [Journal of Roman Archaeology] and R. Hingey 2000 Roman Officers and English Gentlemen [London]).

3) The materiality and reception of Hadrian's Wall. This reseach builds on the Arts and humanities Research Council project, Tales of the Frontier, which I directed from 2007 to 2009.

My secondary research interests include:
3) Later prehistoric and Roman settlement in Britain and Iberia (see papers on rural settlement in Roman Britain in edited volumes by Peter Salway [2002] and Malcolm Todd [2004] and A. Fleming and R. Hingley eds. 2007 Prehistoric and Roman Landscapes: after Hoskins [Wakefield],
4) Later prehistoric and Roman material culture (see R. Hingley 2006 ‘The deposition of iron objects in Britain during the later prehistoric and Roman periods’, Britannia 37, 213-58 and R. Hingley and S. Willis eds. 2007 Roman Finds: Context and theory [Oxford]) and
5) Ancestral histories during later prehistory. I have a number of publications on this topic, which aims to link reception theory to material culture and archaeological methodology.

From 2009 to 2015, I aim to focus upon:
1) The reception of classical culture from the eighth century to the internet. I aim to produce a monograph to address the results of the Tales of the Frontier project (see 'research projects', below), likely publication in 2012. I also wish to explore potential contacts with classicists in this area and will use my membership of the Classical Receptions Study Network to make relevant contacts. I am also one of the partners involved in a project on Anglo-American antiquarians, which includes academics in Stanford and Brown.
2) Ancestral histories. I am aiming to explore the contribution of ideas of ancestry to later prehistoric societies across Britain and western Europe. This theme builds on my previous research on reuse on Neolithic monuments in Atlantic Scotland (World Archaeology 1996). My new paper, 'Esoteric knowledge:ancient bronze artefacts from Iron Age contexts', will be published by the Prehistoric Society over the Winter of 2009. I am also aiming to extend the perspective to explore ancestral histories during the Roman period in southern Britain (and possibly in Iberia). This will lead to peer-reviewed papers and possibly to a monograph.
3) Roman imperialism and native reaction across the Western empire. I am exploring the opportunities for creating debate between the relatively self-contained disciplines of archaeology, classics and cultural studies, building on the contribution in my book Globalizing Roman Culture. I am seeking ways to promote this initiative through the Centre for Roman Culture which I direct. I have several papers on this topic forthcoming at the present time and aim to write a monography on colonial and post-colonial archaeology for publication, possibly in 2015.
4) Binchester Roman site (County Durham). Durham University, Stanford University and Durham County Council are co-operating over this major archaeological initiative and I am networking and co-ordinating this research project, which is intended to run for five years from 2009.

Previous career and committee membership: I undertook my PhD on Iron Age and Roman period settlement in the Upper Thames Valley (Oxfordshire) at the University of Southampton, graduating in 1983. I am currently a Professor of Archaeology at the University of Durham, having joined the department as a Lecturer in 1999. Prior to this, I worked in heritage management for 16 years (for Historic Scotland and Warwickshire Museum).
My academic and heritage management experience has led to appointments to several national committees. I am a member of the Arts and Humanities Peer-Review College (2009-2012). I am also a member of English Heritage’s Research Advisory Panel and National Mapping Programme Panel. I am also a member of the Hadrian’s Wall World Heritage Committee, the Limes Congress Management Committee and the Hadrian’s Wall Pilgrimage Committee. I was formerly a Council Member of the Roman Society and Secretary to the Archaeology Committee of the same society. I am also currently Review editor for Archaeological Journal.

Research students: I have large and active group of research students working on a variety of Iron Age and Roman topics and welcome qualified and enthusiastic new applicants who wish to explore any aspect of the research themes listed above.

Research Groups

Research Projects

Research Interests

Empire
Heritage management - theoretical and practical aspect
History of the development of Roman archaeology
Post colonial theory and colonial archaeology
Roman imperialism and provincial archaeology in the Western Roman
Sustainabilty and historic landscapes

Indicators of Esteem

2009: Member of the Arts and Humanities Research Council's Peer-Review College:
2007: Principal Investigator, Tales of the Frontier: Principal Investigator: AHRC project Tales of the Frontier: Political Representations and Practices Inspired by Hadrian's Wall: £250,000 (May 2007-July 2009)
2007: Review editor (assistant editor) of Archaeological Journal: Review editor (assistant editor) of Archaeological Journal
2004: Member of English Heritage's Research Advisory Panel:
2001: External Assessor on the apointment of a new Curator in Roman Archaeology at the British Museum: Because of my academic and heritage management experience, I was selected to act as the external consultant on the appointment of a new Curator in Roman Archaeology at the British Museum during October 2001.

Publications

Books: authored

Hingley, Richard. 2008. The Recovery of Roman Britain 1586 to 1910: A Colony so Fertile. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Hingley, R. & Unwin, C. 2005. Boudica: Iron Age Warrior Queen. London: Hambledon and London. (Additional information) (View publication online)
Hingley, R. 2005. Globalizing Roman Culture: Unity, Diversity and Empire. London: Routledge. (Additional information) (View publication online)
Hingley, R. 2005. Settlement and Sacrifice: The later prehistoric people of Scotland. Edinburgh: Berlin.
Hingley R 2000. Roman officers and English gentlemen. London: Routledge.

Books: edited

Fleming, A. & Hingley, R. 2007. Prehistoric and Roman Landscapes: Landscape History after Hoskins. Macclesfield: Windgather Press.
Hingley, R. & Willis, S. 2007. Roman Finds: Context and Theory. Oxford: Oxbow.

Books: sections

Hingley, Richard. 2009. Cultural Diversity and Unity: Empire and Rome. In Material Culture and Social identities in the Ancient World. Hales, Shelly. & Hodos, Tamar. Cambridge.: Cambridge University Press. 54-75.
Hingely, Richard 2009. Foreword. In Pegswood Moor, Morpeth: A later Iron Age and Romano-British Farmstead Settlement. Proctor, Jennifer Pre-Construct Archaeology. vii.
Hingley, Richard. 2008. Hadrian's Wall in Theory: Pursuing new agendas. In Understanding Hadrian's Wall. Bidwell, Paul. Kendal: Arbeia Society. 25-28.
Hingley, Richard. 2008. Romans and Natives in Britain. In Rome and the Barbarians: The birth of a new world. Torino: Skira. 112-115.
Hingley, Richard 2007. Francis John Haverfield (1860-1919): Oxford, Roman archaeology and Edwardian imperialism. In Oxford Classics: Teaching and Learning, 1800-2000. Stray, C. London: Duckworth.
Willis, S. & Hingley, R. 2007. Roman Finds: Context and Theory. In Roman Finds: Context and Theory. Hingley, R. & Willis, S. Oxford: Oxbow. 2-17.
Hingley, R. 2007. The Currency Bars. In Stanway: An Elite Burial site at Camulodunum. Crummy, P., Benfield, S., Crummy, N., Rigby, V. & Shimmin, D. London: Society for the Promotion of Roman Studies. 33-6.
Hingley, R. 2007. The Roman Landscape of Britain: From Hoskins to today. In Prehistoric and Roman Landscapes: Landscape History after Hoskins. Fleming, A. & Hingley, R. Maclesfield: Windgather. 101-113.
Hingley, R. 2006. Defining Community: iron, boundaries and transformation in later prehistoric Britain. In Enclosing the Past. Harding, A., Sievers, S. & Venclova, N. Sheffield: Sheffield Academic Monographs. 116-25.
Haselgrove, C. & Hingley, R. 2006. Iron Deposition and its significance in pre-Roman Britain. In Les depots metalliques au second age du Fer en Europe temperee. Bataille, Gerard & Guillaumet, Jean-Paul Bibracte: Centre archeologique europeen.
Hingley, R. 2005. Foreword. In Becoming Consumers: looking beyond wealth as an explanation of villa variability. Martins, C. Oxford: British Archaeological Reviews. British, 403: i-ii.
Hingley, R. 2005. Iron Age 'currency bars' in Britain: items of exchange in liminal contexts? In Iron Age Coinage and Ritual Practice. Haselgrove, C. & Wigg-Wolf, D. Mainz am Rhein: Phillipp von Zaberg. Studien zu Fundmunzen der Antike. (Additional information)
R. Hingley 2005. Settlement in Britannia. In Unidad y diversidad en el Arco Atlantico en epoca romana. Fernandez Ochoa, C. & Garcia Diaz, P. Oxford: British Archaeological Reports. International 1371: 267-78.
Hingley, R. 2004. Rural Settlement in Northern Britain. In A Companion to Roman Britain. Todd, M. Oxford: Blackwell. 327-48.
Higley, R. & Ingram, H.A.P. 2002. History as an aid to understanding peat bogs. In Understanding the Historic Environment in its Environmental Setting. Smout, T. C. Scottish Cultural Press. 60-87.
Hingley, R., & Miles, D. 2002. The human impact on the landscape: agriculture, settlement, industry, infrastructure. In Short Oxford History of the British Isles: The Rome Era. Salway, P. Oxford University Press. 141-72.
Hingley, R. 2001. An Imperial Legacy: the contribution of Classical Rome to the Character of the English. In Images of Rome: perceptions of Ancient Rome in Europe and the United States in the modern age. Hingley, R. Portsmouth, R.I.: Journal of Roman Archaeology, Supplementary Series. 145-66.
Hingley, R. 2001. Images of Rome. In Images of Rome: Perceptions of ancient Rome in Europe and the United States in the modern age. Hingley, R. Portsmouth, R. I.: Journal of Roman Archaeology. Supplementary Series No. 44: 7-22. (Additional information) (View publication online)
Hingley R 1997. Resistance and domination: social change in Roman Britain. In Dialogues in Roman Imperialism. Mattingly, D. Journal of Roman Archaeology.

Edited essays

Hingley, R 2001. Images of Rome: Perceptions of ancient Rome in Europe and the United States of America in the modern age. Journal of Roman Archaeology, Supplementary Series. Portsmouth, R.I..

Journal papers: academic

Hingley, Richard. 2009. Esoteric Knowledge? Ancient Bronze Artefacts from Iron Age Contexts. Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society 75: 143-165.
Hingley, Richard. & Nesbitt, Claire. 2008. A Wall for all times. British Archaeology September/October 2008: 44-49.
Hingley, Richard. 2008. Not so Romanized: Tradition, reinvention or discovery in the study of Roman Britain. World Archaeology 40: 427-443.
R. Hingley 2007. The Society, its Council, the membership and publications from 1820 to 1850. Archaeologia 111: 173-197. (Additional information) (View publication online)
Hingley, R 2006. Projecting empire: the mapping of Roman Britain. Journal of Social Archaeology 6(3): 328-353. (Additional information) (View publication online)
Hingley, R. 2006. The deposition of iron objects in Britain during the later prehistoric and Roman periods: contextual analysis and the significance of iron. Britannia 37(1): 213-257. (Additional information) (View publication online)
Hingley, R. 2005. Concepcoes de Roma: uma perspective inglesa. Textos Didaticos 47(2nd edition): 27-63. (Additional information) (View publication online)
Hingley R, H.L. Moore, J.E. Triscott & G. Wilson 1997. The excavation of two later Iron Age fortified homesteads at Aldclune, Blair Atholl, Perth and Kinross. Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland. 127 407-466
Hingley R 1996. Ancestors and identity in the later prehistory of Atlantic Scotland: the reuse and reinvention of Neolithic monuments and material culture. World Archaeology. 28 231-243