Dr Matthew Nicholls

Biography

Dr. Matthew Nicholls is currently working as a Associate Professor in the Department of Classics, University of Reading , United Kingdom. Responsibilities: Matthew Nicholls Areas of Interest: Lecturer , Part 1 Coördinator Research groups / Centres: Matthew currently teaches CL2RE Roman Empire and CL3RC Roman Cities. These courses reflect his interest in the political and social history of the Romans and the way that the built environments of Rome and cities around the empire expressed their values and priorities. He also directs Reading's unique City of Rome MA programme and provides much of the teaching for it, alongside Dr Annalisa Marzano and other colleagues. As well as his teaching duties, Matthew is Classics' Part 1 Coördinator, responsible for the design and delivery of the department's large courses at Part 1 including CL1CA Fifth-Century Athens and CL1CB Augustan Rome. He is also responsible for the department's IT provision, especially of the lovely Apple computers he likes to use - he currently holds grants from the Annual Fund and Teaching and Learning Development Fund for working on digital modelling of the city of Rome (see further below). Matthew believes that it is important for students to encounter the ancient world first-hand, and has therefore helped to orgainse and lead the first, very successful, departmental study trips to Rome in 2009 and 2010.

Research Interest

Areas of Interest: Lecturer , Part 1 Coördinator