James Whitley

Anthony James Monins Whitley, FSA is a British classical archaeologist specialising in the Early Iron Age and Archaic periods of the Mediterranean world. He was Director of the British School at Athens from 2002 to 2007, and Professor of Mediterranean Archaeology at Cardiff University from 2008 to 2025. Having worked at Cardiff University since 1990, he took voluntary redundancy in 2025 when the university undertook cuts including to its ancient history and archaeology provision, but was denied the title of "professor emeritus".

Honours Whitley was elected Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London (FSA) on 4 July 2002.

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