Wolfson History Prize
1 appearances
Nicholas Jeremy Thomas
ニコラス・ジェレミー・トーマス
Nikorasu Jeremī Tōmasu
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1960-00-00 （Australia）
- Nationality
- Australian, British
- Languages
- English
- Residence History
- Australia → New Zealand → Fiji → Cambridge, UK
Career
- Occupations
- anthropologist, Professor of Historical Anthropology, Museum Director
- Active Years
- 1984-2024
- Affiliations
- Centre for Cross-Cultural Research, Australian National University, Goldsmiths College, University of London, University of Cambridge, Trinity College, Cambridge
- Memberships
- British Academy, Australian Academy of the Humanities, Trinity College, Cambridge
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Wolfson History Prize | Islanders: The Pacific in the Age of Empire | — | Wolfson Foundation | winner |
| 2005 | Fellow of the British Academy | — | — | British Academy | elected |
| 1997 | Corresponding Fellow of the Australian Academy of the Humanities | — | — | Australian Academy of the Humanities | elected |
Wolfson History Prize
2010
Work:
Islanders: The Pacific in the Age of Empire
Organization:
Wolfson Foundation
Result:
winner
Fellow of the British Academy
2005
Organization:
British Academy
Result:
elected
Corresponding Fellow of the Australian Academy of the Humanities
1997
Organization:
Australian Academy of the Humanities
Result:
elected
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Islanders: The Pacific in the Age of Empire
2010 Historical AnthropologyA book on the Pacific islands in the age of empire.
Pacific historyColonialism
Gauguin and Polynesia
2024 AnthropologyRauru: Tene Waitere, Maori Carving, Colonial History
2008 AnthropologyDiscoveries: The Voyages of Captain Cook
2003 HistoryEntangled Objects
1991 AnthropologyBibliography
- Gauguin and Polynesia (2024)
- Islanders: The Pacific in the Age of Empire (2010)
- Rauru: Tene Waitere, Maori Carving, Colonial History (2008)
- Hiapo: Past and present in Niuean barkcloth (2005)
- Discoveries: The Voyages of Captain Cook (2003)
- Possessions: Indigenous Art/Colonial Culture (1999)
- Oceanic Art (World of Art) (1995)
- Entangled Objects (1991)
Legacy
Australian-born prominent anthropologist, Director of the Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology at the University of Cambridge. Winner of the Wolfson History Prize, known as a specialist in historical anthropology of the Pacific.
Museums
- Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, University of Cambridge Cambridge, UK
Academic Societies
- Australian Academy of the Humanities
- British Academy