Nicky Nielsen

Dr Nielsen is a Senior Lecturer in Egyptology teaching both traditional undergraduate units as well as distance learning. He is also the programme director on the Minor in Egyptology and programme co-director on the MA Egyptology programme.

Originally from Denmark, Dr Nielsen was awarded an AHRC Block Grant to undertake PhD research at the University of Liverpool investigating subsistence strategies and craft production at the Ramesside fortress site of Zawiyet Umm el-Rakham. He obtained his PhD in 2016. He has excavated in Europe, Turkey and Egypt, and is currently the field director of the Tell Nabasha Survey Project, which conducts archaeological investigations of the ancient city of Imet located in the north-eastern Nile Delta.

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Dr Nielsen's primary research interest is in Egyptian archaeology and the material culture of New Kingdom and Late Period Egypt, with emphasis on ceramics and craft production. He also specialises in Egyptian settlement archaeology, in particular in the Delta and the Marmarican Coast. As part of this specialisation, he has conducted excavations at Tell Nabasha in the northeastern Nile Delta, and also works on a project focusing on the 1886 excavations of the site by the British archaeologist Flinders Petrie. In addition, he has published inscriptional material from various UK museum collections.

He also conducts pedagogical research, focusing in particular on the effective development of Distance Learning in Higher Education. He has recently co-written (with Professor Joyce Tyldesley) From Mummies to Microchips: A Case Study in Effective Online Teaching Developed at the University of Manchester published by Routledge.

Programme Director:

Minor in Egyptology, School of Arts, Languages and Cultures, Faculty of Humanities

Master in Egyptology, School of Arts, Languages and Cultures, Faculty of Humanities

Unit convenor:

CAHE10651: Introduction to the History and Culture of Pharaonic Egypt

CAHE25762: Art and Technology in Ancient Egypt

CAHE20072/30072: Social Life in Ancient Egypt

CAHE66011: Academic Skills and Research Design in Egyptian Archaeology 1

CAHE66122: Academic Skills and Research Design in Egyptian Archaeology 2

Teaching Awards (won):

2020 Outstanding Teaching Award, The University of Manchester’s Outstanding Teaching, Learning and Student Experience Awards.

2020 Outstanding Technology Enhanced Learning Award, The University of Manchester’s Outstanding Teaching, Learning and Student Experience Awards.

2020 Programme of the Year Award (MA Egyptology), The University of Manchester’s Outstanding Teaching, Learning and Student Experience Awards. 

2021 Outstanding Teaching Award, The University of Manchester’s Outstanding Teaching, Learning and Student Experience Awards.

Teaching Awards (nominated):

2021 Outstanding Technology Enhanced Learning Award, The University of Manchester’s Outstanding Teaching, Learning and Student Experience Awards.

2021 Outstanding Undergraduate Supervisor Award, The University of Manchester’s Outstanding Teaching, Learning and Student Experience Awards.

2023 Student Union Awards, Excellence in Online Education Award