Biography
Nicolas Wyatt
PROFESSOR OF ANCIENT RELIGIONS OF THE MIDDLE EAST UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH
(retired 2005; EMERITUS 2006)
UNIVERSITY EDUCATION
University of GLASGOW (PhD, part-time) 1970-76
University of LONDON, KING'S COLLEGE and SCHOOL OF ORIENTAL AND AFRICAN STUDIES
History and Phenomenology of Religion 1969⎯70
University of LONDON, KING'S COLLEGE, Theology 1966⎯69
MONTPELLIER UNIVERSITY, French and Theology (both without a degree) 1962⎯63
HULL University, French and Theology (and Spanish [no degree]) 1960⎯64
CAREER
2006- Emeritus Professor of Ancient Near Eastern Religions, School of Divinity, University of Edinburgh and Honorary Research Professor, New College, Edinburgh
2002-2005 Lecturer in Ancient Near Eastern Religions, School of Theology, University of Edinburgh
1998⎯2002 ASSESSOR in Religious Studies, Department of Theology and Religious Studies, University of Edinburgh
1989⎯1998 Senior Lecturer in Religious Studies, Department of Theology and Religious Studies, University of Edinburgh
1988⎯1989 Lecturer in Religious Studies, Department of Theology and Religious Studies, University of Edinburgh
1977⎯1978 Lecturer in Hebrew and Old Testament, Department of Religious Studies, University of Ibadan
1975 Lecturer in Religious Studies (part-time), Department of Religious Studies,
University of Stirling
1970⎯1988 Lecturer in Religious Studies, Department of Religious Studies, University of Glasgow.
MEMBER OF SCIENTIFIC ASSOCIATIONS (past and present):
American Schools of Oriental Studies
American American Association for Near Eastern StudiesBritish Association for the Study of Religion
British Archaeological School of Jerusalem (Secretary 1993-94)
Council for British Research in the Levant
European Association for Biblical Studies
Society of Folklore
Oriental Society of the University of Glasgow (Secretary 1978-84)
International Association for the History of Religion
Royal Asiatic Society (Member)
Society for Old Testament Study (Committee Member 2015-)
Society of Biblical Literature
Society for Traditional Cosmology
COMMITTEE MEMBER:
Secretary of the British School of Archaeology, i/c of the Edinburgh Secretariat, and member
of the Council. March 1993-December 1994Member of the Publications Committee of the Society for Traditional Cosmology 1993⎯present
Member of the Committee of the Tweedie Exploration Fund 1995⎯2005
Member of the Committee of the Society for the Study of the Old Testament 2015⎯present.
TEACHING
(A) TEACHING PRELIMINARY STUDIES (during the last two years of employment, 2003-5):
LEVEL and SUBJECT
(i) (1) Religion 1 (Ancient Near East)
(ii) (2) Religion 2 (History of religions)(iii) (1) (1) Biblical Studies 1 (Genesis)
(iv) (3/4) Honours: Ugaritic language
(v) (3/4) Honours: Egyptian religion
(vi) (3/4) Honours: Canaanite religion
(vii) (3/4) Honours: Jewish Myth
COURSES taught in EDINBURGH in the past
i) (2) Selected Psalms (Hebrew)
ii) (3/4) Myth and Symbol
iii) 3/4) Violence in ancient religion at GLASGOW
i) (1-4) various courses on early Hinduism (Vedas, Upaniṣads, theistic systems); also in Stirling 1975
(ii) (1) short courses on Buddhism and Jainism(iii) (1-4) various courses on Israelite religion, pre- and post-exilic
(iv) (3-4) Egyptian religion, Canaanite religion