James C. Wright

{{Short description|Classical archaeologist}}{{for|the politician|Jim Wright}}

James C. Wright is an American classical archaeologist and academic who specialises in the Aegean civilizations and Ancient Greece. Since 1998, he has been a professor in the Department of Classical and Near Eastern Archaeology of Bryn Mawr College.{{cite web|title=James C. Wright|url=http://www.brynmawr.edu/archaeology/wright_bio.html|website=Department of Classical and Near Eastern Archaeology|publisher=Bryn Mawr College|accessdate=5 May 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160508071216/http://www.brynmawr.edu/archaeology/wright_bio.html|archive-date=8 May 2016|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|title=JAMES C. WRIGHT|url=http://www.brynmawr.edu/archaeology/documents/Wright-Archaeology-CV-FULL290514.pdf|website=Department of Classical and Near Eastern Archaeology|publisher=Bryn Mawr College|type=pdf|accessdate=5 May 2016|date=29 May 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151019073759/http://www.brynmawr.edu/archaeology/documents/Wright-Archaeology-CV-FULL290514.pdf|archive-date=19 October 2015|url-status=dead}} From July 2012 to July 2017, he additionally served as Director of the American School of Classical Studies at Athens.{{cite web|title=ASCSA Announces the Appointment of James C. Wright as Next Director|url=http://www.ascsa.edu.gr/index.php/News/newsDetails/ascsa-appointment-of-james-wright/%C2%A0%20%C2%A0|website=American School of Classical Studies at Athens|accessdate=5 May 2016|date=11 July 2011}}