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Candace Richards

Curator, Antiquities and Archaeology, Nicholson Collection

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BA (Hons)ÌýSyd.

Candace RichardsÌýis the Curator of Antiquities and Archaeology for the Nicholson Collection, and has been part of the Sydney University Museums team for more than 15 years.ÌýCandace's research interests bring together ancient world studies with contemporary museum practice to re-evaluate how and why collections were formed and explore the ways archaeology and antiquities collections can offer new insights into human endeavor.

Candace is particularly interested in multi-disciplinary and collaborative approaches to research design and exhibitions, with a particular interest in the reception of the ancient Mediterranean across time and incorporating social justice approaches into ancient world studies and museology.

Candace is an archaeologist interested in Mediterranean and Balkan archaeology and has worked on research and commercial excavations in Europe and Australia. She is a senior team memberÌýof theÌýPaphos Theatre Archaeological Project (Cyprus)Ìýand is undertaking her PhD on the prolific reuse of architecture in the area of Nea Paphos, Cyprus from the Hellenistic period to the modern day.

Research interests

  • Mediterranean archaeology
  • Reuse and recycling activities as cultural practice
  • Archaeology of board games
  • The historic roles of women in museums and gendered approaches to institutional histories
  • History and dispersal of Mediterranean Anitquity collections in Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand.

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Phone: +61 2 9351 7387
Email:Ìýcandace.richards@sydney.edu.au

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  • °ä³Ü°ù²¹³Ù´Ç°ù,ÌýKerameikos, Chau Chak Wing Museum, The Univeristy of Sydney. August 2024-2025
  • °ä³Ü°ù²¹³Ù´Ç°ù,ÌýHercules: Myth and Legacy,ÌýChau Chak Wing Museum, The ±¬ÁÏÍõ. November 2022-current.Ìý.
  • °ä³Ü°ù²¹³Ù´Ç°ù,ÌýPharaonic Obsessions,ÌýChau Chak Wing Museum, The ±¬ÁÏÍõ.ÌýNovemberÌý 2020 – current.Ìý.
  • °ä³Ü°ù²¹³Ù´Ç°ù,ÌýMediterranean Identities, Across the Wine Dark Sea,ÌýChau Chak Wing Museum, The ±¬ÁÏÍõ. NovemberÌý2020 – current.Ìý.
  • °ä³Ü°ù²¹³Ù´Ç°ù,ÌýRoman Spectres,ÌýChau Chak Wing Museum, The ±¬ÁÏÍõ.ÌýNovemberÌý 2020 – current.Ìý.
  • °ä³Ü°ù²¹³Ù´Ç°ù,ÌýImpressions of Greece, Chau Chak Wing Museum, The ±¬ÁÏÍõ. November 2020 – current.
  • Co-curator,ÌýAnimal Gods: Classics and Classification,ÌýChau Chak Wing Museum, The ±¬ÁÏÍõ.ÌýNovemberÌý 2020 – November 2022.Ìý.
  • °ä³Ü°ù²¹³Ù´Ç°ù,Ìý, Nicholson Museum, The ±¬ÁÏÍõ. July 2018 –ÌýFebruary 2020.
  • Digital content designer/developer,ÌýThe Sea and the Sky: Ancient Cypriot Art, Nicholson Museum, ±¬ÁÏÍõ. February 2016 –ÌýFebruary 2020.
  • °ä³Ü°ù²¹³Ù´Ç°ù,Ìý, Nicholson Museum, ±¬ÁÏÍõ. October 2015 –ÌýFebruary 2020.Ìý.
  • Co-curator,Ìý,ÌýNicholson Museum, ±¬ÁÏÍõ. July 2015 – November 2017.Ìý.

  • The Danielle ParksÌýMemorial Fellowship, Cyprus American Archaeological Research Insitute (2025).
  • The AAIA Higher Degree by Research Fellowship, Australian Archaeological Institute at Athens (2025).
  • Grants-In-Aid, Near Eastern Archaeology Foundation (2023-4).
  • Carlyle Greenwell Research, Scholarship, The ±¬ÁÏÍõ (2021).
  • The Leone Crawford Travel Grant, Near Eastern Archaeology Foundation (2019).
  • Cultural Heritage Program Grant, ANSTO for project ‘Scientific Analysis of the Nicholson Museum's Animal Mummy Collection using neutron tomography’ (2017).

  • C. Richards and E. Minchin (eds) (2025) . Routledge.
  • Richards, C. (2023).ÌýÌýJournal of the History of Collections.
  • C. Richards and M. F. Whitford (2022) 'Displaying the fragmented: Damaged and mutilated ancient Egyptian figures from Sir Charles Nicholson’s collection'ÌýBreaking Images: Damage and Mutilation of Ancient Figurines. Oxbow Books. pp. 259-291.
  • C. Richards and E. Guerry (2022) ''ÌýCollectionsÌývol. 18/3
  • C. Richards (2021)Ìý'ÌýClassicum. 47.2. pp.3-15.
  • C. Richards (2021) ''ÌýHEROMÌývol. 10. pp. 77-98.Ìý
  • C. Richards, R. Vokes, Y. Inall, V. Lowry, and J. Oreskovich (2021)ÌýEgypt in Australia. University of Western Australia.
  • C. Richards (2021) 'Beyond the Curator:ÌýUnderstanding the women who helped to shape the Nicholson Collection'ÌýClassicumÌývol. 47/2. pp. 3-15.
  • G. Marsh-Letts and C. Richards (2021) 'Sir Charles Nicholson and the Nicholson collections at the ±¬ÁÏÍõ' inÌýExplorers, First Collectors and Traders of Textile from Egypt of the 1st millenium AD. Antwerp: Hannibal Books. pp. 75-85.
  • Salvemini, F. Lord, C. and C. Richards (2020) ‘’ÌýMaterials Research ProceedingsÌý15. 256-261.

  • C. Richards (2025) 'Rolling through time' The Museum, Jul 25, National Museum of Australia. pp.85-89
  • C. Richards (2025) 'Kerameikos: the potter's quarter' Journal of Australian Ceramics, vol 64 no. 2, pp.78-87
  • C. Richards (2022) ''ÌýSophi Magazine, issue 9.Ìý
  • C. Richards (2022) ''ÌýThe Illawarra Pavilion, Wollongong Art Gallery, exhibition catalogue.Ìý
  • C. Richards (2020) ''ÌýBlogging the history of women in Ancient World StudiesÌýAWAWS.Ìý
  • C. Richards (2020) ''ÌýBlogging the history of women in Ancient World StudiesÌýAWAWS
  • C. Richards (2017) ‘.’ÌýTeaching HistoryÌýVol 49, No. 3. History Teachers Association of NSW
  • C. Richards (2017) ''ÌýThe ConversationÌýJanuary 3 2017

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