Nikolaus Hochstein Cox, MPhil.

Research Unit of Islamic Archaeology

Brühler Str. 7

53119 Bonn

PhD dissertation project

“From Hajj Forts to Hinterland: Understanding the impact of Ottoman influence upon indigenous communities in Southern Transjordan through tracing the distribution of late Ottoman (1798-1918) material culture from centralised points of imperial control into local Arab communities”

Supervisor: Bethany Walker (Islamic Archaeology Unit, Bonn)

Education

2021-present: PhD (Islamic Archaeology): Rheinische Friedrisch-Wilhems-Universität Bonn, Germany
2016-2017: MPhil (Palaeolithic Archaeology): Gonville and Caius College, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom (Dissertation Title: Socio-Cultural Change and Stasis in the Middle Danube Basin and Eastern European Plain across the Last Glacial Maximum / Distributions of Upper Palaeolithic Human Groups in Central and Eastern Europe Determined through Ornamental Assemblages)
2012/2014: BA (Double Major: Political Science and International Relations, Minor: Cultural Anthropology): Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand

Research Experience

10/2021: Universität Bonn & Jordanian Department of Antiquities: Madaba Plains Project | Tal Hisban, Jordan | Square Supervisor
02-03/2020: Forgotten Fortress Project | Kolombangara, Solomon Islands | Director
09/2017: University of Cambridge: Montelabate Project | Montelabate, Italy | Field Technician
07/2011: Universidad de Valladolid: Archaeospain Project | Pintia, Spain | Field Archaeologist

Commercial Experience

08/2021: Discovery Channel | United Kingdom | Documentary Contributor
11/2020-03/2021: Archäologie Hofmann & Heigermoser GbR | Germany | Field Archaeologist
08-10/2020: Archaeology Wales | United Kingdom | Field Supervisor
02/2019-02/2020: Cambridge Archaeological Unit | United Kingdom | Field Archaeologist
04/2018-02/2019 :Oxford Archaeology East | United Kingdom | Field Archaeologist

Additional Professional Experience

10/2021-present: Instinction | New Zealand | Voice Actor & Concept Artist
04/2021-present: Opera Wire | United States of America | Copy Editor
01/2021-present: Self-employed | Worldwide | Freelance illustrator
07-10/2020: Bare Opera | United States of America | Librettist
11/2017-04/2018: Westminster Publications | United Kingdom | Senior Correspondent
01-04/2016: Bolivia Travel Channel | Bolivia | Journalist and Editor
09/2015-04/2016: Bolivian Express | Bolivia | Journalist and Editor

Publications

Hochstein Cox, Nikolaus and Andrew Petersen. “The Sacred Journey” Yunus Emre Institute, United Kingdom (Nov. 2021 – Dec. 2021)
Hochstein Cox, Nikolaus and Andrew Petersen. “The Story of Imam Dur” British Institute for the Study of Iraq, United Kingdom (Oct. 2020 – Jan. 2021)
Hochstein Cox, Nikolaus. “Kolombangara: Surveying a Forgotten Second World War Fortress.” Current World Archaeology, No. 103 (2020): 30-37

Languages

English (native)
Spanish (professional)
German (intermediate)