Markus Hilgert
Markus Hilgert (born 11 August 1969) is a German Assyriologist and the current director of the Vorderasiatisches Museum at the Pergamonmuseum in Berlin, a position he has held since 2014. From 2007 until 2014, Hilgert was a professor of Assyriology at Heidelberg University.
Hilgert is a member of several governing bodies and advisory boards, including the German Commission for UNESCO (since 2016).[1], the Foundation Board of the International Alliance for the Protection of Heritage in Conflict Areas (ALIPH; since 2017)[2], the Advisory Group of the Cultural Protection Fund of the British Council (since 2017), and the Disaster Risk Management Committee of the International Council of Museums (since 2017).[3]
Hilgert holds honorary professorships at Heidelberg University and Marburg University. In 2016, Hilgert was named National Correspondent for the International Committee of the Blue Shield in Germany.
References
- ^ https://www.unesco.de/ueber-uns/deutsche-unesco-kommission/organigramm/mitglieder.html
- ^ http://www.lemonde.fr/arts/article/2017/03/22/francois-hollande-obtient-76-millions-d-euros-pour-le-sauvetage-du-patrimoine-en-peril_5098787_1655012.html
- ^ http://icom.museum/the-committees/standing-committees/standing-committee/disaster-risk-management-committee/
External links
- Literature by and about Markus Hilgert in the German National Library catalogue
- Homepage of Prof. Dr. Markus Hilgert at the Philipps-Universität Marburg (CV, Publications)
- Rolf Brockschmidt: Archäologie und Textwissenschaft: Frühes Lesen auf der Agora, Tagesspiegel, 19 September 2013
- Rolf Brockschmidt, Rüdiger Schaper: An den Ufern von Babylon, Tagesspiegel, 17 March 2014
- Das Zerstörungswerk hat viele Väter. Interview mit Tilman Spreckelsen. Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, 18 March 2015