Markus Hilgert (born 11 August 1969) is a German

Assyriologist Assyriology (from Greek , ''Assyriā''; and , '' -logia'') is the archaeological, anthropological, and linguistic study of Assyria and the rest of ancient Mesopotamia (a region that encompassed what is now modern Iraq, northeastern Syria, southea ...

and cultural manager. Currently, he is the Secretary General and CEO of the Cultural Foundation of the German Federal States. From 2014 until 2018, Hilgert served as the director of the

Vorderasiatisches Museum The Vorderasiatisches Museum (, '' Near East Museum'') is an archaeological museum in Berlin. It is in the basement of the south wing of the Pergamon Museum and has one of the world's largest collections of Southwest Asian art. 14 halls distri ...

at the

Pergamonmuseum The Pergamon Museum (; ) is a listed building on the Museum Island in the historic centre of Berlin. It was built from 1910 to 1930 by order of German Emperor Wilhelm II according to plans by Alfred Messel and Ludwig Hoffmann in Stripped Clas ...

in Berlin. From 2007 until 2014, Hilgert was a

professor Professor (commonly abbreviated as Prof.) is an Academy, academic rank at university, universities and other post-secondary education and research institutions in most countries. Literally, ''professor'' derives from Latin as a "person who pr ...

Assyriology Assyriology (from Greek , ''Assyriā''; and , '' -logia'') is the archaeological, anthropological, and linguistic study of Assyria and the rest of ancient Mesopotamia (a region that encompassed what is now modern Iraq, northeastern Syria, southea ...

Heidelberg University } Heidelberg University, officially the Ruprecht Karl University of Heidelberg, (german: Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg; la, Universitas Ruperto Carola Heidelbergensis) is a public research university in Heidelberg, Baden-Württemberg, ...

Hilgert is a member of several governing bodies and advisory boards, including the German Commission for UNESCO (since 2016)., the Foundation Board of th
International Alliance for the Protection of Heritage in Conflict Areas
(ALIPH; since 2017), the Advisory Group of the Cultural Protection Fund of the British Council (since 2017), the Disaster Risk Management Committee of the International Council of Museums (since 2017), and the Advisory Board of the Arcadia Fund. Hilgert holds honorary professorships at

and

Marburg University The Philipps University of Marburg (german: Philipps-Universität Marburg) was founded in 1527 by Philip I, Landgrave of Hesse, which makes it one of Germany's oldest universities and the oldest still operating Protestant university in the wor ...

. In 2016, Hilgert was named National Correspondent for the German National Committee of the Blue Shield, part of the Blue Shield network, protecting heritage in armed conflict. From 2017 until 2018 he served as founding president of the German National Committee of the Blue Shield.

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Homepage of Prof. Dr. Markus Hilgert at the Philipps-Universität Marburg
(CV, Publications) * Rolf Brockschmidt

Tagesspiegel, 19 September 2013 * Rolf Brockschmidt,

Rüdiger Schaper Rüdiger Schaper (born 1959) is a German writer, journalist and theatre critic. Life Born in Worms, Schaper lives and works mainly in Berlin and has worked at ''Der Tagesspiegel'' since 1999. There he is head of the feuilleton department. He pr ...

''An den Ufern von Babylon''
Tagesspiegel, 17 March 2014

Interview mit Tilman Spreckelsen. Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, 18 March 2015 {{DEFAULTSORT:Hilgert, Markus German Assyriologists 1969 births Living people