Michael Alram#
| Membership Number: | 6813 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | HISTORY & ARCHAEOLOGY |
| Elected: | 2024 |
| Main Country of Residence: | AUSTRIA |
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| ORCID: | 0000-0002-9725-1601 |
Present and Previous Positions
- 2013 - 2021 Vice-president of the Austrian Academy of Sciences (AAS)
- 2008 - 2020 Director of the Münzkabinett, Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien
- 1997 - 2012 Chairman of the Numismatic Commission, AAS
- 1987 - 2008 Curator for Byzantine, Medieval and Oriental Numismatics at the Münzkabinett, Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien
- 1982 - 1986 Research assistant at the Numismatic Commission, AAS
- 1977 - 1982 Assistant at the Iranian Commission, AAS
Fields of Scholarship
- Ancient and medieval numismatics
- Pre-Islamic monetary history of Iran, Central Asia and the Indo-Iranian borderlands
Honours and Awards
- 2019 Correspondant Etranger, Académie des inscriptions et belles-lettres
- 2016 Archer M. Huntington Award of the American Numismatic Society
- 2014 Medal of the Gesellschaft für Internationale Geldgeschichte, Frankfurt/Main
- 2013 Medal of the Royal Numismatic Society;
- 2013 Senior Fellow of the Institute for the Study of the Ancient World, New York University
- 2012 Corresponding Member of the German Archaeological Institute
- 2010 Jeton de Vermeil of the Société Française de Numismatique
- 2003 Member of the Austrian Academy of Sciences
- 1998 Corresponding Member of the Austrian Academy of Sciences
