Manfred Bietak#
| Membership Number: | 5736 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | HISTORY & ARCHAEOLOGY |
| Affiliated section(s): | CLASSICS & ORIENTAL STUDIES |
| Elected: | 2021 |
| Main Country of Residence: | AUSTRIA |
| ORCID: | 0000-0003-2867-8617 |
Present and Previous Positions
- 1993 - 2013 Chairman of the Commission of Egypt and the Levant, Austrian Academy of Sciences
- 2004 - 2011 Director of the Vienna Institute of Archaeological Science
- 1999 - 2011 First Speaker of the Research Programme SCIEM 2000 at the Austrian Science Fund
- 1989 - 2009 Full Professor of Egyptology at the University of Vienna after international tender invitation
- 1976 - 2010 Chairman of the Institute of Egyptology, University of Vienna
- 1973 - 2009 Founding Director, Austrian Archaeological Institute in Cairo
- 1976 - 1989 Associate Professor, University of Vienna
- 1973 - 2009 Scientific Counsellor at the Austrian Embassy in Cairo
- 1966 - 1973 Scientific Secretary, Austrian Cultural Institute at the Austrian Embassy in Cairo
Fields of Scholarship
- History and Archaeology of Egypt and the Levant
- History of Sacred and Palatial Architecture in Egypt and the Near East
- Urban Studies
- Chronology of Egypt and the Eastern Mediterranean
- History and Archaeology of Nubia
- Egyptian Archaeology
- Paleogeographic Studies
Honours and Awards
- Since 2016 Foreign Honorary Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
- Since 2014 Socio straniero della Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei in Rome
- Since 2010 Membre Associé de l’Institut de France: Ac. d. Inscription et Belles-Lettres, Paris (Corr. 2006)
- Since 2009 Foreign Fellow of the Polish Academy of Sciences in Warsaw
- Since 2008 Foreign Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts and Sciences in Gothenburg
- Since 1996 Corresponding Fellow of the British Academy
- Since 1995 Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries, London,
- Since 1996 Foreign Honorary Member of the Archaeological Institute of America
- Since 1993 Fellow of the Austrian Academy of Sciences (corr. M. abroad 1981)
- Since 1989 Foreign Fellow of the Royal Swedish Academy of Letters, Stockholm
- Since 1981 Fellow (o.M.) of the German Archaeological Institute (corr. M. 1971)
- Since 1979 Membre titulaire de l’Institut d’Égypte (M. correspondant 1971)
- 2004 Knight of the Royal Swedish Order of the Polar Star, 1st Class
- 2005 Grosses Silbernes Ehrenzeichen für Verdienste um die Republik Österreich
- 2005 Silbernes Ehrenzeichen der Gemeinde Wien
- 2007 Medal of the University of Warsaw
- 2009 Cardinal Innitzer Price for Humanities
- 2009 Dr. phil. h.c. of the University of Tel Aviv
- 2010 World Heritage Award for Egypt
- 2015 ERC Advanced Grant “The Hyksos Enigma” (PI)
