Natalie Sist Talks Live With History Buff Piotr Bienkowski

Joining us live is Piotr Bienkowski. His disciplinary background is as an archaeologist and museum curator. His expertise comes from the days he was Professor of Archaeology and Museology at the University of Manchester, Director of Manchester Museum, Chair of the North West Federation of Museums and Galleries, and before that Head of Antiquities at National Museums Liverpool. For many years, he was editor of Levant, the journal of the Council for British Research in the Levant, and editor of the British Academy Monographs in Archaeology series.

He has published 15 books and around 50 peer-reviewed papers in academic journals and books, as well as around 80 other publications on archaeology, history, museum change, ethics and participation.

He was born in Wimbledon, London, to Polish parents who fought in the Warsaw Uprising.

1985-1992 he was editor of Levant.

Since 1989 Directed excavations in southern Jordan.

1999-2000 Annual Professor at the Albright Institute of Archaeological Research in Jerusalem

As well as the journal of the Council for British Research in the Levant, and editor of the British Academy Monographs in Archaeology series.

He now runs a cultural consultancy. He is a leading authority on the archaeology of Jordan and directs an excavation in Petra.

He now runs a cultural consultancy specializing in change management and community participation in the cultural sector, and directed Our Museum, the largest ever programmer of organizational change in museums (2011-18) working in the UK and Europe.

Book: Where Airy Voices Lead  -The only book to comprehensively describe the varying historical and contemporary cultural beliefs in immortality globally.

https://www.johnhuntpublishing.com/o-books/our-books/where-airy-voices-lead