Erika Pieler

Erika Carola Pieler (* 1977 in Vienna ) is an Austrian classical archaeologist and lawyer . She was President of the Federal Monuments Office from January 1, 2019 to March 19, 2019 .

Life

Erika Pieler studied Classical Archeology and Law at the Universities of Vienna and Athens. Archaeological research projects took her to Turkey, Greece, Italy and Egypt. From September 2001 to December 2002 she was a research assistant at the German Archaeological Institute in Athens . In July 2006, she joined the Department of Monument Protection of the Federal Ministry of Education, Science and Culture as a lawyer and in 2008 took over the deputy head of this department as well as the management of the department for matters relating to the protection of cultural property, archaeological monuments and the export of cultural property. From 2014 to the end of 2018 she was a judge at the Federal Administrative Court, among other things, responsible for proceedings based on the Monument Protection Act.

On January 1, 2019, Erika Pieler took over the management of the Federal Monuments Office, succeeding Barbara Neubauer . On March 19, 2019, it was announced that Erika Pieler would resign from her position for personal reasons. At the beginning of June 2019, she was succeeded by Christoph Bazil as President of the Federal Monuments Office.

Publications (selection)

Relations between the Cyclades and Crete, mainland Greece and Asia Minor during the Early Bronze Age with special attention to the Cycladic idols . Diploma thesis University of Vienna 2000.
International protection of cultural property and the UNESCO Convention of 1970. Studies on the implementation of international law obligations in Austria . Manz, Vienna 2009, ISBN 978-3-214-11361-2 .

Awards

Appreciation of her dissertation by the Austrian National Committee Blue Shield (2010)
Winner of the IFKUR dissertation and habilitation award of the Heidelberg Institute for Art and Law (2010)
Award winner of the Dr. Maria Schaumayer Foundation (2009)

Web links

Curriculum vitae on the website of the Federal Monuments Office.

Remarks

^ Curriculum vitae on the website of the Postgraduate Center of the University of Vienna, accessed on January 3, 2018.
↑ www.derstandard.at: Erika Pieler becomes the new head of the Federal Monuments Office Article of November 28, 2018, accessed on January 3, 2018.
↑ Head of the Monument Office resigns. ORF.at from March 19, 2018, accessed on March 19, 2018.
↑ orf.at: Bazil becomes the new President of the Federal Monuments Office . Article dated May 15, 2019, accessed May 15, 2019.
↑ With Jürgen Borchhardt .
↑ Dissertation under the title "On the question of the implementation of the UNESCO Convention of 1970 on measures to prohibit and prevent the illegal import, export and transfer of ownership of cultural property in Austria" by Gerte Reichelt and Richard Potz .

personal data
SURNAME	Pieler, Erika
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Pieler, Erika Carola (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Austrian archaeologist, lawyer and President of the Federal Monuments Office
DATE OF BIRTH	1977
PLACE OF BIRTH	Vienna

[1] Curriculum vitae on the website of the Postgraduate Center of the University of Vienna, accessed on January 3, 2018.

[2] www.derstandard.at: Erika Pieler becomes the new head of the Federal Monuments Office Article of November 28, 2018, accessed on January 3, 2018.

[3] Head of the Monument Office resigns. ORF.at from March 19, 2018, accessed on March 19, 2018.

[4] orf.at: Bazil becomes the new President of the Federal Monuments Office . Article dated May 15, 2019, accessed May 15, 2019.

[5] With Jürgen Borchhardt .

[6] Dissertation under the title "On the question of the implementation of the UNESCO Convention of 1970 on measures to prohibit and prevent the illegal import, export and transfer of ownership of cultural property in Austria" by Gerte Reichelt and Richard Potz .