Rainer Vollkommer

Rainer Vollkommer (born 20 July 1959 in Munich) is a German-Swiss classical archaeologist and art historian.

From 1984 to 1994, Vollkommer worked as a scientific editor at the Lexicon Iconographicum Mythologiae Classicae (LIMC) in Basle, a NGO (non-governmental organization) of the UNESCO.

From 1998 to 2000, he was Professor (substitution) of Classical Archaeology at the Albert Ludwigs University of Freiburg in Breisgau in Germany.

Vollkommer was president of the association „Museums and Castles of the region of the Lake Constance (Museen und Schlösser Euregio Bodensee e.V).“ (over 100 museums and institutions of the region of the Lake Constance, Germany, Austria, Switzerland and Liechtenstein), between 2012 and 2015.

In addition to more typical lectures, discussions, readings, and guided tours, small theater performances and dances were also staged.

Evening presentations held in collaboration with embassies and consulates, where a country was showcased through films, photos, discussions, music events, and tastings, were also of great importance.

The exhibitions showed a wide range of topics: history, art, culture, customs, society, environment, nature, music, industry and mathematics.

Rainer Vollkommer authored six books, edited over 60 books/catalogs/encyclopedias, wrote around 50 major articles in academic journals, and contributed more than 2,000 entries to various encyclopedias.