Taha Baqir

Career

Iraqi Department of Antiquities and Heritage

• Technical expert 1938–1941.
• Secretary of the Iraqi National Museum 1941–1953.
• Associate Director of Antiquities 1953–1958.
• Inspector General of Excavations 1958.
• General Director of Antiquities 1958–1963.
• Founder and editor of the journal Sumer 1945–1958.

  In Libya

• Consultant at the Libyan Department of Antiquities 1965–1970.
• Professor at the University of Libya 1965–1970.

  University of Baghdad

• Taught ancient history and civilization at the Faculty of Education, University of Baghdad 1941–1960.
• Taught ancient Iraqi languages at the Department of Archaeology, Faculty of Arts 1951–1963.
• Founding Board Member, University of Baghdad 1957–1958.
• Board Member of the University of Baghdad 1960–1963.
• Vice President of Baghdad University 1961–1963.
• Professor at Baghdad University College of Arts 1970–1978.

  Iraqi Academy of Sciences

• Active member in the Iraqi Academy of Sciences 1971, 1979.
• Vice President of the Iraqi Academy of Sciences 1983.