James Peter Allen

James Peter Allen
Allen in 2015
Alma mater	University of Chicago
Occupation(s)	Egyptologist and Professor at Brown University

James Peter Allen (born 1945) is an American Egyptologist, specializing in language and religion. He was curator of Egyptian Art at the Metropolitan Museum of Art from 1990 to 2006.^[1][2] In 2007, he became the Charles Edwin Wilbour Professor of Egyptology at Brown University.^[3] In 2008, he was elected president of the International Association of Egyptologists. A graduate of Saint Meinrad Seminary and School of Theology, he received his PhD from the University of Chicago.^{[citation needed]}

Allen formerly served as President of the International Association of Egyptologists,^[4] and was later appointed an honorary member.^{[citation needed]}