Professor Simon James of the University of Leicester was 1 of the founding Steering Group members for Wings to the Past.  He now joins as a Specialist Advisor, offering the programme his expert advice regarding projects.   Professor James read archaeology at the London Institute of Archaeology where he also took his PhD. He spent ten years at the British Museum first as an archaeological illustrator and then as a museum educator. Having held a Leverhulme Special Research Fellowship at Durham he joined the University of Leicester in January 2000 was promoted to Senior Lecturer in 2002 Reader in 2005 and Professor in 2012. Since 2012 he has also been President of the Ermine Street Guard. His main interests are Rome and its neighbours societies from Ireland to Iran ancient conflict and visual representation in archaeology.