PhD Hala Alarashi
Humanities, Prehistoric archaeology
Prof. Dr. Gyburg Uhlmann
Nominated by
- German Research Foundation (DFG)
- AcademiaNet member since 17.05.2010
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Employed by
- Freie Universität Berlin
Academic Discipline/Fields
- Arts and humanities
Field
Languages, Humanities
Area of specialisation
Classical philology, ancient philosophy, history of the influence and legacy of classical antiquity, history of education and science
Research interests
Literary studies (Homer, early Greek lyric poetry, Attic tragedy, Alexandrine verse inter alia) and the theory of literature and literary studies in antiquity and the modern era
Genre theory
Classical philosophy, in particular Plato, Platonism in antiquity and the Middle Ages, Platonism and Christianity, Platonic and Aristotelian theory of science (in particular the theory of mathematics)
History of the influence and legacy of classical philosophy and modern images of antiquity
Theory of science and theory of mathematics in antiquity
Conceptions of education in antiquity, the Middle Ages and the modern era: Artes liberales
Distinctions and Awards
Awarded the Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize 2006 by the German Research Foundation (DFG) in Berlin, Germany, 2006
Interested in
- Lectures, Management position, Membership in scientific bodies
- Politically active
Languages
English, French, German, Italian
Doctorate
- 2001: Die Theorie der Zahl im Platonismus ("Number theory in Platonism")
PostDoc qualification, e.g. Habilitation
- 2003: Der antike Platonunterricht. Die Dialoge des ersten Curriculums ("Classical Platonic instruction. The Dialogues of the first curriculum")
Short CV/Education and training
- 1994 – 1998Studied classical philology and archaeology at Marburg University and at Heidelberg University, Germany
- 1999Magister Artium degree (MA)
- 2001PhD
- 2003Habilitation (postdoctoral qualification) and conferment of the venia legendi (authorisation to teach) in classical philology, promotion to private lecturer
- 2003 – 2004Visiting researcher in the Department of the Classics in Harvard, Cambridge, MA, USA
- 2006Offer of a (W3) professor's chair (candidate of first choice) in classical philology, Greek literature at Heidelberg University (declined)
- 2007Offer of a (W3) professor's chair (candidate of first choice) in classical philology with an emphasis on Greek studies at Freie Universität (FU) Berlin, Germany (accepted)
Selected publications
Radke, G.: Die Theorie der Zahl im Platonismus – ein systematisches Lehrbuch (newly revised edition of dissertation), A. Francke Verlag, Tübingen, Basel 2003.
Radke, G.: Tragik und Metatragik – Euripides' Bakchen und die moderne Literaturwissenschaft. Untersuchungen zur antiken Literatur und Geschichte (UaLG) 66, De Gruyter, Berlin 2003.
Radke, G.: Sappho, Fragment 31 (LP) – Ansätze zu einer neuen Lyriktheorie (66 pages, Treatise 2005.6 of the Mainz Academy of Sciences and Literature), 2005.
Radke, G.: Das Lächeln des Parmenides. Proklos' Interpretationen zur Platonischen Dialogform, Berlin: De Gruyter (Untersuchungen zur antiken Literatur und Geschichte (UaLG) 78), 2006.
Radke, G.: Die Kindheit des Mythos – die Erfindung der Literaturgeschichte in der Antike, Munich: C.H. Beck 2007.
Radke, G.: Die Krise des Romans im 20. Jahrhundert und das antike Epos – Adorno, Döblin und die Formen epischen Dichtens in der Antike. In: Gymnasium 115, 2008. pp. 1-21.
Radke, G.: Beten, um zu erkennen: Glaube und Erkenntnisaufstieg im spätantiken Platonismus. In: Erwin Dirscherl and Christoph Dohmen (eds.), Glaube und Vernunft – Spannungsreiche Grundlage europäischer Geistesgeschichte, Freiburg, Basel, Vienna 2008, pp. 45-62.
Radke-Uhlmann, G.: Über eine vergessene Form der Anschaulichkeit in der griechischen Dichtung. In: Antike und Abendland 55, 2009, pp. 1-22.
Radke-Uhlmann, G.: Platon lehren und lernen – Der Philosophieunterricht in der Spätantike (Habilitation (postdoctoral) thesis submitted to Marburg 2002), Berlin: De Gruyter (Quellen und Studien zur Philosophie, 2010).
Selected projects
Platonism (Leibniz project)
Literature and insight (Leibniz project)
Phronesis
Membership in scientific bodies/juries
Corresponding member of the Scientific Society at Goethe University Frankfurt, Germany, since 2009
Member of the executive committee, German Society for Researching the 18th Century (DGEJ), since 2008
Coopted member of the Department of Philosophy, Freie Universität (FU) Berlin, Germany, since 2008
Member of the Excellence Council, Freie Universität (FU) Berlin, since 2007
Additional qualifications
Studied the history of philosophy
Soft Skills/Other activities and achievements
Soft Skills
2009 Birth of my daughter Maria Elisabeth
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