Prof. Dr. Dr. Aleida Assmann
Languages, Historical anthropology of the media, generations in literature and society, conceptions of humanity, the history of reading, writing and memory
Prof. Dr. Therese Fuhrer
Nominated by
- German Research Foundation (DFG)
- Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF)
- AcademiaNet member since 17.05.2010
- AcademiaNet- Selection Criteria
Employed by
- LMU Munich
Academic Discipline/Fields
- Arts and humanities
Field
Languages
Area of specialisation
Classical philology, Latin philology
Research interests
Latin poetry
Hellenistic, Roman and Christian philosophy (Cicero, Seneca, Augustine)
Languages
English, French, German, Italian
Doctorate
- 1989: Die Auseinandersetzung mit den Chorlyrikern in den Epinikien des Kallimachos (Gräzistik) ("The dispute with the choral lyric poets in the epinikia of Callimachus (Hellenic studies)")
PostDoc qualification, e.g. Habilitation
- 1995: Augustin, Contra Academicos 2 und 3. Einleitung und Kommentar (Augustine, Contra Academicos 2 and 3. Introduction and commentary)
Short CV/Education and training
- Since 2013Professur of Classical Latin Philology at the Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich, Germany
- 2008 – 2013Freie Universität (FU) Berlin, Germany
- 2004 – 2008C4 professor of Latin philology at the University of Freiburg
- 1997 – 2004Full professor of Latin philology at the University of Zurich, Switzerland
- 1996 – 1997C4 professor of Latin philology at the University of Trier, Germany
- 1995Habilitation (postdoctoral qualification)
- 1989PhD
- Studied Music at the Conservatory in Bern, as well as Classical philology and Ancient history at the Universities of Bern and Basel, Switzerland; Irvine and Pittsburgh, USA; Freiburg, Germany; Oxford, England; and Mainz, Germany
Selected publications
Additional qualifications
Diplom degree with secondary school teaching certification in the subjects Greek and Latin from the University of Bern, Switzerland, 1985
Teacher's diploma for the transverse flute from the Musical Conservatory in Bern, Switzerland, 1981
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