Prof. Dr. Christine Abbt
Humanities, Social and behavioural sciences
Prof. Dr. Eva Christiane Cancik-Kirschbaum
Nominated by
- German Research Foundation (DFG)
- AcademiaNet member since 17.05.2010
- AcademiaNet- Selection Criteria
Employed by
- Freie Universität Berlin
Academic Discipline/Fields
- Arts and humanities
Field
Humanities
Area of specialisation
The history, languages and cultures of the ancient Near East between the 4th century and the 1st century AD, the history of research in the field of Ancient Near Eastern studies, ancient Near Eastern philology and history, Assyriology, Ancient Near Eastern studies
Research interests
Political history
Economic and social history of the ancient Orient
History of knowledge and science
History of ideas
Relations between the Orient and the Occident in the past and present
Cultural history and cultural heritage
Languages
English, French, German, Italian, Spanish
Doctorate
- 1994: Mittelassyrische Briefe aus Tell Schech Hamad / Dur-Katlimmu ("Middle Assyrian letters from Tell Schech Hamad / Dur-Katlimmu")
PostDoc qualification, e.g. Habilitation
- 2002: Der König von Assur ("The king of Assur")
Short CV/Education and training
- 1984Abitur (A-levels) at Uhland Gymnasium (grammar school)
- 1984 – 1994Studied ancient Near Eastern studies, classical archaeology, Near East archaeology and Semitic studies in Tübingen, Rome and Berlin; regular participation in excavation projects
- 1996 – 2001Lecturer at the Institute of Ancient Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations, Freie Universität (FU) Berlin
- 2001 – 2003Research associate at the Helmholtz Centre at Humboldt University of Berlin
- 2001 – 2002Directeur d'Études invitée, maitre de conference an der École Pratique des Hautes Études at the Université la Sorbonne, Paris, France
- Since 2003Professor of ancient Near Eastern philology and history at the Freie Universität (FU) Berlin
- 2003 – 2004Visiting professor of Assyriology at the Collège de France, Paris, France
Selected projects
Spokesperson of Area B in the Excellence Cluster "TOPOI – The formation and transformation of space and knowledge in the Ancient World", various research projects on spatiality (political spaces; knowledge spaces)
Research project "Cultural techniques and instruments of order" within the framework of the German Research Foundation (DFG) Research Unit FG "Images–Scripts–Numbers"
Denkwerk project of the Robert Bosch Foundation: "Ancient Orient and Europe"
Membership in scientific bodies/juries
Corresponding member of the German Archaeological Institute (DAI)
Member of the commission "Ancient World" of the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities (BBAW)
Member of the elected Academic Senate of the Freie Universität (FU) Berlin
German Research Foundation (DFG) review board member
Member of the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) working group "Year of the Humanities", 2006 – 2007
Member of the executive committee of the German Oriental Society, 2001 – 2006
Additional qualifications
Excavation philologist
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