Bernd Seidensticker
Bernd Seidensticker (born February 16, 1939 in Hirschberg ) is a German classical philologist .
Live and act
After graduating from high school in 1959 at the Athenaeum in Stade , he studied Classical Philology and German at the Universities of Tübingen and Hamburg . He attended events and a. with Hartmut Erbse , Wolfgang Schadewaldt and Bruno Snell and was a scholarship holder of the German National Academic Foundation . In 1965 he passed the state examination and became a research assistant in Hamburg. In 1968 he received his doctorate with the dissertation The Condensed Conversation in Seneca's Tragedies , 1973-74 he was a Junior Fellow at Harvard University at the Center for Hellenic Studies in Washington, DC In 1978 he completed his habilitation in Hamburg with the work Palintonos Harmonia: Studies on comical elements in of the Greek tragedy and was appointed private lecturer, 1980 professor. In 1987 he moved to the Free University of Berlin .
In 1989 he was a fellow at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton . Since 1993 he has been a member of the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences , where he is chairman of the Commission for Classical Studies. 1995–97 he was chairman, 1997–99 vice chairman of the Mommsen Society . In 1999 he was appointed a corresponding member of the Braunschweig Scientific Society .
Together with Widu-Wolfgang Ehlers , he was the managing editor of Philologus for many years .
Seidensticker has held numerous visiting professorships: in Austin (1974–75, 1976–77, 1980, 1986, 1990), Berkeley (1981), Harvard (1986) and Ann Arbor (1992).
Editing
- with Wilfried Nippel : Theodor Mommsen's long shadow. Roman constitutional law as a permanent challenge for research (= Spudasmata . Vol. 107). Olms, Hildesheim et al. 2005, ISBN 3-487-13086-6 .
Web links
- Literature by and about Bernd Seidensticker in the catalog of the German National Library
- Bernd Seidensticker at the Free University of Berlin
First chair (since 1989 Latin Studies ): Georg Rohde (1949–1960) | Franco Munari (1961–1987) | Widu-Wolfgang Ehlers (1989–2008) | Therese Fuhrer (2008–2013) | Melanie Möller (since 2015)
Second chair (since 1987 Greek studies ): Uvo Hölscher (1954–1962) | Rudolf Kassel (1963–1975) | Paul Moraux (1975-1984) | Bernd Seidensticker (1987–2007) | Gyburg Uhlmann (since 2007)
Third chair: Kurt von Fritz (1954–1958) | Hans Schwabl (1960–1968) | Josef Delz (1968–1970)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Seidensticker, Bernd |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German classical philologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 16, 1939 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Hirschberg |