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Christiane Kunst (born September 29, 1963 in Nienburg / Weser ) is a German ancient historian .

Christiane Kunst studied in Marburg , Munich and London . In 1991 she received her doctorate in Ancient History from Karl Christ in Marburg with a dissertation on Roman tradition and English politics . She then took on a teaching position at University College London . From 1992 to 1995 she was a research assistant at the Free University of Berlin . Since 1995 Kunst has worked initially as a research assistant, after completing her habilitation in 2003 as a private lecturer and senior research assistant at Pedro Barceló's ancient history chair at the University of Potsdam . In 2006/07 she was visiting professor at the TU Dresden . Since October 2009 she has been teaching as a professor of ancient history at the University of Osnabrück .

Art knows Roman family history and adoption as a strategy of family organization; She has researched marriage alliances and the social function of domus . She is also an expert on early principals and the history of science . In 2008 she published a basic account of Livia , the wife of the Roman emperor Augustus . She publishes the letters addressed to Karl Benedikt Hase .

Publications

Monographs

• Roman tradition and English politics. Studies on the history of the reception of Britain between William Camden and John Speed. (= Spudasmata . Volume 55). Olms, Hildesheim u. a. 1994, ISBN 3-487-09001-5 (also: Marburg, Universität, Dissertation, 1991/92).
• Limits of power. On the role of the Roman imperial wives. (= Potsdam Classical Studies . Volume 3). Steiner, Stuttgart 2000, ISBN 3-515-07819-3 .
• Life and living in the Roman city. 2nd, revised edition. Scientific Book Society, Darmstadt 2008, ISBN 978-3-534-16285-7 .
• Livia. Power and intrigue at the court of Augustus. Klett-Cotta, Stuttgart 2008, ISBN 978-3-608-94228-6 . ( Review )

Editorships

• Roman living and living worlds. Sources on the history of the Roman city. (= Texts on research. Volume 73). Scientific Book Society, Darmstadt 2000, ISBN 3-534-14605-0 .
• Matronage. Action strategies and social networks of ancient ruling women. Contributions to a colloquium at the University of Osnabrück from March 22 to 24, 2012. (= Osnabrück research on antiquity and the reception of antiquity. Volume 20). Leidorf, Rahden / Westphalia 2013, ISBN 978-3-89646-741-6 .
• Alexander the Great at the Granicus. The narrative of the battle as a place of conflict. (= Osnabrück research on antiquity and the reception of antiquity. Volume 22). Leidorf, Rahden / Westphalia 2018, ISBN 978-3-89646-743-0 .

literature

• Ernst Baltrusch : History of Ancient History at the Free University. In: Karol Kubicki, Siegward Lönnendonker (Ed.): The historical sciences at the Free University of Berlin (= contributions to the history of science of the Free University of Berlin. Volume 2). V & R unipress, Göttingen 2008, ISBN 978-3-89971-475-3 , pp. 11-40, here: pp. 25 and 36

Web links

• Literature by and about Christiane Kunst in the catalog of the German National Library
• Page from Christiane Kunst
• Page of art at the University of Osnabrück