Erika Zwierlein-Diehl
Erika Zwierlein-Diehl (born March 28, 1936 in Zweibrücken ) is a German classical archaeologist .
Life
Erika Diehl studied classical archeology and philology at the Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg , where she received her doctorate in 1960 with the dissertation The Hydria in the Grave and Cult of the Greeks . The book appeared in an expanded form in 1964 under the title The Hydria: History of Form and Use in the Cult of Antiquity . After receiving her doctorate, she went on a research trip with the travel grant of the German Archaeological Institute . After her return, she worked from 1961 as an assistant at the antiquities department of the State Museums and from 1962 as a scientific assistant, later as an academic adviser at the Archaeological Institute of Heidelberg University .
In 1969 she married the classical philologist Otto Zwierlein and resigned from her position to move to Berlin with her husband. In 1970 she was at the Technical University in Berlin with the work Antike Gemmen in German collections. Volume II (antiques department Berlin) qualified as a professor. In the same year she was appointed to the Scientific Council there, and in 1971 to Professor of Classical Archeology.
During a family break, the chair was continued by representatives. The children were born in 1971 (the English scholar Anne-Julia Zwierlein ), 1973 (the historian Cornel Zwierlein ) and 1977 (the physicist Martin Zwierlein ). After a call to Hamburg (1971) Otto Zwierlein accepted one to Bonn in 1978. When the family moved to Bonn in 1979, Zwierlein-Diehl gave up her position at the TU. She continued to work in teaching and research, and held teaching assignments at the universities of Bonn , Cologne , Düsseldorf and Mainz . In 1993 she was appointed honorary professor for classical archeology at the University of Bonn.
Zwierlein-Diehl is a corresponding member of the German Archaeological Institute .
literature
- Kürschner's German Scholarly Calendar , Volume 3 (2005), p. 3849.
Web links
- Literature by and about Erika Zwierlein-Diehl in the catalog of the German National Library
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Zwierlein-Diehl, Erika |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Diehl, Erika (maiden name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German classical archaeologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 28, 1936 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Zweibrücken |