Alexander Arweiler
Alexander Henry Arweiler (born November 7, 1967 ) is a German classical philologist ( Latinist ).
Life
After graduating from high school in 1987 and completing military service, Arweiler began studying Classical Philology, Philosophy and Catholic Theology in Bonn and Rome (1990-92) in the winter semester of 1988/1989 . In June 1995 he passed the first state examination. In February 1998 he received his doctorate with his dissertation on the biblical poetry of Alcimus Avitus. He then took part in the exhibition catalog “Manuscripts of the Cologne Cathedral Library” and was a postdoctoral fellow at the graduate school “Commentary in Antiquity and the Middle Ages” in Bochum , as well as a scholarship from the German Research Foundation . From April 1999 Arweiler was a research assistant at the Institute for Classical Archeology at Kiel University with Konrad Heldmann . In November 2002 he completed his habilitation with a thesis on Cicero's rhetoric , and in 2004 he was appointed professor of classical philology with a focus on Latin studies at the University of Münster .
Arweiler deals with Cicero's speeches and works on rhetoric, as well as with specialist writers from the late Roman Republic and the Imperial Era , with Horace and Christian Latin poetry from late antiquity . He also deals with the theory and history of genres, problems of literary representation and Roman aesthetics and semiotics . Together with Bardo Maria Gauly he publishes the “Library of Latin Literature of Late Antiquity”.
Publications
- The imitation of ancient and late antique literature in poetry, 'De spiritalis historiae gestis' by Alcimus Avitus with a commentary on Avit. carm. 4,429-540 and 5,526-703 (= studies on ancient literature and history 52). 1998.
- Cicero rhetor: The Partitiones Oratoriae and the concept of the learned politician (= studies on ancient literature and history 68). 2003.
- Power issues. On the cultural representation and construction of power in antiquity, the Middle Ages and modern times , 2008
- with Melanie Möller (Ed.): On Self-Understanding in Antiquity and Modern Times (= Transformations of Antiquity 8). 2008
literature
- Kürschner's German Scholars Calendar 2009 . tape 1 . KG Saur, Munich 2009, ISBN 978-3-598-23629-7 , p. 89 .
Footnotes
- ↑ Press release of the University of Eichstätt: Philologists create "Library of Latin literature of late antiquity" . 20th October 2015.
Web links
- Literature by Alexander Arweiler in the catalog of the German National Library
- Alexander Arweiler at the University of Münster
First chair: Hermann Ludwig Nadermann (1821–1853) | Ferdinand Deycks (1843–1867) | Peter Langen (1868–1897) | Peter Sonnenburg (1898–1928) | Franz Beckmann (1931–1963) | Hermann Tränkle (1963–1972) | Christian Gnilka (1972-2002) | Christine Schmitz (since 2002)
Second chair: Franz Winiewski (1838–1874) | Johann Matthias Stahl (1874–1906) | Wilhelm Kroll (1906–1913) | Richard Wünsch (1913–1915) | Hermann Schöne (1916–1935) | Walter Eberhardt (1937–1946) | Friedrich Mehmel (1947–1951) | Richard Harder (1952–1957) | Gerhard Müller (1958–1962) | Martin Sicherheitsl (1963–1982) | Wolfgang Huebner (1986-2004) | Alexander Arweiler (since 2004)
Third chair (until 1918 extraordinary): Franz Ignaz Schwerdt (1861–1868) | Adalbert Parmet (1869–1898) | Carl Hosius (1897–1906) | Ludwig Radermacher (1906–1909) | Karl Münscher (1909–1936) | Rudolf Güngerich (1951–1953) | Hermann Kleinknecht (1953–1960) | Heinrich Dörrie (1961–1980) | Hermann Wankel (1981–1991) | Adolf Köhnken (1992–2002) | Christian Pietsch (since 2003)
Fourth chair: Otto Hiltbrunner (1962–1979)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Arweiler, Alexander |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Arweiler, Alexander H .; Arweiler, Alexander Henry (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German classical philologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 7, 1967 |