Beate Böhlendorf-Arslan

Beate Böhlendorf-Arslan is a German Christian archaeologist and Byzantinist . Since 2017 she has been Professor of Christian Archeology and Byzantine Art History at the Philipps University of Marburg .

Life

From 1988 to 1994 she studied Prehistory and Early History , Prehistory , Near Eastern Archeology as well as Christian Archeology and Byzantine Art History in Heidelberg , Istanbul and Tübingen , where she wrote her master's thesis on “Byzantine Settlement on Beşiktepe (Turkey)”. From 1989 she took part in various excavations and surveys in Turkey and Germany . From 1994 to 1995 she was a research assistant at the State Office for Archeology Saxony / State Museum for Prehistory Dresden . From 1995 to 1999 she completed a doctoral degree in Heidelberg. ( Dissertation on “Byzantine and Byzantine ceramics in Turkish Thrace and Turkey”). From 1995 she documented Byzantine ceramics in Berlin , Istanbul and in other German and Turkish museums. From 2001 to 2004 she was a lecturer in Byzantine Archeology in the Art History Department at Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart Üniversitesi . From 2005 to 2007 she taught as assistant professor of Byzantine archeology in the art history department in Çanakkale and headed the medieval archeology department. From 2008 to 2010 she was a research assistant in the department of Christian archeology and Byzantine art history at the Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg and an Erasmus coordinator. In 2011 she was the scientific coordinator of the Archeology and Cultural Heritage course of the Türk-Alman Üniversitesi , employed at the University of Heidelberg . In 2012 she was a research assistant at the RGZM , WissenschaftsCampus Mainz: Byzantium between Orient and Occident. From 2012 to 2013 she was a research assistant in the Department of Christian Archeology and Byzantine Art History at the University of Mainz . From 2013 to 2017 she was a research assistant at the Römisch-Germanisches Zentralmuseum Mainz, WissenschaftsCampus Mainz: Byzantium between Orient and Occident. After receiving the 2015 Venia Legendi for Christian Archeology and Byzantine Art History in Mainz ( habilitation thesis : "The Middle Byzantine Settlement in Boǧazköy. Case study on everyday life in an Anatolian village between the 10th and 12th centuries"), she represented the Christian Chair from the 2016 summer semester Archeology and Byzantine art history in Freiburg im Breisgau . From the winter semester 2017 she will teach as professor for Christian archeology and Byzantine art history at the University of Marburg.

Her research focuses on late antiquity and Byzantine settlement archeology, changes in the Mediterranean city, village and landscape from the 3rd to 15th centuries, sepulchral culture in Byzantium, trade and exchange of goods in late antiquity and Byzantium, Byzantine ceramics and small finds (objects of daily use: devices and Tools, weapons, glass, jewelry, coins etc.) and everyday life in Byzantium.

Fonts (selection)

• The glazed Byzantine pottery from Turkey . Istanbul 2004.
• with Ali O. Uysal and Johanna Witte-Orr: Çanak. Late Antique and Medieval Pottery and Tiles in Mediterranean Archaeological Contexts / Akdeniz Çevresindeki Arkeolojik Kazılarda Ele Geçen Geç Antik ve Ortaçağ Seramiği ve Mimar Seramiği. Proceedings of the Symposium held in Çanakkale / Turkey, May 31. - 3.6.2005 , Byzas 7 . Istanbul 2007.
• with Nurettin Arslan: Assos. Living in the Rocks . Istanbul 2010.
• with Alessandra Ricci: Byzantine Small Finds in Archaeological Contexts. Proceedings of a Workshop held in Istanbul, 2. – 4.6.2008 , Byzas 15 . Istanbul 2012.
• The late antique, Byzantine and post-Byzantine pottery. Inventory catalogs Volume 4. National Museums in Berlin - Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation. Sculpture Collection and Museum of Byzantine Art . Wiesbaden 2013.
• The upper town of Ḫattuša. The Central Byzantine settlement in Boğazköy. Case study of everyday life in an Anatolian village between the 10th and 12th centuries. Boǧazköy-Ḫattuša , results of the excavations 26 . Berlin 2019.

Web links

• Philipps University of Marburg
• academia.edu