Heidemarie Koch

Heidemarie Koch (born December 17, 1943 in Merseburg ) is a German Iranist .

Heidemarie Koch completed a teaching degree with a major in mathematics from 1963 to 1966 and then worked as a teacher in Hanover until 1972 . In 1972 she began studying Iranian Studies at the Georg-August University in Göttingen and received her doctorate in 1976. The subject of her dissertation with Walther Hinz was The Religious Conditions of the Darius period. Investigations on the basis of the Elamite Persepoli tablets . In the minor subjects, Koch took Classical Archeology , Byzantine Art History and Christian Archeology . From 1977 to 1986 she was employed at the seminar for Iranian Studies and Near Eastern Archeology in Göttingen. She qualified as a professor at the Philipps University of Marburg in 1986 with a thesis on administration and economics in the Persian heartland at the time of the Achaemenids . She then taught as a private lecturer . In 1990/91 Koch worked on a research project funded by the German Research Foundation, and in 1993/94 she taught for two semesters as a substitute professor at the Johann Wolfgang Goethe University in Frankfurt am Main . Since 1995 she has been teaching Iranian Studies in the context of ancient history at the University of Marburg. She is married to the Christian archaeologist Guntram Koch .

Koch focuses on Persian history and the Persian languages ​​of the pre-Islamic period. She places particular emphasis on cultural and economic history, administration and religion. In addition to written sources, she also uses the archaeological remains. A second research focus is the exploration of Elam and its neighboring areas, especially with regard to the influences that they exerted on the later Persians.

Fonts

• The religious conditions of the Darius period. Investigations on the basis of the Elamite Persepolis tablets (= Göttingen Orient Research. Series 3, Iranica Vol. 4). Harrassowitz, Wiesbaden 1977, ISBN 3-447-01889-5 .
• as editor: Art, culture and history of the Achaemenid period and their survival (= archaeological messages from Iran . Supplementary volume 10). Reimer, Berlin 1983, ISBN 3-496-00711-7 .
• with Walther Hinz : Elamish dictionary (= archaeological messages from Iran. Supplementary volume 17). Reimer, Berlin 1987, ISBN 3-496-00923-3 .
• Administration and economy in the Persian heartland at the time of the Achaemenids (= supplements to the Tübingen Atlas of the Middle East . Series B, Humanities No. 89). Reichert, Wiesbaden 1990, ISBN 3-88226-468-3 .
• It heralds Darius the King ... About life in the great Persian empire (= cultural history of the ancient world . Volume 55). von Zabern, Mainz 1992, ISBN 3-8053-1347-0 (also published in Persian in Iran).
• Achaemenid Studies. Harrassowitz, Wiesbaden 1993, ISBN 3-447-03328-2 .
• Persepolis. Capital of the Achaemid Empire. Farhangsara Yassavoli, Tehran 1997, ISBN 964-306-049-7 .
• Persepolis. Shiny capital of the Persian Empire (= Antique World special issue / Zabern's illustrated books on archeology ). von Zabern, Mainz 2001, ISBN 3-8053-2813-3 .
• Kingdoms in the ancient Middle East (= Antique World special issue / Zabern's illustrated books on archeology ). von Zabern, Mainz 2006, ISBN 978-3-8053-3621-5 .
• Grains, tubers, bread and wine. The history of our food cultures. Köppe, Cologne 2006 ISBN 978-3-89645-409-6 .
• Women and snakes. The mysterious culture of the Elamites in old Iran (= cultural history of the ancient world . Volume 114). von Zabern, Mainz 2007, ISBN 978-3-8053-3737-3 .

Web links

• Koch on the website of the University of Marburg