Heribert Aigner

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Heribert Aigner (born July 7, 1943 in Leoben ; † February 14, 2015 ) was an Austrian ancient historian .

Life

After visiting the elementary school from 1949 to 1953 and Bundesrealgymnasium 1953-1961 Aigner began with a teaching degree the subjects German , history and art history at the Karl-Franzens University Graz . From 1964 he worked as a research assistant at the University's Institute for History and Antiquity . He completed his studies with a doctorate sub auspiciis Praesidentis , supervised by the institute . His dissertation , submitted in 1968, was entitled The Army as a Power Factor in the outgoing Roman Republic ; the reviewers were Franz Hampl and Hermann Wiesflecker .

From 1969 Aigner taught at the University of Graz. In 1981 he completed his habilitation with the work Der Sumord im Mythos and received the Venia legendi for the nominal subject "Ancient history and antiquity". In 1984 he was awarded the professional title of Associate University Professor by the President of the Republic of Austria.

Aigner taught at the Universities of Graz, Innsbruck , Padua and Klagenfurt and has been involved in numerous excavations in Austria since the beginning of the sixties. a. in Carnuntum . From 1999 he was dean of studies of the humanities faculty at the University of Graz, where he retired in 2008.

Aigner was considered a universalist in the field of ancient history with knowledge of prehistory and early history up to the Latin Renaissance.

He lived and worked in Switzerland and Austria.

Memberships and editorships

Aigner has been Vice President of the International Society for the History of Physical Education and Sport (ISHPES) since 1997, and a board member of the Austrian Olympic Academy since 1998 . He was also vice-president of the Grazer Morgenländische Gesellschaft (GMG, since 1993) and a member of the Swiss Society for Pre- and Protohistory (SGUF, also since 1993).

Aigner had published the series of Grazer Archeological Studies (GAST) since 1995 and was co-editor of the communications of the Grazer Morgenländische Gesellschaft .

Publications (selection)

  • The soldiers as a power factor in the outgoing Roman Republic. Innsbruck Society for the Care of the Humanities, Innsbruck 1974, ISBN 3-85124-049-9 (dissertation, University of Graz, 1968).
  • The suicide in the myth. Reflections on the attitudes of the Greeks to the phenomenon of suicide from the Homeric period to the end of the 5th century BC Chr. (= Publications of the Institute for Ancient History and Archeology of the Karl-Franzens University Graz. Vol. 2). Graz 1982 (expanded and revised version of the habilitation thesis, University of Graz, 1980).
  • Sun and moon. On the history of the era. In: Wilhelm Richard Baier, Franz Manfred Wuketits (Hrsg.): Zeit-Zauber. Reflections on the time at the turn of the millennium. DBV, Graz 2001, ISBN 3-7041-0281-4 , pp. 57-70
  • Selected Writings. Edited by Peter Mauritsch. Leykam, Graz 2008, ISBN 978-3-7011-0134-4 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Univ.-Prof. retired Dr. Heribert Aigner passed away ( Memento of the original from February 19, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Ancient History and Archeology - News, website of the Karl-Franzens-Universität Graz, February 18, 2015, accessed on February 19, 2015.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / altegeschichte.uni-graz.at
  2. ↑ Alois Kernbauer , history studies. Autobiographical reports - The dissertations written in Graz. 150 years of the Institute for History at the University of Graz, publications from the archive of the University of Graz, Vol. 44/3 (Graz 2015), 347f.
  3. ^ Obituary from the Karl-Franzens-Universität Graz , accessed on February 5, 2016
  4. ^ Announcement from the student council for archeology at the Karl-Franzens-Universität Graz , accessed on February 5, 2015
personal data
SURNAME Aigner, Heribert
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian ancient historian
DATE OF BIRTH July 7, 1943
PLACE OF BIRTH Leoben
DATE OF DEATH February 14, 2015