Kai Ruffing

Kai Ruffing (born January 5, 1967 in Ahlen / Westf. ) Is a German ancient historian .

After graduating from high school in 1986 and the subsequent military service, Kai Ruffing studied history and Latin philology for teaching at the University of Münster from 1988 to 1995 . The state examination took place in 1994. Ruffing then studied ancient history, Latin philology and modern history from 1995 to 1997. In 1997 he received his doctorate under Hans-Joachim Drexhage with the thesis The viticulture in Roman Egypt . In 2005, he completed his habilitation with the thesis The professional specialization in trade and craft: Investigations into its development and conditions in the Roman Empire in the Eastern Mediterranean on the basis of Greek inscriptions and papyri at the University of Marburg and the appointment as a private lecturer . From 2010 to 2013 he was an academic senior counselor at the Department of Ancient History at the University of Marburg. Ruffing was visiting professor at the University of Innsbruck in 2009 . In 2010 he was appointed adjunct professor in Marburg. In 2013 he was appointed to the University of Kassel , where he has been professor of ancient history since the 2013/14 winter semester. He declined appointments to the University of Trier (2016) and the University of Innsbruck (2017).

Together with Hans-Joachim Drexhage, Ruffing is co-editor of the specialist journal Marburg Contributions to Ancient Trade, Economic and Social History as well as the Philippika series. Ancient studies , Classica et Orientalia (Cleo) , Karum - Emporion - Forum (KEF) and universal and cultural-historical studies. Studies in Universal and Cultural History .

Fonts

Monographs

• Viticulture in Roman Egypt (= Pharos. 12). Scripta-Mercaturae-Verlag, St. Katharinen 1999, ISBN 3-89590-078-8 .
• with Hans-Joachim Drexhage and Heinrich Konen: The economy of the Roman Empire (1st – 3rd century). An introduction. Akademie-Verlag, Berlin 2002, ISBN 3-05-003430-0 .
• The professional specialization in trade and craft. Investigations into their development and their conditions in the Roman Empire in the Eastern Mediterranean on the basis of Greek inscriptions and papyri (= Pharos. 24). 2 volumes. Leidorf, Rahden 2008, ISBN 3-86757-252-6 (At the same time: Marburg, University, habilitation paper, 2004).
• Economy in Greco-Roman Antiquity. WBG - Scientific Book Society, Darmstadt 2012, ISBN 978-3-534-22836-2 .

Editorships

• with Bernhard Tenger: Miscellanea oeconomica. Studies on ancient economic history. Harald Winkel on his 65th birthday (= Pharos. 9). Scripta-Mercaturae-Verlag, St. Katharinen 1997, ISBN 3-89590-039-7 .

Web links

• Literature by and about Kai Ruffing in the catalog of the German National Library
• Page from Ruffing at the University of Kassel
• Ruffing's CV at the University of Marburg