List of ancient historians at the Free University of Berlin

The list of ancient historians at the Free University of Berlin includes all university professors who have taught or are teaching at the Free University of Berlin (FU). This includes all regular university professors who were allowed to give lectures , i.e. full professorships , non- scheduled professors , junior professors , visiting professors , honorary professors , chair representatives and private lecturers . Old historians in the mid-level staff ( assistants and employees ) are only taken into account in justified exceptional cases.

When the FU was founded, a chair for ancient history was established, which has been occupied by Franz Altheim since 1950 . He came from the Humboldt University in Berlin , which is located in the eastern part of the city , where he had previously taught, and immediately brought with him the seminar library that had been stolen there. In 1974 a second chair for the history of late antiquity and the early Middle Ages was established, and in 1984 a third for ancient economic and social history. In 2009 a fourth chair for the historical geography of the ancient Mediterranean was established. The first chair now has a focus on Roman history. Ancient History is part of General History at the Free University of Berlin and thus belongs to the Friedrich Meinecke Institute . It is also part of the Old World Interdisciplinary Center of the Department of History and Cultural Studies at Freie Universität.

The first column shows the name of the person and their life data, the second column shows entry into the university, and the third column shows their departure. Column four names the highest position achieved at Freie Universität. At other universities, the corresponding lecturer may have made an even more extensive scientific career. The next column lists special features, the career path or other information relating to the university or institute. The last column shows pictures of the lecturers, which is currently difficult due to the image rights.

scientist from to Functions Remarks image Franz Altheim (1898–1976) 1950 1965 Full professor 1950 to 1964 first professor Ruth Altheim-Stiehl (* 1926) 1953 1965 Extraordinary professor 1953–1962 assistant, 1955 habilitation, 1962–1965 adjunct professor Robert Werner (1924-2004) 1966 1968 Full professor Successor to Altheim Jürgen Deininger (1937-2017) 1969 1976 Full professor Successor to Werner Volker Fadinger (* 1941) 1970 2006 University professor Walter Eder (1941–2009) 1971 1992 professor Kurt Raaflaub (* 1941) 1972 1978 Assistant professor 1972 assistant professor, 1978 habilitation Alexander Demandt (* 1937) 1974 2005 Full professor Hartmut Galsterer (* 1939) 1977 1985 Full professor Successor of Deininger Manfred Clauss (* 1945) 1978 1987 1980 1993 Full professor 1978–1980 assistant professor, 1987 full professor as successor to Galsterer Hans-Joachim Gehrke (* 1945) 1984 2008 1987   Full professor 1984 to 1987 professor; since 2008 honorary professor again Peter Spahn (* 1946) 1988 Full professor Gehrke's successor Bernd Funck (1945–1996) 1990 1994 Ernst Baltrusch (* 1956) 1995 Full professor Clauss' successor Andreas Luther (* 1969) 2002 2006 Private lecturer Heinrich Schlange-Schöningen (* 1960) 2003 2006 Private lecturer Monika Schuol (* 1964) 2005 Private lecturer Stefan Esders (* 1963) 2007 Full professor Professor of the history of late antiquity and the early Middle Ages, successor of Demandt Klaus Geus (* 1962) 2009 Full professor Professor of the historical geography of the ancient Mediterranean Peter C. Nadig 2009 Private lecturer Michael Rathmann (* 1968) 2010 2013 Private lecturer Sabine R. Hübner (* 1976) 2010 2014 Private lecturer

First chair (ancient history with a focus on Roman history):

• 1950–1965: Franz Altheim
• 1966–1968: Robert Werner
• 1969–1976: Jürgen Deininger
• 1977–1985: Hartmut Galsterer
• 1987–1993: Manfred Clauss
• Since 1995: Ernst Baltrusch

Second Chair (History of Late Antiquity and the Early Middle Ages):

• 1974–2005: Alexander Demandt
• Since 2007: Stefan Esders

Third Chair (Ancient Economic and Social History):

• 1984–1987: Hans-Joachim Gehrke
• since 1988: Peter Spahn

Fourth Chair (Historical Geography of the Ancient Mediterranean):

• since 2009: Klaus Geus

literature

• Ernst Baltrusch: History of Ancient History at the Free University. In: Karol Kubicki, Siegward Lönnendonker (Hrsg.): History at the Free University of Berlin. V & R Unipress, Göttingen 2008, ISBN 978-3-89971-475-3 , pp. 11-40.

Web links

• Current employee at the Friedrich Meinecke Institute