List of classical philologists at the University of Cologne

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The list of Classical Philologists at the University of Cologne lists all relevant representatives of Classical Philology who worked at the University of Cologne , which was newly founded in 1919 .

history

When the University of Cologne was re-established after the First World War , the ancient disciplines of Classical Philology, Ancient History and Classical Archeology were combined in an Institute for Classical Studies. Its first director was the founding professor of classical philology, Josef Kroll (1889–1980). For more than thirty years he also served as director of the Philological Seminary and from 1930–1931 and 1945–1950 rector of the university. Beside him worked from 1925 to 1952 Günther Jachmann (1887–1979) as second professor. Since 1924 there was an assistant position at the Philological Seminary, which Eduard Williger (1899–1932) held until 1932 .

In the 1950s Albrecht Dihle and Hellfried Dahlmann were appointed professors. Both taught until the 1970s and developed strong teaching. In 1961 a third chair for papyrology and epigraphy was set up, first held by Reinhold Merkelbach . He enlarged the Cologne papyrus collection, which had been founded by Josef Kroll in the 1950s. In 1972 he got the Cologne Papyrus Collection included in the funding program of the North Rhine-Westphalian Academy of Sciences .

The Institute for Classical Studies today consists of the three departments of Byzantine and Neo-Greek Studies , Classical Philology and Middle Latin Philology. The institute also has two academic workplaces: The Papyrology, Epigraphy and Numismatics Department of the North Rhine-Westphalian Academy of Sciences and the Department of the Academy of Sciences and Literature (Mainz), which oversees the “Latin Literature of the Renaissance” project .

List of Classical Philologists

Lecturer appointment exit function comment image
Josef Kroll
(1889–1980) 		1922 1956 Full professor First professor for Greek studies, director of the philological seminar, rector of the university 1930–31 and 1945–50
Eduard Williger
(1899–1932) 		1924 1932 Private lecturer Pupil of Wilhelm Kroll in Breslau, assistant in Cologne, qualified as a professor in 1927; died by suicide
Günther Jachmann
(1887–1979) 		1925 1952 Full professor first professor for Latin studies; Specialist in Old Latin and the history of transmission by various authors
Wolf-Hartmut Friedrich
(1907–2000) 		1935 1938 Editor held Latin language courses; moved to Hamburg, later to Göttingen
Wolfgang Schmidt
(1913–1980) 		1938
1946 		1939
1950 		Associate professor Jachmann student, initially lecturer, after the war assistant and in 1949 associate professor; moved to Bonn
Ernst Rupprecht
(1910–1941) 		1939 1941 assistant fell in World War II
Ulrich Knoche
(1902–1968) 		1947 1950 Visiting professor Deputy chair for Josef Kroll during his rectorate; Specialist in Roman satire; returned to Hamburg as a full professor
Hellfried Dahlmann
(1905–1988) 		1932
1953 		1935
1971 		Full professor 1932–1935 assistant; 1953 successor to Jachmann; Varro specialist
Albrecht Dihle
(1923-2020) 		1958 1974 Full professor Successor to Kroll, specialist in Greek philosophy, poetry and cultural history; moved to Heidelberg
Reinhold Merkelbach
(1918-2006) 		1961 1983 Full professor Professor of papyrology and auxiliary sciences, head of the papyrus collection since 1974
Heinrich Otto Schröder
(1906–1987) 		1966 1987 Honorary professor until 1945 senior assistant in Giessen, 1949 head of the Beethoven grammar school in Bonn
Peter Wülfing-von Martitz
(1930-2004) 		1967 1996 professor Private lecturer, adjunct professor in 1970, professor in 1980; Specialist in Greek epic and rhetoric
Gerhard Binder
(* 1937) 		1968 1982 Scientific advice and professor Privatdozent, 1970 adjunct professor, 1971 WR a. Prof .; Specialist in the history of culture, influence and religion in antiquity; moved to Bochum
Albert Henrichs
(1942–2017) 		1969 1971 Private lecturer Merkelbach student, doctorate in 1966, habilitation in 1969; moved to the University of California, Berkeley, and later to Harvard University
Ludwig Koenen
(* 1931) 		1969 1975 Scientific advice and professor Privatdozent, 1971 WR a. Prof .; moved to Ann Arbor University in Michigan
Georg Petzl
(* 1941) 		1969 2007 Academic director, adjunct professor Epigraphist, 1983 habilitation, 1989 adjunct professor
Helmut van Thiel
(1932-2014) 		1969 1998 Extraordinary professor Privatdozent, 1970 apl. Prof .; Specialist in the history of Greek traditions, especially the Homeric epics
Wolfgang Dieter Lebek
(* 1938) 		1971 2003 Full professor Privatdozent, 1971 adjunct professor, 1976–1984 in Los Angeles and Augsburg, then as successor to Merkelbach's professor of papyrology
Dieter Hagedorn
(* 1936) 		1971 1981 Extraordinary professor Papyrologist, habilitation in 1971, adjunct professor in 1972; moved to Heidelberg
Helmut Engelmann
(* 1937) 		1972 2003 Academic senior counselor, adjunct professor Epigraphist, co-editor of the magazine for papyrology and epigraphy
Michael Gronewald
(* 1944) 		1972 2009 professor Private lecturer, 1980 professor; Papyrologist and patristician
Clemens Zintzen
(* 1930) 		1972 2010 Full professor Specialist in philosophy and Latin literature from antiquity to the Renaissance; Retired in 1994, taught until the summer semester 2010
Wolfgang Blümel
(* 1945) 		1975 2011 extraordinary professor Specialist in Greek linguistics and epigraphy
Rudolf Kassel
(1926-2020) 		1975 1991 Full professor Successor to Dihles, publisher of Poetae Comici Graeci , member of various academies
Dietfried Krömer
(1938-2006) 		1976 1978 assistant Kassel student; moved to the Thesaurus Linguae Latinae in Munich as a research assistant
Hermann Wankel
(1928–1997) 		1976 1981 extraordinary professor Kassel student, private lecturer, apl. Prof .; moved to Münster
Peter Frisch
(1942–2015) 		1978 2007 extraordinary professor Merkelbach student; Privatdozent for Classical Philology with special emphasis on papyrology, 1981 adjunct professor, 1986 professor, retired in 2007
Werner Deuse
(* 1944) 		1979 2010 extraordinary professor Specialist in ancient philosophy and church history, at the same time senior teacher in the university service at the University of Siegen
Heinz-Günther Nesselrath
(* 1957) 		1981 1989 Private lecturer Kassel student, specialist in Greek literature; Habilitation in 1987; moved to Bern, later to Göttingen Heinz-Günther Nesselrath.jpg
Klaus Maresch
(* 1951) 		1982 extraordinary professor Papyrologist
Stephan Schröder
(* 1962) 		1989 2001 Private lecturer Assistant, later senior assistant, qualified as a professor in 2000; Specialist in Greek poetry (epic, comedy, paian); moved to Erlangen
Bernd Manuwald
(* 1942) 		1992 2008 Full professor Successor to Kassel; Specialist in Greek historiography, philosophy and tragedy
Markus Stein
(* 1962) 		1992 2004 Private lecturer Specialist in pagan and Christian literature of late antiquity and Manichaeism; moved to Göttingen, later to Düsseldorf
Cornelia Römer
(* 1953) 		1994 2000 Extraordinary professor Papyrologist; 1987 custodian of the papyrus collection, 1994 habilitation, 1999 adjunct professor, moved to London
Peter Schenk
(* 1953) 		1995 extraordinary professor Privatdozent, 1999 student advisor in higher education, 2001 associate professor, 2008 director of studies; Specialist in Latin literature from the imperial era and neo-Latin literature
Wolfram Ax
(1944-2020) 		1996 2010 Full professor Successor to Zintzen; Specialist in ancient grammar, rhetoric and philosophy of language Wolfram Ax.jpg
Farouk Grewing
(* 1968) 		1996 2000 assistant moved to various universities in the USA as a lecturer; since 2007 professor in Vienna
Thomas Gärtner
(* 1969) 		2002 extraordinary professor Specialist in textual criticism and the history of transmission, Latin epic and Middle Latin poetry; Habilitated in 2002, 2008 associate professor
Jürgen Hammerstaedt
(* 1960) 		2004 Full professor Successor of Lebek, specialist in the history of philosophy and imperial literature
Markus Schauer
(* 1967) 		2008 2008 professor W2 professor for classical philology; moved to Bamberg
Anja Bettenworth
(* 1973) 		2010 Professor initially deputy chair for Latin studies; since 2011 W2 professor, specialist in ancient epic, Roman elegy and the reception of antiquities in film.
Alfred Breitenbach
(* 1972) 		2010 academic advice Specialist in pagan and Christian literature from the Roman Empire
René Nünlist
(* 1965) 		2010 Full professor Successor to Manuwald, specialist in Homeric epics
Jan Felix Gaertner
(* 1976) 		2013 Full professor Successor to Ax, specialist in Greco-Roman stage poetry and historiography

literature

  • Leo Haupts: The University of Cologne in the transition from National Socialism to the Federal Republic. In it: The Institute for Classical Studies . Cologne 2007, ISBN 978-3-412-17806-2 , pp. 183-196
  • Erich Meuthen (Ed.): Kölner Universitätsgeschichte, Volume III: The new university: data and facts . Cologne [u. a.]: Böhlau 1988, ISBN 3-412-01688-8 .

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