List of prehistorians and medieval archaeologists at the Humboldt University in Berlin

The list of prehistorians and medieval archaeologists at the Humboldt University in Berlin includes all professors who have taught at the Friedrich Wilhelms University and its successor, the Humboldt University in Berlin . As a rule, this includes all regular university professors who were allowed to give lectures, i.e. who had completed their habilitation . In particular, these are full professors , non-scheduled professors , junior professors , guest professors , honorary professors , chair representatives and private lecturers . Mid-level archaeologists (lecturers: assistants and employees ) are only included in justified exceptional cases.

In 1902 a professorship for "German Archeology" was established in Berlin. It was the first of its kind in the world. There was still no own chair. This was established in 1934. After the Second World War, university education in prehistory and early history was resumed at Humboldt University in 1953. Since 1968 the department has been part of the History Section . At that time it was the only place in the GDR, besides Halle (Saale) , where you could study this subject. After the fall of the Berlin Wall, the subject remained history. In 1991 a chair and another professorship were established, of which the professorship was canceled in 2001 due to the financial situation; since 2007 the chair has only been occupied as a substitute professorship. In 2011 the chair was closed.

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 lists the highest position achieved at the Humboldt University in Berlin. 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 Gustaf Kossinna (1858–1931) 1902 1931 Full professor originally Germanist and librarian; 1902 holder of the first professorship for “German Archeology” in Germany; Creator of the so-called " settlement archaeological method " Alfred Götze (1865–1948) 1908 1928 Full professor Museum archaeologist; 1908 titular professor, 1920 full professor; 1931 chairman of the Society for German Prehistory; 1890 first scientist to receive a doctorate in the subject; Expert for the prehistory from the Neolithic to the Migration Period Max Ebert (1879–1929) 1927 1929 professor 1906 to 1914 research assistant; 1927 professor of prehistory; Expert in Baltic and South Russian prehistory Wilhelm Unverzagt (1882–1971) 1928 1945 Honorary professor 1928 lecturer, 1932 honorary professor; 1926 director of the Museum for Prehistoric Archeology in Berlin; Since 1926 headed the Museum for Prehistory and Early History in Berlin, which was then the largest museum for Prehistory and Early History; Founder of the Institute for Prehistory at the Academy of Sciences of the GDR Hans Reinerth (1900–1990) 1934 1945 Full professor first holder of the chair; conducted research in the sense of National Socialist ideology, head of the Reich Association for German Prehistory Karl-Heinz Otto (1915–1989) 1951 1980 Full professor 1951 lecturer, 1954 lecturer, 1955 professor with full teaching assignment, 1960 full professor, retired in 1980; 1954 to 1968 director of the institute; 1952 to 1961 director of the Department of Prehistory and Early History in the Museum of German History in Berlin; 1961 to 1963 Dean of the Philosophical Faculty of the HU Berlin; since 1968 in several positions at the Academy of Sciences of the GDR Heinz Grünert (1927-2010) 1954 1992 Full professor 1954 regular academic aspirant, 1954 research assistant, 1969 university lecturer, 1975 full professor; 1968 to 1992 head of the prehistory and early history department at the HU Berlin; 1964 to 1992 editor in charge of the ethnographic-archaeological journal Paul Grimm (1907-1993) 1955 1972 professor 1955 professor Ruth Struwe (* 1946) 1973 2007 Private lecturer 1973 doctorate, research assistant, 1989 habilitation, 1990 full university lecturer, 1994 private lecturer; Specialist for prehistory Achim Leube (* 1936) 1992 2001 professor with Johan Callmer first professor at the seminar after the reorganization of the university in 1992; Expert in Germanic prehistory Johan Callmer (* 1945) 1993 2007 Full professor Swede; with Achim Leube first professor at the seminar after the reorganization of the university in 1992; Expert in medieval archeology , especially in the Baltic Sea region Jörg Kleemann (* 1962) 1994 Private lecturer 1994 lecturer, 2002 private lecturer, 2006 professor in Lublin and private lecturer in Berlin; Expert for the Migration Period and the Franconian Period Michael Meyer (* 1959) 1994 2007 Private lecturer 1994 research assistant, 2005 private lecturer; Excavation archaeologist, specialist in prehistory from the Stone Age to the Migration Period Claudia Theune-Vogt (* 1959) 1994 2007 Private lecturer 1994 Scientific Assistant, 2001 Private Lecturer and Senior Scientific Assistant; Specialist in early medieval archeology Eike Gringmuth-Dallmer (* 1942) 1996 Extraordinary professor 1996 private lecturer, 2002 adjunct professor; Expert in medieval archeology and history Jürgen Kunow (* 1953) 1995 Honorary professor 1992 State Archaeologist of Brandenburg, 2004 Head of the Rhenish Office for Archaeological Preservation; 2003 Chairman of the Association of State Archaeologists Ines Beilke-Voigt (* 1966) 1997 Private lecturer 1997 research assistant, 2004 private lecturer; Expert for the Bronze and Iron Ages Norbert Benecke (* 1954) 2001 Honorary professor Archaeozoologist; Lecturer for archeozoology at the German Archaeological Institute Uta Halle (* 1956) 2001 2008 Private lecturer 2001 private lecturer; Specialist in archeology in the Middle Ages and modern times Felix Biermann (* 1969) 2007 2011 professor 2007 substitute professor; Expert in the archeology of the Slavs and settlement archeology

literature

• Achim Leube: Prehistory between the Empire and the reunified Germany. 100 years of prehistory and early history at the Berlin University Unter den Linden. Habelt, Bonn 2010. ISBN 978-3-7749-3629-4 .

This version was added to the selection of informative lists and portals on January 27, 2009 .