List of prehistorians and medieval archaeologists at the Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg
In the list of prehistorians and medieval archaeologists at the Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg , all professors who taught at the Martin Luther University in Halle (Saale) are listed . 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 .
The first chair for prehistory in Halle was established in 1918. The first owner was Hans Hahne , who had been director of the Provincial Museum in Halle since 1912 . The dual function of chair holder and museum director was retained until 1958. In 1959 Hermann Behrens took over the post of museum director and Friedrich Schlette the chair at the newly established Institute for Prehistory and Early History at the Martin Luther University. In the 1990s, the chair for prehistory remained vacant for a few years; instead, Klaus-Dieter Jäger took over the management of the institute as professor for geoarchaeology and prehistoric ecology. In 1998, François Bertemes , a professor of prehistoric archeology, could be won for the institute. In 2004 a chair for archeology of the Middle Ages and modern times was established. The first owner was Hans-Georg Stephan . In 2006 the Institute for Prehistory and Early History was merged with the Institute for Classical Archeology and the Institute for Art History to form the new Institute for Art History and Archeologies of Europe.
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 Martin Luther University. 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.
| scientist | from | to | Functions | Remarks | image |
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| Hans Hahne (1875-1935) | 1918 | 1935 | Full professor | originally a medic; 1905–1907 studies of prehistory with Gustav Kossinna in Berlin ; 1912 director of the Provincial Museum in Halle; 1918 doctorate and title of professor in Halle, habilitation in Hanover ; 1921 associate professor; 1933 full professor and rector of the university | |
| Walther Schulz (1887–1982) | 1935 | ? | Full professor | 1925 curator of the Provincial Museum; 1928 habilitation; 1935 associate professor (after Hahnes death); 1936 full professor; 1937/38 Vice Rector of the University; Released in 1945; 1953 renewed teaching position until retirement | |
| Martin Jahn (1888–1974) | 1946 | 1958 | Full professor | until 1945 director of the Silesian State Office for Prehistoric Monument Preservation and full professor at the University of Wroclaw ; after expulsion from Poland in 1946 full professor and director of the State Museum in Halle; 1955 emeritus , but actual retirement only in 1958; afterwards relocation to the FRG and teaching position at the Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg | |
| Friedrich Schlette (1915-2003) | 1946 | 1986 | Full professor | 1934–1939 studies in Halle; 1946–1955 research assistant; 1948 doctorate; 1955 habilitation; 1955–1959 lecturer; from 1959 director of the newly established Institute for Prehistory and Early History; 1959 professor with teaching position; 1963 full professor; 1963–1968 Vice Dean of the Faculty of Philosophy; from 1966 professor with chair and director of the department or science area Prehistory and Protohistory of the Oriental and Classical Studies section of the MLU; 1986 retirement | |
| Joachim Preuss (* 1927) | 1953 | 1991 | Full professor | 1948–1952 studies in Halle; 1952 diploma; 1953 scientific assistant; 1959 senior research assistant; 1961 PhD; 1976 PhD B ; 1981 full professor; 1991 retirement | |
| Klaus-Dieter Jäger (1936-2019) | 1991 | 2001 | professor | Studied biology , botany and geology ; 1958 diploma ; 1966 doctorate, then active in Berlin, Frankfurt (Oder) and Leipzig ; 1982 PhD B; 1991 acting director of the Institute for Prehistory and Early History; 1992 professor for geoarchaeology and prehistoric ecology as well as regular institute director | |
| François Bertemes (* 1958) | 1998 | University professor | Studied in Luxembourg and Saarbrücken ; 1985 doctorate; 1997 habilitation; 1998 substitute professorship in Halle; since 1999 university professor for prehistoric archeology; 1999–2006 managing director of the Institute for Prehistoric Archeology | ||
| Volker Heyd | Substitute professor | ||||
| Hans-Georg Stephan (* 1950) | 2004 | 2015 | University professor | Studied in Münster , Munich and Cardiff ; 1975 doctorate; 1977–2004 adjunct professor in Göttingen ; 1991/92 habilitation; 2004–2015 university professor for archeology of the Middle Ages and modern times in Halle |
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| Felix Biermann (* 1969) | 2009 | 2009 | Visiting professor | ||
| Harald Meller (* 1960) | 2009 | Honorary professor | Studied in Munich and Berlin; 1987 Magister ; 1993 doctorate; since 2001 state archaeologist of Saxony-Anhalt and director of the state museum for prehistory; since 2009 honorary professor at MLU |
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| Tobias Gärtner (* 1973) | 2016 | University professor | Studies in Göttingen; 2002 doctorate; 2016 habilitation, substitute professorship in Halle and then university professor for archeology of the Middle Ages and modern times | ||
| Matthias Becker | extraordinary professor |