Martin Zimmermann (ancient historian)

Martin Zimmermann (born November 1, 1959 in Güldenstein ) is a German ancient historian and author of children's and youth literature .

Martin Zimmermann grew up in Flensburg , where he attended the old grammar school until his Abitur in 1978 and studied history and German at the Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel , where he passed the first state examination in 1987. In 1990 he received his doctorate in ancient history at the University of Tübingen , after which he was a research assistant at Frank Kolb's chair until 1997 , and in 1997 he received his habilitation there . From 1997 to 2002 Zimmermann was an academic councilor in Tübingen. Since 2002 he has been a full professor of ancient history at the University of Munich .

Zimmermann's main research area is the historical study of Asia Minor . Since 1989 Zimmermann has been involved in archaeological field research in the area of ​​the ancient Polis Kyaneai . From 1999 to 2005 he was head of a DFG project entitled “Ports of Minor Asia and their hinterland. Paths of Acculturation on the Lycian Coast ”with annual field research in Lycia . Since 2006 he has been coordinator of the priority program 1209 “The Hellenistic Polis as a Way of Life” of the DFG. Zimmermann is the spokesman for the Graduate School “Forms of Prestige in Ancient Cultures”. He is a full member of the German Archaeological Institute (DAI), a member of the Commission for Ancient History and Epigraphy of the DAI and the Scientific Advisory Board of the Gerda Henkel Foundation . He has been a member of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences since 2013 . At the 53rd German Historians' Day in Munich in 2021, he will be the spokesman for the local committee.

Fonts

Monographs

• Studies on the historical geography of Central Lycia. Habelt, Bonn 1992, ISBN 3-7749-2553-4 .
• Emperor and event. Studies on the historical work of Herodian. CH Beck, Munich 1999, ISBN 3-406-45162-4 .
• Pergamon. History, culture and archeology. CH Beck, Munich 2011, ISBN 978-3-406-62139-0 .
• Violence. The dark side of antiquity . Deutsche Verlags-Anstalt, Munich 2013, ISBN 978-3-421-04471-6 .
• The strangest places in ancient times. Haunted houses. Hanging gardens and the end of the world , CH Beck, Munich 2018, ISBN 978-3-406-72704-7 .

Editorships

• Historiography and political change in the 3rd century AD Colloquium in honor of Karl-Ernst Petzold on the occasion of his eightieth birthday. Stuttgart 1999, ISBN 3-515-07457-0 .
• with Gregor Weber : Propaganda - Self-Presentation - Representation in the Roman Empire of the 1st Jhs. AD Stuttgart 2003, ISBN 3-515-08251-4 .
• General education - great personalities. You have to know that. 7th edition. Würzburg 2004, ISBN 3-401-05722-7 .
• World history in stories. Forays from the beginning to the present. Würzburg 2004, ISBN 3-401-05442-2 .
• The dream of Troy. History and myth of an eternal city. Munich 2006, ISBN 3-406-54376-6 .
• with Susanne Rebscher: general education. You have to know that. Würzburg 2007, ISBN 978-3-401-06200-6 .
• with Ralf Behrwald : General education world history. You have to know that. Würzburg 2007, ISBN 978-3-401-06100-9 .
• Extreme forms of violence in images and text from ancient times. Herbert Utz, Munich 2009, ISBN 978-3-8316-0853-9

Web links

• Literature by and about Martin Zimmermann in the catalog of the German National Library
• Martin Zimmermann on the LMU Munich website
• Elite universities in Munich. The misery of the masses , interview with Martin Zimmermann, Süddeutsche Zeitung , November 2, 2006

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Prof. Dr. Martin Zimmermann , full member of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences
2. ↑ 53rd German Historians' Day 2020. Retrieved on November 12, 2018 .