Michael Jansen (archaeologist)
Michael Jansen (* 1947 in Koserow ) is a German architectural historian and archaeologist .
Life
Jansen studied physics and mathematics in 1967 at the University of Bonn . He moved to RWTH Aachen University in 1968 and studied architecture and building history until 1973. In 1974 he went to the University of Rome for further studies , where he studied building history and archeology . In 1976 he studied South Asian archeology at Delhi University and the Archaeological Survey of India . In 1979 he received his doctorate in Aachen with the thesis "Architecture of the Harappa Culture ". From 1978 to 1987 he was project manager of the DFG research project 'Mohenjo-Daro' in collaboration with Günter Urban . From 1988 to 1993 he was a university lecturer at RWTH Aachen University.
Jansen has been a university professor for urban history at RWTH Aachen University since 1994 . From 1994 to 1996 Jansen was Dean of the Faculty of Architecture at RWTH Aachen University. His main research interests include the Indus culture ( Mohenjo-Daro ), colonial architecture in South Asia , archeology and architecture in Southeast Arabia and Central Asia , cities of the early modern period and Carolingian architecture .
Publications
- As editor with Abdulrahman Al-Salimi: Portugal in the Sea of Oman . Religion and Politics. Research on Documents ; Facsimiles, 16th volumes in 3 slip cases with 7680 pages, von Zabern, Darmstadt 2012, ISBN 978-3-8053-4374-9 ( English ).
- Peter Frieß, Andreas Fickers (eds.): Michael Jansen and Paul Yule talk about the charm of the hidden and the tools of knowledge in archeology (= TechnikDialog , issue 19). Deutsches Museum Bonn / Lemmens, Bonn 2000, ISBN 3-932306-31-7 .
Web links
- Literature by and about Michael Jansen in the catalog of the German National Library
- Michael Jansen on the RWTH Aachen website
- Daniel Gerlach: World cultural heritage against human life on zenithonline.de, August 19, 2010, accessed on October 21, 2012.
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Jansen, Michael |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German architectural historian and archaeologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1947 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Koserow |