Robert Rollinger

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Robert Rollinger (born September 17, 1964 in Bludenz ) is an Austrian ancient historian and ancient orientalist .

Career

career

Robert Rollinger studied "Languages ​​and Cultures of the Ancient Orient", History and Ancient History at the University of Innsbruck from 1984 to 1989 . From 1990 he held the position of a lecturer at the Institutes for Ancient History and for Languages ​​and Cultures of the Ancient Orient. In 1993 the doctorate followed with the thesis “Early forms of historical thinking. Historical thinking, ideology and propaganda in ancient Mesopotamia at the transition from the Ur-III to the Isin-Larsa period ”. 1993–1994 he was research assistant on a project of the Institute for Ancient History at the University of Innsbruck to research the early archaic history of Greece, from 1994 to 2000 contract assistant at this institute.

In 1999 he completed his habilitation at the humanities faculty of the University of Innsbruck with the thesis “Ancient Greece and the Ancient Orient. Historical-critical studies on the interaction between the two cultural areas with special consideration of the period from the 8th to the 5th century BC Chr. ”And acquired the Venia docendi for ancient history. In 2000 he was appointed associate professor. In 2003 and 2004 he was visiting professor at the University of Graz . Rollinger, who is also considered an expert on Herodotus , has been a full professor for “Cultural Relations and Cultural Contacts between the Cultures of the Ancient Orient and the Mediterranean Area” at the University of Innsbruck and currently director of the Institute for Ancient History and Oriental Studies. In 2006 and 2007 he was visiting professor at the Institute for the Study of Muslim Civilizations (The Agha Khan University in the United Kingdom), London, and in 2007 visiting professor at the University of Hildesheim , Institute of History (Jean Monnet Chair for European History, Institute for History ). In October 2008, Rollinger was elected as the first Austrian ancient historian to be a member of the European Network for the History of Ancient Greece , which is dedicated to changes within ancient history research.

Research priorities

Awards

Memberships

Publications (selection)

  • Historiography, ethnography, utopia - collected writings. Volume 1: Studies on Herodotus' Art of History . Harrassowitz, Wiesbaden 2007, ISBN 978-3-447-05616-8 .
  • Legal history and interculturality - on the relationship between the Eastern Mediterranean and "Europe" in antiquity . Harrassowitz, Wiesbaden 2007, ISBN 978-3-447-05630-4 .
  • Separate ways? - Communication, space and perceptions in the old world . Antiquity, Frankfurt a. M. 2007, ISBN 978-3-938032-14-5 .
  • Women and genders.
    • Volume 1: In the texts of ancient authors of the Roman Empire . Böhlau, Vienna 2006.
    • Volume 2: In the texts of ancient authors between antiquity and the Middle Ages . Böhlau, Vienna 2006.
  • Boundaries and delimitations - historical and cultural-scientific considerations using the example of the Mediterranean region . Königshausen & Neumann, Würzburg 2006, ISBN 3-8260-3449-X .
  • Women and genders - images, roles, realities . Böhlau, Vienna 2006, ISBN 3-205-77507-4 .
  • (Ed.): Antiquity and the Mediterranean - The ancient world on this side and beyond the Levant - Festschrift for Peter W. Haider on his 60th birthday . Steiner, Stuttgart 2006, ISBN 3-515-08738-9 .
  • (Ed.): From Sumer to Homer - Festschrift for Manfred Schretter on his 60th birthday on February 25, 2004 . Ugarit, Münster 2005, ISBN 3-934628-66-4 .
  • (Ed.): Commerce and monetary system in the ancient world - Means of transmission and cultural interaction - Proceedings of the Fifth Annual Symposium of the Assyrian and Babylonian Intellectual Heritage Project, Innsbruck, Austria, October 3rd - 8th 2002 Mellamu Symposia V . Steiner, Stuttgart 2004, ISBN 3-515-08379-0 .
  • Greek archaic - internal developments - external impulses . Academy, Berlin 2004, ISBN 3-05-003681-8 .
  • Raoul Schrott : Gilgamesh Epic (Scientific Appendix by Robert Rollinger). Hanser, Munich 2003, ISBN 3-446-20060-6 .
  • Herodotus . Olms, Hildesheim 2001, ISBN 3-487-10931-X .
  • The description of Lake Constance, Lake Constance and the Alpine Rhine Valley by Ammianus Marcellinus and their evaluation through regional historical research. A critical synopsis , in: Writings of the Association for the History of Lake Constance and its Surroundings , 120th year 2002, pp. 1–39 ( digitized version )
  • Gender roles and the image of women from the perspective of ancient authors . Studies, Innsbruck 2000, ISBN 3-7065-1409-5 .
  • Herodotus Babylonian Logos - A critical examination of the credibility discussion on the basis of selected examples - Historical parallel tradition - Argumentation - Archaeological evidence - Consequences for a history of Babylon in Persian times. (Diploma thesis 1989). University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck 1993, ISBN 3-85124-165-7 .
  • with Markus Egg and Alessandro Naso (eds.): Weapons for the Gods (RGZM - Conferences Volume 28) , Verlag des RGZM, Mainz 2016, ISBN 978-3-88467-263-1 .

Editing of magazines and series

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ The board of the Austrian Orient Society Hammer-Purgstall, accessed on February 9, 2012
personal data
SURNAME Rollinger, Robert
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian ancient historian and ancient orientalist
DATE OF BIRTH 17th September 1964
PLACE OF BIRTH Bludenz