Chair of Near Eastern Archeology
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Curriculum Vitae

Short Biography

Positions and Education

  • since 1.10.2013 University Professor for Near Eastern Archaeology at the LMU München
  • 2009-2013 University Professor for Near Eastern Archaeology at the Institute for Egyptology and Ancient Near Eastern Studies of the Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz
  • 2007-2009 Head of Department of Ancient and Modern Cultures and Lecturer for Near Eastern Archaeology at the LMU München
  • Winter Term 2008/2009 Visiting Professor at the Department of Near Eastern Studies Vienna (Austria)
  • Summer Term 2007 Visiting Professor at the Freie Universität Berlin
  • 2003-2007 Research Fellow in the DFG-Project „Tall Bazi“
  • 2004 Habilitation in Near Eastern Archaeology at the LMU München
  • 2001-2002 Post Doctorate Scholarship of the LMU München
  • 1998-2001 Habilitation Scholarship of the Bavarian State
  • 1998 Research Fellow at the Institute of Near Eastern Archaeology at the LMU München
  • 1996-1997 Travel Scholarship holder of the Deutsches Archäologisches Institut
  • 1994-1996 Assistant for Near Eastern Archaeology at the branch office of the Deutsches Archäologisches Institut in Damaskus
  • 1990-1996 Doctoral studies at the Freie Universität Berlin, NaFöG-doctoral scholarship holder of the FU Berlin
  • 1984-1990 Degree Programme (Magister) in Near Eastern Archaeology, Assyriology and Classical Archaeology at the LMU München and in Paris (Univ. Paris I and IV, Sorbonne; École Pratique des Hautes Études).

Other Functions

  • 2017-2019 Vice Women's Representative of the Faculty12 of the LMU München
  • 2014-2017 Women's Representative of the Faculty12 of the LMU München
  • since 2016 Corresponding Member of the Deutsches Archäologisches Institut
  • 2015-2021 President of the Deutsche Orient-Gesellschaft e.V.
  • 2012-2015 Vice President of the Deutsche Orient-Gesellschaft e.V.
  • since 2014 Member of the Commission for Cuneiform Research and Near Eastern Archaeology at the Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities
  • 2014-2018 Board Member of the Graduate School for Ancient Studies "Distant Worlds" of the LMU MÜnchen.
  • 2013-2020 Principal Investigator of the Graduate School for Ancient Studies "Distant Worlds" of the LMU München
  • since 2007 Professeur Associée au Collège de France (Paris)

Editorship

  • since 2018 Editor of the series "Münchener Abhandlungen zum Alten Orient" (MAAO)
  • since 2008 Co-editor of the magazine for Assyriology and Near Eastern Archaeology (ZA)
  • Member of the editors' committee of the Subartu series
  • Member of the Scientific Advisory Committee of Biblioteca del Próximo Oriente Antiguo (Barcelona), OrientLab (Bologna), PCMA UW (University of Warsaw), Studi Eblaiti (Rome), Ash-Sharq (Paris), Studia Chaburensia (Berlin), ZORA (Berlin), Athar Al Rafidain (Mosul)

Foci of Interest

culture and settlement history of the Ancient Near East – complex societies – historical geography – cylinder seals and impressions – Iconography of the Ancient Near East - beer brewing in the Ancient Near East – metrology – rock reliefs