Directory of persons

Here you can find an overview of all persons involved with the Cluster of Excellence.

Administrative Office

Laura Noll, M.A.

Administrative Director

Nicola Blum, M.A.

Diversity Manager

M.A. Stephanie Eikerling

Early Career Management

Dr. Maria Goeth

Science Communication Managerin

Dr. Annette Grötler

Publication Managerin

Dr. Sam Kennerley

Publiaction Manager

Kerstin Schmiegel

Team Assistant

Principal Investigators

Prof. Dr. Peter Adamson

Principal Investigator

Ancient/Medieval Philosophy/Arabic Studies

Prof. Dr. Arndt Brendecke

Principal Investigator

Early Modern History

Prof. Dr. Holger Gzella

Further Spokesperson

Semitic Philology/Hebrew Bible

Prof. Dr. Jörg Heimbel

Principal Investigator

Tibetology

Prof. Dr. Verena Höfig

Principal Investigator

Old Norse Studies

Prof. Dr. Irene Holzer

Principal Investigator

Musicology

Prof. Dr. Enrique Jiménez

Principal Investigator

Assyriology

Portrait Beate Kellner
Prof. Dr. Beate Kellner

Spokesperson Cluster of Excellence

German Medieval Studies

Prof. Dr. jur. Susanne Lepsius, M.A. (Chicago)

Principal Investigator

Legal History

Prof. Dr. Florian Mehltretter

Principal Investigator

Romance Studies

Prof. Dr. Kärin Nickelsen

Principal Investigator

History of Science

Prof. Dr. Claudia Olk

Principal Investigator

English Literature

Prof. Dr. Björn Ommer

Principal Investigator

Digital Humanities

Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Oliver Primavesi

Principal Investigator

Classics: Greek Studies

Prof. Dr. Karen Radner

Principal Investigator

Ancient History of the Near and Middle East

Prof. Dr. Susanne Reichlin

Further Spokesperson

Early Modern German Literature

Prof. Dr. Julian Schröter

Principal Investigator

Digital Literary Studies

Prof. Dr. Barbara Sonnenhauser

Principal Investigator

Slavic Philolgy

Prof. Dr. Carlos Spoerhase

Principal Investigator

Modern German Literature

Martin Stadler
Prof. Dr. Martin Andreas Stadler

Principal Investigator

Egyptology

Prof. Dr. Loren Stuckenbruck

Principal Investigator

New Testament and Second Temple Judaism

Prof. Dr. Vincent Tournier

Principal Investigator

Indology/Buddhist Studies

Prof. Dr. Hans van Ess

Principal Investigator

Sinology

Prof. Dr. Ronny Vollandt

Principal Investigator

Judaic Studies

Prof. Dr. Claudia Wiener

Principal Investigator

Classics: Latin Studies

Postdocs

Dr. Dario Binotto

Postdoc

Dr. Leonardo Chiocchetti

Postdoc

Dr. des. Emanuele Ciarrocchi

Postdoc

Dr. Thomas Crone

Postdoc

Dr. Keli Du

Postdoc

Dr. Alessandro Giudice

Postdoc

Dr. Yasemin Göpkinar

Postdoc

Dr. des. Julia-Sophie Heier

Postdoc

Dr. Adrian Heinrich

Postdoc

Dr. Yannick Laurent

Postdoc

Dr. Giulia Lentini

Postdoc

Veronika Lütkenhaus
Dr. Veronika Lütkenhaus

Postdoc

Dr. Kelsey Martini

Postdoc

Dr. Mattia Ruzzarin

Postdoc

Dr. Gregor Schwarb

Postdoc

Dr. Carolina Teotino-Tattko

Postdoc

Dr. Ricard Torra-Prat

Postdoc

PhD candidates

Beer Albers

PhD candidate

Dajeong Choi, M.A.

PhD candidate

Katharina Drobinski

PhD candidate

Sebastian Gassmann

PhD candidate

Anastasiia Hleba, M.A.

PhD candidate

Maximilian Hoth, M.A.

PhD candidate

Matthias Laufhütte, M.A.

PhD candidate

Maria Schmitt, M.St.

PhD candidate

Yikunnoamlak Zerabiruk

PhD Student

Digital Humanities

Digital Humanities Hotline
Dr. Tobias Englmeier

Center for Digital Humanities

Dr. Quirin Würschinger

Digital Humanities

Florian Zacherl

Center for Digital Humanities

Associates

Dr. Marco Besl

Associate

Fu Fan

Associate

Key Researcher

Stefan Baums, Ph.D.

Key Researcher

Indology

Prof. Dr. Zachary Chitwood

Key Researcher

Byzantine studies

PD Dr. Tobias Daniels

Key Researcher

Dr. Elisa Ganser

Key Researcher

Indology

Prof. Dr. Nikolai Grube

Key Researcher

Archaeology/Cultural Anthropology

PD Dr. Gaia Gubbini

Key Researcher

Italian Philology

Prof. Dr. Regina Höschele

Key Researcher

Classics: Greek Studies

Prof. Dr. Carla Jaimes Betancourt

Key Researcher

Ancient American Studies

Prof. Dr. Silke Jansen

Key Researcher

Romance studies

Dr. Henry Kammler

Key Researcher

Ethnology/indigenous languages and cultures of the Americas

Prof. Dr. Andreas Kaplony

Key Researcher

Arabic/Islamic Studies

Prof. Dr. Benjamin Loy

Key Researcher

Romance philology

Prof. Dr. Karoline Noack

Key Researcher

Ancient American Studies/Ethnology

Dr. Jamie Novotny

Key Researcher

Ancient history of the Near and Middle East

Prof. Dr. Barbara Plank

Key Researcher

AI/Computational Linguistics

Prof. Dr. Christof Schuler

Key Researcher

Ancient history and epigraphy

Prof. Dr. Marta Sernesi

Key Researcher

Tibetology and Buddhist Studies

Prof. Dr. Ksenia Shagal

Key Researcher

Finno-Ugric Studies

Prof. Dr. Ilse Sturkenboom

Key Researcher

Islamic Art History

Prof. Dr. Erika Thomalla

Key Researcher

Book Studies / Digital Book Culture

Prof. Dr. Frieder von Ammon

Key Researcher

Modern German Literature

Prof. Dr. Michael Waltenberger

Key Researcher

German Medieval Studies

Dr. Frauke Weiershäuser

Key Researcher

Ancient history of the Near and Middle East