Antiquity

The Antiquity cluster studies the religion and culture of the Near East and the Mediterranean region. The period ranges from the Ancient Near East through Hellenism to Late Antiquity. This covers the theological subjects "Old Testament", "New Testament" and "Patristics", where research on topics in close relation to the neighboring disciplines of history, archaeology and philology is undertaken.

Individuals contributing to this cluster

• Spokesperson: Markus Öhler, Department of New Testament Studies
• Marianne Grohmann, Department of Old Testament Studies and Biblical Archaeology
• Uta Heil, Department of Christian History, Art and Archaeology
• Annette Schellenberg, Department of Old Testament Studies and Biblical Archaeology
• Agnethe Siquans, Department of Biblical Studies
• Martin Stowasser, Department of Biblical Studies
• Markus Tiwald, Department of Biblical Studies

Support and promotion of scientific activities of doctoral students

The Antiquity cluster supports and promotes the scientific activities of doctoral students by:

1.    integrating them into existing international working groups:

• Working Group Biblical Studies
• Working Group Reception of the Old Testament (AKRAT)
• International Doctoral Colloquium Vienna-Leipzig-Berlin
• Forum Millennium

2.     integrating them into the specialization seminars of the respective subjects

3.     workshops

• Preparing editions
• Open Access publication
• Use and creation of databases

4.     organizing excursions to the areas of the Ancient Near East and the Mediterranean region

5.     supporting their participation in conferences and lectures

• Society of Biblical Literature (Annual Meeting, International Meeting
• International Conference on Patristic Studies

6.      integrating them in third-party-funded conferences in all stages

• Application
• Organization
• Implementation
• Speaking
• Evaluation (publication)

7.      Regular retreats to discuss each other’s works

In all events of the cluster, support will also come from the participation of post-docs in the respective subjects.