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Professor Dr. Dr. h.c. Johannes Hahn, M.A.

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Curriculum Vitae (CV)

  • Social and Cultural History of the Roman Empire
  • History of Judaism and Christianity in the Roman Empire
  • Religious, Social and Cultural History of Late Antiquity
  • Social and Intellectual History of Ancient Philosophy, Medicine and Science
  • Alexander the Great
  • Ancient Near East, especially Palestine and Syria; India from the Hellenistic Period to Late Antiquity

Academic Education

04/1995 - 03/1996Heisenberg-Scholar, Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
02/1993Habilitation in Ancient History, Heidelberg University
10/1982 - 07/1986Promotion in Alter Geschichte, Heidelberg University
09/1982Master of Arts in Philosophy, Free University Berlin
10/1976 - 09/1982Studium der Philosophie, Geschichte, Archäologie etc. at München, Heidelberg, Oxford, Berlin Universities (& military service)

Work Experience

since 11/2007Principal Investigator, Center of Excellence „Religion and Politics in Pre-Modern and Modern Cultures“, Münster University
since 04/1996Full Professor (chair) for Ancient History, Münster University
06/2015Visiting Professor, Central European University (CEU) Budapest
10/2013 - 12/2013Guest Professor, University of Erlangen, DFG-Researchgroup "Sakralität und Sakralisierung in Mittelalter und früher Neuzeit. Interkulturelle Perspektiven in Europa und Asien."
08/2009 - 08/2010Visiting Fellow, Classics Department, Princeton University
03/2008Special Speaker of the Program in the Ancient World, Princeton University
08/2006 - 03/2007Visiting Fellowship, Princeton University, Classics Department
09/2006 - 11/2006Stanley J. Seeger Visiting Fellowship, Program in Hellenic Studies, Princeton University
01/2000 - 12/2004Deputy Speaker of Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) Collaborative Research Centres (SFB) 491 "Functions of Religion in the Ancient Near East"
09/1995 - 10/1996Guest Professor, Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest
10/1993 - 03/1995Deputy Full Professor, University of Cologne
04/1993 - 09/1993Research Fellow, Erfurt University
10/1986 - 09/1992Assistant Professor, Seminar für Alte Geschichte, Heidelberg University
10/1982 - 09/1986Lecturer, Seminar für Alte Geschichte, Heidelberg University

Functions and Memberships

06/2007 - 2017Co-Editor „Forschungen zur Geschichte der Juden“ (Hahnsche Buchhandlung)
01/2003 - 2017Co-Editor „Religions of the Graeco-Roman World“ (Brill)
06/1999 - 2017Co-Editor „Historische Studien“ (Matthiesen)
02/1998 - 2017Co-Editor „Studien und Texte zu Antike und Christentum“ (Mohr Siebeck)

Publications

Hahn Johannes (2020)
In: Hahn Johannes, Menze Volker (eds.), The Wandering Holy Man: the Life of Barsauma, Christian Asceticism and Religious Conflict in Late Antique PalestineBerkeley - Los Angeles - LondonUniversity of California Press.
Research article (book contribution)
Hahn Johannes, Menze Volker (eds.) (2020)
Berkeley - Los Angeles - LondonUniversity of California Press.
Book (edited collection)
Hahn Johannes (2020)
In: Hahn Johannes, Menze Volker (eds.), The Wandering Holy Man: the Life of Barsauma, Christian Asceticism and Religious Conflict in Late Antique PalestineBerkeley - Los Angeles - LondonUniversity of California Press.
Research article (book contribution)
Hahn Johannes (2018)
In: Achenbach Reinhard (eds.), Heilige Orte der AntikeMünsterZaphon Verlag.
Research article (book contribution)
Hahn Johannes (2018)
In: Bergjan, S.-P., Elm, S. (eds.), Antioch II. The Many Faces of Antioch: Intellectual Exchange and Religious Diversity in Antioch, 350-450 ADTübingenunbekannt / n.a. / unknown.
Research article (book contribution)
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Projects

Duration: 01/11/2021 - 28/02/2025
Funded by: Uni Münster-internal funding schemes, MKW - Förderlinie "Profilbildung"
Type of project: Participation in other joint projects
Duration: 01/01/2019 - 31/12/2025 | 1st Funding period
Funded by: DFG - Cluster of Excellence
Type of project: Main DFG-project hosted at University of Münster
Duration: 01/01/2019 - 31/12/2025 | 1st Funding period
Funded by: DFG - Cluster of Excellence
Type of project: Subproject in DFG-joint project hosted at University of Münster
Duration: 14/09/2017 - 17/09/2017
Funded by: Fritz Thyssen Foundation - Support of Conferences
Type of project: Scientific Event
Duration: 01/11/2012 - 31/12/2018 | 1st Funding period
Funded by: DFG - Cluster of Excellence
Type of project: Subproject in DFG-joint project hosted at University of Münster
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Prizes

Doctor et Professor Honoris Causa
Awarded by: Eötvös Loránd University of Budapest
Award given to: Hahn, Johannes
Announced at: 07/05/2021 | Date of awarding: 15/05/2021
Type of distinction: Research award or other distinction

Doctorates

Das Schicksal heidnischer Heiligtümer im spätantiken Osten
Candidate: Müller-Siegwardt, Jana | Supervisors: Hahn, Johannes
Period of time: 01/10/2013 - 31/12/2020
Doctoral examination procedure finished at: Doctoral examination procedure at University of Münster
Nostalgie und Nobilitas: Zum Zusammenhang von Vergangenheitsbezug und Elitenkonstitution in gallo- und italo-römischen senatorischen Diskursen des langen 5.…
Candidate: Meurer, Tabea | Supervisors: Hahn, Johannes
Period of time: 01/11/2013 - 14/12/2017
Doctoral examination procedure finished at: Doctoral examination procedure at University of Münster
Dream Interpretation in the Society of the Roman Imperial Period
Candidate: Bark, Anna Lisa | Supervisors: Hahn, Johannes
Period of time: 01/10/2014 - 19/04/2017
Doctoral examination procedure finished at: Doctoral examination procedure at University of Münster
Institutionalisation and Control of the Veneration of Martyrs in the Fourth and Early Fifth Centuries
Candidate: Dahlmann, Alissa | Supervisors: Hahn, Johannes
Period of time: 01/10/2012 - 30/09/2016
Doctoral examination procedure finished at: Doctoral examination procedure at University of Münster
Bedeutung von Kaiser Julian für die Märtyrerverehrung des 4. Jahrhunderts
Candidate: Kleine, Marie | Supervisors: Hahn, Johannes
Period of time: 01/10/2012 - 30/09/2015
Doctoral examination procedure finished at: Doctoral examination procedure at University of Münster
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