Professor Dr. Gesa Schenke
Current affiliations
- Professorship of Coptology
- Cluster of Excellence "Religion and Politics"
Curriculum Vitae (CV)
- Literary and documentary papyrology
- The cult of saints and early legends of the Egyptian church
- Daily life in late antique cities and villages
- Knowledge and education in late Roman Egypt
- Health care and medicine: Healing cults and medical care in hospitals and healing shrines
Academic Education | |
| 1997 - 2000 | Cologne University, PhD in Classical Archaeology |
| 1997 | International Summer School in Papyrology, Christ Church, Oxford. Papyrusedition: P.Oxy 4629: Letter to a Countess |
| 1994 - 1997 | Cologne University, studies in Papyrology, MA in Egyptology, Classical Archaeology and Ancient Greek |
| 1992 - 1994 | Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität Munich, MA studies in Egyptology, Classical Archaeology and Ancient Greek |
| 1988 - 1992 | Pitzer College, The Claremont Colleges, Claremont, California, USA, BA in Classics und Anthropology |
| 1990 - 1991 | College Year in Athens, American School of Classical Studies |
| 1984 - 1988 | Catholic girls school in East Berlin |
Work Experience | |
| since 2019 | Professor for Coptology at the Institute for Egyptology and Coptology in Münster |
| 2014 - 2018 | Research Associate at the University of Oxford, Faculty of History. European Research Council Project: The Cult of Saints in Late Antiquity, Electronic Corpus |
| 2009 - 2014 | Research Associate at Leiden University, School for Middle Eastern Studies, Leiden Institute for Area Studies. European Research Council Project: The Formation of Islam. The View from Below: The History of Islam’s First Two Centuries from Arabic, Greek and Coptic Papyri |
| 2007 - 2009 | Research Associate at the Institute for Classics in Cologne, Papyrology, Epigraphy and Numismatics: Edition of the Coptic papyrus codex with the earliest Testament of Job (TestIob), financed by the Fritz Thyssen Stiftung |
| 2000 - 2009 | Temporary lecturer at the Institute for Egyptology in Cologne |
| 2004 - 2006 | Research Fellow at the Institute for Egyptology in Cologne, Lise-Meitner-Habilitationsstipendium for the Project The Coptic Hagiographic Dossier of St Kollouthos |
| 2001 - 2004 | Research Associate at the Institute for Classics in Cologne, Digital ZPE |
Publications
Schenke Gesa (2020) In: Langellotti Micaela, Rathbone Dominic (eds.), Village institutions in Egypt in the Roman to early Arab periods. Oxford: Oxford University Press. Type of Publication: Research article in edited proceedings (conference) | |
Schenke Gesa (2019) In: Delattre Alain, Legendre Marie, Sijpesteijn Petra M. (eds.), Authority and control in the countryside. Leiden ; Boston: Brill. Type of Publication: Research article (book contribution) | |
Schenke Gesa (2018) In: Nicholson Oliver (eds.), The Oxford dictionary of Late Antiquity. - volume 2. Oxford: Oxford University Press. Type of Publication: Entry in encyclopedia (book contribution) | |
Schenke Gesa (2018) In: Nicholson Oliver (eds.), The Oxford dictionary of Late Antiquity. - volume 2. Oxford: Oxford University Press. Type of Publication: Entry in encyclopedia (book contribution) | |
Schenke Gesa (2018) In: Nicholson Oliver (eds.), The Oxford dictionary of Late Antiquity. - volume 2. Oxford: Oxford University Press. Type of Publication: Entry in encyclopedia (book contribution) |
Projects
Duration: 01/11/2022 - 31/12/2023 Funded by: Uni Münster-internal funding - Topical Programs Type of project: Internally at the University of Münster funded project | |
Duration: since 01/01/2022 | 1st Funding period Funded by: DFG - Cluster of Excellence Type of project: Subproject in DFG-joint project hosted at University of Münster |
Prizes
| Honorary Senior Research Associate Awarded by: Griffith Institute, University of Oxford Award given to: Schenke, Gesa Date of awarding: 01/01/2014 Type of distinction: Research award or other distinction | |
| Forschungsstipendium Awarded by: Arbeitsstelle für Papyrologie, Epigraphik und Numismatik der Nordrhein-Westfälische Akademie der Wissenschaften Award given to: Schenke, Gesa Announced at: 01/01/1995 Type of distinction: Scholarship | |
| Doktorandenstipendium Awarded by: Graduiertenkolleg Formierung und Selbstdarstellung städtischer Eliten des römischen Reiches, Institut für Klassische Archäologie der Universität zu Köln Award given to: Schenke, Gesa Announced at: 01/01/1998 Type of distinction: Scholarship | |
| Postdoc Stipendium für Papyrologie Awarded by: Nordrhein-Westfälische Akademie der Wissenschaften, Institut für Altertumskunde der Universität zu Köln, Arbeitsstelle für Papyrologie, Epigraphik und Numismatik Award given to: Schenke, Gesa Announced at: 01/01/2000 Type of distinction: Scholarship | |
| Lise-Meitner-Stipendium Awarded by: Ministerium für Wissenschaft und Forschung des Landes Nordrhein-Westfalen Award given to: Schenke, Gesa Announced at: 01/01/2004 Type of distinction: Scholarship |