Klaus Zimmermann (born 8 February 1964 in
Würzburg
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) is a German
ancient historian
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.
Klaus Zimmermann, son of Medievalist
Gerd Zimmermann, completed his
abitur
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at
E.T.A. Hoffmann-Gymnasium Bamberg in 1983. After his military service, Zimmermann began his studies at the
University of Bamberg
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Campus
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in 1985/6. He achieved his master's in 1993. From 1994 until 1998 he was scholarly assistant at the
Commission for Ancient History and Epigraphy in the
German Archaeological Institute
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in Munich. In 1998 he received his doctorate from
Werner Huß
Werner Huß (born 8 September 1936 in Schwabmünchen) is a German ancient historian.
Werner Huß received a doctorate in Roman Catholic theology in 1967 and his habilitation in ancient history in 1975 at Munich with the work ''Untersuchungen zur ...
for his dissertation ''Libyen. Das Land südlich des Mittelmeers im Weltbild der Griechen'' (Libya: The Land South of the Mediterranean in the Worldview of the Greeks). From 1998 until 2006 he was
wissenschaftlicher Assistent
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at the
University of Jena
The University of Jena, officially the Friedrich Schiller University Jena (german: Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena, abbreviated FSU, shortened form ''Uni Jena''), is a public research university located in Jena, Thuringia, Germany.
The un ...
. In 2005 he achieved his
Habilitation
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at Jena in the subject of ancient history. From 2006 to 2007 Zimmerman was Senior Assistent at Jena and from 2007 to 2009 he was an Academic Advisor. On 1 October 2009 he succeeded
Elmar Schwertheim in the research position for Asia Minor in the seminar for ancient history at
University of Münster
The University of Münster (german: Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, WWU) is a public research university located in the city of Münster, North Rhine-Westphalia in Germany.
With more than 43,000 students and over 120 fields of stud ...
.
His research focusses are religion in politics / politics in religion, the appropriation of social memory by the church as an institution and the day-to-day experience of death and dying in the Imperial period and
Late Antiquity
Late antiquity is the time of transition from classical antiquity to the Middle Ages, generally spanning the 3rd–7th century in Europe and adjacent areas bordering the Mediterranean Basin. The popularization of this periodization in English has ...
.
Selected works
* ''Karthago. Aufstieg und Fall einer Großmacht.'' (Carthage: Rise and Fall of a Great Power)/ Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft, Darmstadt 2010, .
* ''Rom und Karthago.'' (Rome and Carthage) Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft, Darmstadt 2005, , 3rd revised, bibliographically updated edition 2013, .
* ''Libyen. Das Land südlich des Mittelmeers im Weltbild der Griechen'' (Libya: The Land South of the Mediterranean in the Worldview of the Greeks = ''Vestigia.'' Vol. 51). Beck, München 1999, (Zugleich: Bamberg, Universität, Dissertation, 1997/98).
External links
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Profile on the University of Münster websiteSport oder Spektakel? – Gladiatorenspiele im Römischen Reich Interview with Klaus Zimmermann in:
Q History from 27 April 2011
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Historians of antiquity
Academic staff of the University of Münster
1964 births
Living people