Sebastian Brather (born 28 June 1964) is a German medieval archaeologist and co-editor of ''
Germanische Altertumskunde Online''.
Career
Brather received his
PhD in archaeology from the
Humboldt University of Berlin
The Humboldt University of Berlin (, abbreviated HU Berlin) is a public research university in the central borough of Mitte in Berlin, Germany.
The university was established by Frederick William III on the initiative of Wilhelm von Humbol ...
in 1995 with a thesis ''
Feldberger Keramik und frühe Slawen: Studien zur nordwestslawischen Keramik der Karolingerzeit''.
In 2002 his habilitation thesis in
University of Freiburg
The University of Freiburg (colloquially ), officially the Albert Ludwig University of Freiburg (), is a public university, public research university located in Freiburg im Breisgau, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. The university was founded in 1 ...
was ''Ethnische Interpretationen in der frühgeschichtlichen Archäologie: Geschichte, Grundlagen und Alternativen''. In the next two years worked as research assistant at
Goethe University in Frankfurt and Main, to return to Freiburg where taught as a holder of
GRF scholarship. Since 2006 has been Professor of Prehistoric and Medieval Archaeology at the same university.
A member of the Historical Commission for Silesia and
German Archaeological Institute, since 2003 is co-editor of the Journal of Medieval ''Archaeology'' and since 2011 contributes as co-editor to the ''
Germanische Altertumskunde Online'' published by
De Gruyter
Walter de Gruyter GmbH, known as De Gruyter (), is a German scholarly publishing house specializing in academic literature.
History
The roots of the company go back to 1749 when Frederick the Great granted the Königliche Realschule in Be ...
.
Brather has conducted much research on the archaeology of
late antiquity
Late antiquity marks the period that comes after the end of classical antiquity and stretches into the onset of the Early Middle Ages. Late antiquity as a period was popularized by Peter Brown (historian), Peter Brown in 1971, and this periodiza ...
and
Middle Ages
In the history of Europe, the Middle Ages or medieval period lasted approximately from the 5th to the late 15th centuries, similarly to the post-classical period of global history. It began with the fall of the Western Roman Empire and ...
especially about the
West Slavs. Brather in a similar fashion of
processual archaeology considers
ethnic identity to be a social construct which is out of reach of archaeology and argues against
culture-historical methodology of easily making direct links between material culture and ethnic identities.
Bibliography
* ''Feldberger Keramik und frühe Slawen: Studien zur nordwestslawischen Keramik der Karolingerzeit''. Habelt, Bonn 1996 (= ''Universitätsforschungen zur prähistorischen Archäologie'', Vol 34; ''Schriften zur Archäologie der germanischen und slawischen Frühgeschichte'', Vol 1), ISBN 3-7749-2768-5.
* Editor: ''Archäologie als Sozialgeschichte. Studien zu Siedlung, Wirtschaft und Gesellschaft im frühgeschichtlichen Mitteleuropa. Festschrift für Heiko Steuer zum 60. Geburtstag''. Leidorf, Rahden 1999 (= ''Internationale Archäologie. Studia honoraria'', Vol 9), ISBN 3-89646-389-6.
* "Ethnische Identitäten als Konstrukte der frühgeschichtlichen Archäologie". In: ''
Germania
Germania ( ; ), also more specifically called Magna Germania (English: ''Great Germania''), Germania Libera (English: ''Free Germania''), or Germanic Barbaricum to distinguish it from the Roman provinces of Germania Inferior and Germania Superio ...
'' 78–2000, S. 139–177
auf journals.ub.uni.heidelberg.de.
*
Archäologie der westlichen Slawen: Siedlung, Wirtschaft und Gesellschaft im früh- und hochmittelalterlichen Ostmitteleuropa'.
De Gruyter
Walter de Gruyter GmbH, known as De Gruyter (), is a German scholarly publishing house specializing in academic literature.
History
The roots of the company go back to 1749 when Frederick the Great granted the Königliche Realschule in Be ...
, Berlin-New York 2001 (= ''
Reallexikon der Germanischen Altertumskunde'', Vol 30)
2nd editionby de Gruyter, Berlin-New York 2008, Vol 61, ISBN 978-3-11-020609-8.
*
The beginnings of Slavic settlement east of the river Elbe. ''Antiquity'', Volume 78, Issue 300. pp. 314–329
*
The Archaeology of the Northwestern Slavs (Seventh To Ninth Centuries). East Central Europe, 31(1), pp. 77–97.
*
Ethnische Interpretationen in der frühgeschichtlichen Archäologie: Geschichte, Grundlagen und Alternativen'. De Gruyter, Berlin-New York 2004 (= ''
Reallexikon der Germanischen Altertumskunde'', Vol 42);
* Editor with Christine Kratzke: ''Auf dem Weg zum Germania-Slavica-Konzept. Perspektiven von Geschichtswissenschaft, Archäologie, Onomastik und Kunstgeschichte seit dem 19. Jahrhundert'.' Leipziger Universitäts-Verlag, Leipzig 2005 (= ''GWZO-Arbeitshilfen'', Vol 3), ISBN 3-86583-108-7.
* Editor:
Zwischen Spätantike und Frühmittelalter: Archäologie des 4. bis 7. Jahrhunderts im Westen'. De Gruyter, Berlin-New York 2008 (= ''
Reallexikon der Germanischen Altertumskunde'', Vol 57), ISBN 978-3-11-020049-2.
*
The Western Slavs of the Seventh to the Eleventh Century – An Archaeological Perspective. ''
History Compass''. Vol 9 (6), pp. 454–473
* Editor:
Recht und Kultur im frühmittelalterlichen Alemannien'. De Gruyter, 2017 (= ''
Reallexikon der Germanischen Altertumskunde'', Vol 102), ISBN 9783110452945
* Editor with
Wilhelm Heizmann and
Steffen Patzold:
Germanische Altertumskunde im Wandel: Archäologische, philologische und geschichtswissenschaftliche Beiträge aus 150 Jahren'. De Gruyter, 2021 ISBN 9783110561852
Sources
External links
Sebastian Bratherat the website of the
University of Freiburg
The University of Freiburg (colloquially ), officially the Albert Ludwig University of Freiburg (), is a public university, public research university located in Freiburg im Breisgau, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. The university was founded in 1 ...
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1964 births
German archaeologists
Humboldt University of Berlin alumni
Living people
People from Potsdam
Medieval archaeologists
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