Uwe Walter (born 23 October 1962 in

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) is a German historian specialising in

ancient history Ancient history is a time period from the History of writing, beginning of writing and recorded human history through late antiquity. The span of recorded history is roughly 5,000 years, beginning with the development of Sumerian language, ...

. Walter studied history,

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and

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at Göttingen und Erlangen from 1983. In 1992 he received a doctorate from

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with a work on citizen rights in

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. He subsequently completed a teaching certificate and was employed until 1997 in the school system. In that year he was appointed as a senior instructor in the faculty of the department of ancient history at the Institute for Ancient World Studies at the

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. In 2001 he received a research grant from the Gerda Henkel Foundation and he was

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in 2003 at Cologne with a work on the Historical culture of the Roman Republic. In 2004 he was appointed Professor of General History with special consideration of ancient history at

Bielefeld University Bielefeld University () is a public university in Bielefeld, Germany. Founded in 1969, it is one of the country's newer universities, and considers itself a "reform" university, following a different style of organization and teaching than the e ...

. He refused appointments at

Mainz University The Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz () is a public research university in Mainz, Rhineland Palatinate, Germany. It has been named after the printer Johannes Gutenberg since 1946. it had approximately 32,000 students enrolled in around 100 a ...

(2009) and Göttingen University (2010). Walter mainly focusses on Greek history in the archaic and classical periods, the Roman Republic, ancient historiography and

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. As of 2010 he is an editor of ''

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''. From 2009 to 2012 he produced a blog, "Antike und Abendland" (Antiquity and the West) for FAZ. Walter remains closely linked to the school system. He worked in the Union of German History Teachers and is an editor of the union's journal '' geschichte für heute'' (history for today).

Selected publications

* ''An der Polis teilhaben. Bürgerstaat und Zugehörigkeit im Archaischen Griechenland'' (Taking Part in the

Polis Polis (: poleis) means 'city' in Ancient Greek. The ancient word ''polis'' had socio-political connotations not possessed by modern usage. For example, Modern Greek πόλη (polē) is located within a (''khôra''), "country", which is a πατ ...

. Citizen State and Belonging in Archaic Greece). Stuttgart 1993, . * as editor ''M. Valerius Martialis Epigramme'' (Epigrams of M. Valerius Martial. Schöningh, Paderborn 1996. . * ''Abitur-Wissen Geschichte: Die Antike'' (High School History: Antiquity). Stark, Freising 2000, 2nd Edition 2004, . * Editor with

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: ''Die Frühen Römischen Historiker I. Von Fabius Pictor bis Cn. Gellius'' (The Early Roman Historians I: From Fabius Pictor to Gn.

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, Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft, Darmstadt 2001, ( Texte zur Forschung, Vol. 76) ** E-book edition 2003, 2nd revised edition 2005 () * Editor with Hans Beck: ''Die Frühen Römischen Historiker II. Von Coelius Antipater bis Pomponius Atticus'', Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft, Darmstadt 2004, (Texte zur Forschung, Vol. 77) * ''Memoria und res publica. Zur Geschichtskultur der römischen Republik'' (Memoria and

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: On Historical Culture of the Roman Republic). Verlag Antike, Frankfurt 2004, . * with Markus Sehlmeyer. ''Unberührt von jedem Umbruch? Der Althistoriker Ernst Hohl zwischen Kaiserreich und früher DDR'' (Untouched by any Upheaval? The Ancient Historian Ernst Hohl between

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and the Early DDR). Verlag Antike, Frankfurt/M. 2005, . * as editor ''Gesetzgebung und politische Kultur in der römischen Republik'' (Legislation and Political Culture in the Roman Republic) (Studien zur Alten Geschichte 20), Heidelberg 2014.reviewed
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External links

*
Profile at Bielefeld University

"Antike und Abendland"
Blog on FAZ.NET

References

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