Dr. Alexandra Eckert
Curriculum Vitae
- since October 2020: Associate Lecturer, Althistorisches Seminar, University of Göttingen
- Research Project: The Oligarchic Shadow of Democracy
- since Oct. 2020 Associate Lecturer, Althistorisches Seminar, University of Göttingen
- Oct. 2019–Sept. 2020 Junior Fellow, Alfried Krupp Institute for Advanced Study, Greifswald
- Oct. 2018–March 2019 Visiting Research Fellow, School of Classics, University College Dublin
- Feb. 2018–April 2018 Visiting Research Fellow, School of Classics, King’s College London
- April 2013–June 2020 Lecturer at the Department of Ancient History, University of Oldenburg
- Oct. 2012–Sept. 2014 Mentoring Programme for outstanding female Researchers, Universities of Halle-Wittenberg, Jena, Leipzig und Magdeburg; Mentor: Professor Tanja Scheer, Göttingen
- Nov. 2012 PhD in Ancient History, Martin-Luther-University of Halle-Wittenberg (Thesis: Lucius Cornelius Sulla in der antiken Erinnerung); Supervisor: Professor Angela Pabst, Co-Referee: Professor M. Dreher
Memberships and Peer-Reviewing
- Mommsen-Gesellschaft
- Verband der Historiker und Historikerinnen Deutschlands
- Deutscher Hochschulverband
- Ernst-Kirsten-Gesellschaft: Internationale Gesellschaft für historische Geographie der Alten Welt
- Alumna of the Alfried Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach-Foundation
- Alumna of the Studienstiftung des Deutschen Volkes
- Peer Reviewer for the academic journals Archiv für Kulturgeschichte, Transactions of the American Philological Association (TAPA), Mnemosyne, Latomus and Historia
Research Interests
- Oligarchy and Democracy in Classical Athens
- The Roman Dictator Lucius Cornelius Sulla Felix and his Reception in Antiquity
- Cultural Memory in Antiquity
- Cultural History and Political History
- Ancient Religion
- Ancient Rhetoric
- Gender Studies
Publications, Teaching Experience, Lectures and Papers