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Prof. Dr. Constance von Rüden

Room: 0.3.10
Phone: +49 (0)234 32-23893
Email: Constance.vonrueden@rub.de
Professor for Pre- and Early History with a main Focus on mediterrean Prehistory and Theory



Research Interest, Career and Projects
  • The Eastern Mediterranean in the 3rd and 2nd Millennium BCE
  • Pre- and Protohistory of Sardinia
  • Knowledge and Materiality
  • Anthropology/Archaeology of techniques
  • Landscape Archaeology

Education

03/01/2020 Positive evaluation of a junior-professorship (equivalent to habilitation)         

02/15/2007 Conferral of doctorate (summa cum laude)

02/15/2007 Thesis: Die Wandmalereien von Tall Mishrife/Qatna im Kontext einer ägäisch-syrischen Kommunikation       

2004 – 2007 Doctoral research studies with several research stays in Syria, Egypt, Greece and Turkey 

2003 – 2004  Fellow of the graduate school ‘Anatolien und seine Nachbarn’, Eberhard-Karls-University/Tübingen

1997 – 2002 Under- and postgraduate studies at the Albert-Ludwigs-University/ Freiburg and at the University of Nicosia, graduation with Master of Arts (Magistra Artium, sehr gut, equivalent to A)

Relevant Experience

Since 2020 Steering committee of the Centre for Mediterranean Studies at the Ruhr-University Bochum

03/01/2020 Full professorship for Pre- and Protohistory, Ruhr-University Bochum; core area: Mediterranean Pre- and Protohistory of the Mediterranean and Theory

06/12/2018 – 02/13/2019 Maternity leave

02/01/2018 – 03/30/2018 P. M. Warren guest-professorship for Aegean Prehistory at the University Bristol/UK

2014 – 2020 Junior-Professor for Pre- and Protohistory of the Mediterranean, Ruhr-University Bochum

02/01/2018 – 03/30/2018 P.M. Warren Visitor Professorship for Aegean Prehistory at the University Bristol/UK

01/01/2016 – 03/31/2016 Research scholar, Getty Research Institute/ Los Angeles, United States of America

03/01/2007 – 05/31/2010 Foreign Fellowship, German Archaeological Institute in Athens

09/01/2004 – 11/30/2006 Scholarship of the ‘German National Academic Foundation’ (Studienstiftung des Deutschen Volkes)

01/01/2004 – 08/30/2004 Scholarship, ‘Landesgraduiertenförderung Baden-Württemberg’

07/01/2003 – 12/31/2003 Scholarship, Graduate School ‘Anatolien und seine Nachbarn’ Eberhard-Karls-University Tübingen

Honors and Awards

03/01/2020 Listed for the professorships: Ancient History of Knowledge/Free University Berlin (W3) and the professorship “Ancient civilizations”/University Graz

02/01/2018 – 03/30/2018 P.M. Warren Visitor Professorship for Aegean Prehistory at the University Bristol/UK

01/01/2016 – 03/31/2016 Research scholar, Getty Research Institute/ Los Angeles, United States of America

03/01/2007 – 05/31/2010 Foreign Fellowship, German Archaeological Institute in Athens

09/01/2004 – 11/30/2006 Scholarship of the ‘German National Academic Foundation’ (Studienstiftung des Deutschen Volkes)

01/01/2004 – 08/30/2004 Scholarship, ‘Landesgraduiertenförderung Baden-Württemberg’

07/01/2003 – 12/31/2003 Scholarship, Graduate School ‘Anatolien und seine Nachbarn’ Eberhard-Karls-University Tübingen

Institutional Services

Since 2022 Deputy member of the Senate/Ruhr-University Bochum

2022 Vice-dean of the faculty for Historical Sciences

2018-2020 Executive manager of the Institute of Archaeological Studies/Ruhr-University Bochum       

Since 2014 Member of the committee ‘Structure and Finances’/Ruhr-University Bochum

2017-2020 Mentoring-program of the Ruhr-University Bochum

2017-2020 Board of the Research School Plus/Ruhr-University Bochum

  • since 2017 Member of the network “Material Entanglements in the Ancient
    Mediterranean and Beyond”, organized by Antigoni Zournatzi and Marian Feldman,
    funded by the Getty Foundation (Connecting Art Histories initiative)
  • since 2017 PI of the ReSoc (Resources in Societies) project (cooperation of the
    Deutsches Bergbau-Museum and Ruhr-University Bochum, funded by the
    Leibnizgemeinschaft)
  • since 2017 Field project: Making Landscape - Sant’ Antioco survey/Sardinia
  • since 2010 Field project: The wall paintings from Avaris /Tell el Dabca/Egypt
    (in cooperation with the Austrian Academy of Sciences)

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