Classical Studies in Dresden
Classical Studies at TU Dresden include the Chair of Ancient History, the Institute of Classical Philology with the subjects Greek Studies and Latin Studies, as well as the Chairs of Catholic and Protestant Biblical Theology. They have been cooperating closely in research and teaching for many years and intensively collaborate with the DRESDEN-concept partners interested in antiquity. Each semester, they jointly organise a series of guest lectures and hold regular meetings of the working group 'Antiquity'. Furthermore, they jointly offer the Masters' degree programme 'Classical Studies'.

Classical Studies in Dresden
Classical Studies at TU Dresden is a cooperation between the following disciplines:
- Chair of Ancient History
- Institute of Classical Philology / Classical Greek and Latin
- Chair of Biblical Theology (Catholic)
- Chair of Biblical Theology (Protestant)
Equally, some DRESDEN-concept partners and other non-university organisations are an integral part of this cooperation:
- Antiquity collection / Antikensammlung of Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden
- Coin collection / Münzkabinett of Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden
- Manuscript collection / Handschriftensammlung of the SLUB (Saxon State Library – Dresden State and University Library)
- Saxon branch of the German Association for Classical Philologists
In addition, many visiting scholars promote the interdisciplinary exchange during their stay at TU Dresden by giving presentations or contributing to discussions. The following colleagues are currently in Dresden:
- Prof. Dr. Douglas Cairns (Edinburgh) as Anneliese Maier award winner of the Alexander von Humboldt foundation (2018-2022) at the Institute of Classical Philology
- Prof. Dr. David J. Trobisch (Museum of the Bible/Foundation MOTB Europe) as DRESDEN Senior Fellow at the Institute of Protestant Theology (2018 and 2015)
- Emilio Zucchetti (Newcastle) as Fellow of the CRC 1285 Invectivity. Constellations and Dynamics of Disparagement at the Chair of Ancient History (2018)
- Dr. Giuseppe Squillace (Università delle Calabria) as Humboldt fellow (2009 to 2011 and 2018) at the Chair of Ancient History
- Dr. Virginia Fabrizi (Pavia/München) as DRESDEN Junior Fellow (2018) at the Institute of Classical Philology
The visiting scholars of previous years include the following researchers:
- Dr. M. Cristina Rosillo Lopez as Humboldt fellow (2015, 2016, 2017) at the Chair of Ancient History
- Maria Garcia Magan (Saragossa) as guest researcher (2017) at the Chair of Ancient History
- PD Dr. Petra Schierl (Basel) as DRESDEN Senior Fellow (2017) at the Institute of Classical Philology
- Prof. Dr. Francisco Pina Polo (Saragossa) in the framework of the Erasmus+ teacher exchange programme (2016) at the Chair of Ancient History
- Alessandra Li Vigni, M.A. (Palermo) as an intern in the framework of Erasmus+ (2016) at the Chair of Ancient History
- Dr. Michael Fronda (McGill University) as Humboldt fellow (2011 to 2012) and as DRESDEN Senior Fellow (2015) at the Chair of Ancient History
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François Gauthier (McGIll University) as a doctoral fellow (2014) at the Chair of Ancient History
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Andrea Angius, M.A. (Rom) as a doctoral fellow (2013) at the Chair of Ancient History
- Dr. Rudolfo Funari (Rom) as postdoc associate at the Integrated Research Training Group of the Collaborative Research Center 804 Transcendence and Common Sense, and at the Chair of Ancient History (2010 to 2015)
- Prof. Dr. Maurizio Bettini (Siena) with the sub-project V 'Mythische Fundierungen institutioneller Ordnungen und sozialer Normen im antiken Rom' (Mythical Foundations of Institutional Orders and Social Norms in Ancient Rome) of the CRC 537 Institutionality and Historicity, from 2003 to 2005 and from 2006 to 2008
- In the framework of the European Research Training Group 625 Institutional Orders, Writing and Symbols, a cooperation between TU Dresden and École pratique des hautes études in Paris, there were the following supervision projects from 2000-2009 and 2003-3009 A: Jean-Louis Ferrary / Martin Jehne: 'Die Grundlagen politischer Verhaltensregulierung in Rom: Texte, Tradition und symbolisches Handeln' / 'Les fondements de la régulation des conduites politiques à Rome: textes, tradition et actes symboliques' and I: Fritz-Heiner Mutschler / François Queyrel: '(Griechische) Medien und (römische) Botschaft. Die symbolische Repräsentation sozialer Werte und Normen in römischer Kunst und Literatur' / 'Médias (grecs) et message (romain). La représentation des valeurs et des normes sociales dans l'art et la littérature romains'.
In the jointly organised Master's programme Classical Studies, a variety of interdisciplinary theses have been produced in recent years, including theses on the following topics:
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2018
Popularisierungstendenzen in der Rezeptionsgeschichte der Magdalenennarrative (Examiner: H. König/ M. Häusl)
Der Reiz des Spiels. Spiel und Wetteifer als kulturschaffende Funktion im Sport der griechischen Antike vom 6. bis ins 4. Jh. (Examiner: M. Jehne/ D. Pausch)
- 2017
Die Welt aus den Fugen. Zur Bedeutung von Fremdenfeindlichkeit in Texten des Alten Testaments (Gen19 und Ri19) (Examiner: M. Häusl/ H. König)
Jungfrau, Himmlische Gottesgebärerin. Der Kult der antiken Göttinnen Artemis und Aphrodite als Kontext früher Marienverehrung (Examiner: H. König/ M. Jehne)
Emotionale Kommunikation zwischen Göttern und Menschen in Form von Beten und Opfern bei Homer (Examiner: A. Ganter/ M. Jehne)
Untersuchung zu Verhandlungen magischer Praktiken im römischen Reich: Konflikte, Argumentationsweise und Konsequenzen (Examiner: M. Jehne/ A. Ganter)
- 2016
Grenzen der jüdischen Identität bei Flavius Josephus. Eine Untersuchung zu innerjüdischen Identitätsdiskursen in der Zeit des zweiten Tempels (Examiner: M. Jehne/ M. Klinghardt)
Münzen, Macht und Monumente. Ausdrucksformen städtischer Rivalität in der römischen Kaiserzeit am Beispiel von Perge und Side. (Examiner: M. Jehne/ D. Pausch)
- 2012
Die frühe Verwendung von Schrift und der Status von Schriftlichkeit: Griechenland und Palästina im Vergleich (Examiner: M. Jehne/ M. Häusl)
Esdras α und der masoretische Text. Traditionen und Innovationen (Examiner: M. Häusl/M. Peglau)
- 2011
Der ‚Fall der Engel’ im Licht seiner Quellen. Eine historisch-kristische Untersuchung zu möglichen Einflüssen auf äth Hen 6-11 (Examiner: M. Häusl/ M. Klinghardt)
Die frühe Verwendung von Schrift und der Status von Schriftlichkeit: Griechenland und Palästina im Vergleich (Examiner: M. Jehne)