Introducing the Chair of Ancient History

Since 1992, the Chair of Ancient History has been making a lasting contribution to the  teacher education, as well as to the advanced courses pertaining to the study of Ancient History and the interdisciplinary degree program in Classical Studies in Dresden. The first holder of the Chair was Martin Jehne until 2021; he was succeeded by Christoph Lundgreen in 2022.

Classically, Ancient History covers the history of the Greeks and Romans in the Mediterranean region in the two millennia from the 16th century BC to around 600 AD. In addition to the traditional focus in Dresden on the Roman Republic, the focus is on Archaic and Classical Greece and the period from the Principate of Augustus to the Antonine Age. Our team's methodological focus is on political cultural history, legal and constitutional history, social and gender history, art and the reception of antiquity. This broad research orientation is reflected in a correspondingly diverse range of courses. Research and teaching benefit from interdisciplinary collaboration with colleagues - from Classical Studies, but also from other epochs and other Institutes at the TUD as well as selected cooperation partners, such as the Dresden Coin Cabinet and the SKD's Antiquity Collections.

Public conferences, lecture series and discussions in the city of Dresden regularly present the results of our research to a broad public. Please feel invited to visit this homepage to find out more about the Chair and its holders, ongoing projects and current teaching events.