Prof. Dr. Annette Haug

Annette Haug holds the Chair of Classical Archaeology at Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel. Her research interests concern visual culture studies and aspects of urban lifestyles and urban design. Her bi-national PhD (Heidelberg/Paris) was published under the title „Die Stadt als Lebensraum. Eine kulturhistorische Analyse zum spätantiken Stadtleben in Norditalien“ (2003). In 2009, she completed her habilitation, „Körper- und Rollenbilder im Athen des 8. und 7. Jh. v. Chr.” at Leipzig University. Currently, she is the principal investigator of the ERC Consolidator Grant “Decorative Principles in Late Republican and Early Imperial Italy”.

Education / Appointments

• 1996–1998        Studies of Classical Archaeology, Art History and Prehistory, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg
• 1998–1999        Studies at the Université Paris IV/Université Paris I
• 1999–2000        Studies at the Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg
• 07/2000             Research stay at King’s College Cambridge
• 2000–2003        Cotutelle de thèse (binational Phd) Universities of Heidelberg/Paris-Sorbonne;
• 2003–2004        Research stay at the German Archaeological Institute, Rome (Gerda Henkel Fellowship)
• 2004–2005        Travel grant („Reisestipendium“) of the German Archaeological Institute
• 2005–2007        Research Assistant, Institute for Classical Archaeology, University of Leipzig
• 2007–2008        Research Fellow at the University of Oxford, Lincoln College (Feodor Lynen Fellowship)
• 2008–2010        Research Assistant, Institute for Classical Archaeology, University of Leipzig
• 16.06.2009        Habilitation in Classical Archaeology, University of Leipzig
• 2010                  „Umhabilitation“, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
• 2010–2012        Heisenberg Fellow, Institut for Classical Archaology, LMU München
• since 2012        Senior Professor for Classical Archaeology (W3), CAU Kiel

Fellowships, Awards, Functions

• 2003                  Ruprecht-Karls-Preis of the Universität Heidelberg (University Price for the best PhD of the year in Heidelberg)
• 2003                  Juliana-Anicia-Preis (best PhD in the field of Late Antique studies)
• 2003-2004        Gerda Henkel Post-Doc Fellowship, Rome
• 2004-2005        Travel grant („Reisestipendium“) of the German Archaeological Institute
• 2007-2008        Feodor Lynen Fellowship, Alexander-von-Humboldt-Stiftung
• 2010-2012        Heisenberg Fellowship
• 2010-2012        Member of the Centre of Advanced Studies, LMU München
• 2013                  Research Stay at the University of Cambridge, Alexander-von-Humboldt-Stiftung
• 2016                  Research Stay at the Université Pantheon-Sorbonne, Alexander-von-Humboldt-Stiftung
• 2016–2021        PI of ERC Consolidator Grant „DECOR“
• since 2017        Member of the der Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Hamburg
• 2019                  Science price (Wissenschaftspreis) of the city of Kiel

Functions / Collaborative Research Projects

• since 2014         Board Member, Johanna-Mestorf-Akademie Kiel
• 2014-2018         Board Member of the Graduate School “Human Development in Landscapes”
• 2015-2018         Deputee Speaker of the Graduate School “Human Development in Landscapes”
• 2016-2017         Board Member CRC 1266 „TransformationsDimensionen“
• 2016-2018         Deputee Speaker of the Excellence Cluster ROOTS (approved in 2018)
• 2016-2020         PI in three subprojects of the CRC 1266 TransformationsDimensionen
• since 2019         Speaker of the Subcluster Urban ROOTS (of the Excellence Cluster ROOTS)
• since 2019         Board Member of the Excellence Cluster ROOTS

Administrative responsibilities

• since 2012         Board Member of the Freunde der Antike Kiel e.V.
• 2012-2014         Member of the Faculty Board, Faculty of Philosophy, CAU Kiel
• 2014-2016         Director of the Institute of Classics, Kiel
• since 2018         Substitute Member of the Senate, CAU Kiel
• since 2018         Substitute Member of the Faculty Board, Faculty of Philosophy, CAU Kiel
• since 2020         Member of the Senate, CAU Kiel

Service for Research Foundations

• Member of the Senate of the DFG (German Research Foundation)
• Referee for the DFG    
• Referee for the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation
• Referee for the Frith Thyssen Foundation
• Referee for the VolkswagenStiftung
• Referee for the DAAD
• Vertrauensdozentin of the Studienstiftung des Deutschen Volkes

Member of International Committees

• Member of the Scientific Board of AHRC-Project Catrin Huber, Newcastle University
• Member of the Scientific Board of Scientific Journal “Flora”, Naples University
• Member of the Scientific Board of Scientific Series “Argonautika”, Parco Archaeologico di Paestum

Project title: Talking with, about, and in the presence of the Gods: Graffiti in Pompeii

Topic + research questions + case study + methodology:

The aim of the research project is to make everyday interaction with, about, and in the presence of the gods tangible by examining and contextualising graffiti. The case study will focus on late Republican and early Imperial Pompeii (destroyed in A.D. 79) – the city with the absolute best surviving record of ancient wall graffiti. Graffiti is particularly suitable in dealing with such a research question, for three reasons:

•          The act of writing graffiti constitutes a form of urban agency. Graffiti not only constitutes a discourse, it is also a part of urban interaction and communication processes in and of itself.

•          As a spontaneous and unplanned form of interaction and communication that is not officially regulated, graffiti is close to ‘everyday’ communication.

•          Graffiti is related to concrete places by its physical attachment. It is thus possible to understand graffiti in relation to specific places.

Against this background, the project chooses two interdependent approaches. On the one hand, it analyses ritual graffiti and graffiti addressing or mentioning the gods. The project focuses on their positioning within the urban context, their relation to ‘installations’ (e.g. altars, fountains), their positioning in relation to decorative features and their interaction with other forms of script (graffiti; dipinti). On the other hand, the project examines graffiti placed in the ‘presence’ of gods – texts written in sanctuaries or close to ritual installations such as altars. This complementary approach provides an understanding of the communicative habits in sacred places. These two interlinked approaches allow for a new understanding of everyday ritual-religious concepts and actions.

https://www.klassarch.uni-kiel.de/de/personen/haug