Dr. Maria Anastasiadou - Lebenslauf
Lebenslauf
Research Interests
Aegean Bronze Age and especially
- Aegean glyptic
- Aegean scripts, particularly the Cretan Hieroglyphic, Linear A and the Phaistos Disc
- Political and cultural geography of the Aegean on the basis of the material culture
University Education
| 10/2003–12/2009 |
University of Marburg, Dr. phil. in Archaeology Title of doctoral thesis: ‘The Middle Minoan Three-Sided Soft Stone Prism. A Study of Style and Iconography’ Supervisors: Prof. Ingo Pini, Prof. Andreas Müller-Karpe |
| 09/2001–09/2002 |
University College London, Master of Arts in Archaeology Title of MA thesis: Late Minoan Seals, A Search for Workshops Supervisor: Prof. Todd Whitelaw |
| 10/1996–05/2001 |
National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Degree in Archaeology Title of BA thesis: The Aegean Tholos Tomb Supervisor: Prof. Georgios Korres |
Employment
| Since 09/2016 | Leader of the DFG-Project Minoan glyptic between traditional recording and 3D-forensic studies: A multidisciplinary documentation of 900 unpublished seals from the Archaeological Museum of Heraklion |
| 07/2014-01/2016 | Postdoctoral Researcher, Cluster of Excellence Asia and Europe in a Global Context, Mini-cluster Materialising Memories: Circuits of (Re-)configuration, University of Heidelberg |
| 07/2012–06/2014 | Postdoctoral Researcher FSR 2012, Universitè Catholique de Louvain |
| 01/2012–06/2012 | Research Associate, Institute for Classical Archaeology, University of Heidelberg |
| 10/2010–12/2011 | Research Associate, Corpus der minoischen und mykenischen Siegel, Marburg |
| 10/2009–03/2010 | Research Assistant, Corpus der minoischen und mykenischen Siegel, Marburg |
| 08/2007–03/2009 | Research Assistant, Corpus der minoischen und mykenischen Siegel, Marburg |
Teaching Experience
| Winter Semester 2015/2016 | Journal Club: Theoretical Approaches to Issues in Aegean Bronze Age Archaeology. Institute for Classical Archaeology, University of Heidelberg |
| Spring Semester 2014 | Introduction to Minoan Architecture. Institute for Classical Archaeology, University of Heidelberg |
| Spring Semester 2013 | Introduction to Aegean Glyptic. Institute for Classical Archaeology, University of Heidelberg |
| 2012-2014 | Guiding sessions at the CMS archive for students. Institute for Classical Archaeology, University of Heidelberg |
| Winter Semester 2010/11 | Tutorial for American students: Introduction to Archaeology. Institute of Classical Archaeology, University of Marburg |
| Spring Semester 2010 |
Training seminar for foreign (non-German) students: Doing a PhD in Germany. Graduate Centre for Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Marburg |
| Spring Semester 2010 |
One-day workshop within the frameworks of MARA Day (academic career day, University of Marburg): Minoan Art, Sights in the World of the First European Civilization. University of Marburg |
Projects
- Ongoing
- The Sealings from House A in Kato Zakros (monograph)
- The Seals from Kamilari and the Mesarian Glyptic Tradition (chapter in the publication of the tholos tomb of Kamilari, planned for publication in 2016)
- CMS II Suppl., Heraklion Museum (catalogue volume with Prof. Diamantis Panagiotopoulos and Dr. Olga Krzyszkowska)
- Artemis Karnava, The Seals and Sealings from Akrotiri, Thera, CMS Beiheft 10 (editor)
- A View on the Minoan Settlement at Koumasa: The Complex of Rooms 1-6 (ongoing excavation, publication of the building planned after the end of the excavation campaign)
- Administration, Content and Web Design of the Internet page: www.cmsheidelberg.uni-hd.de
- Completed
- Exhibition „Aegean Glyptic“, Institute of Classical Archaeology, University of Heidelberg
- Linking of the digitalized version of A. Evans, Palace of Minos I-IV (London 1921-1935) with the CMS Databases (ARACHNE): www.uni-heidelberg.de/fakultaeten/philosophie/zaw/cms/otherNews/otherNews.html (August 2013)
Field Experience
| 2012–2015 | Koumasa, Crete (Institute of Classical Archaeology, University of Heidelberg): Trench supervisor, photographic documentation of objects, documentation of seals) |
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2010–2011 2015-2016 |
Sissi, Crete (University of Louvain-la-Neuve): Archaeological fieldwork |
| 2001 | Kalamakia Manis (Ephorate for Palaeoanthropology and Speleology of Southern Greece): Archaeological fieldwork |
| 2001 | Foeni Timis (Romania, University of Timisoara): Archaeological fieldwork |
| 2001 | Akrotiri Santorini (University of Athens): Assistant at the Laboratory for Archaeozoology |
| 2001 | Ftelia Mykonos (University of the Aegean): Archaeological fieldwork and organization of the storage of the finds at the Archaeological Museum of Mykonos |
| 1999 | Akraifnio Boeotia (Ephorate for Palaeoanthropology and Speleology of Southern Greece): Organisation of the work on the field and of the storage of the finds |
| 1998 | Sami Kefallonias (Archaeological Ephorate of Patras): Archaeological fieldwork |
| 1997 | Stauros Ithakis (University of Ioannina): Archaeological fieldwork |
Scholarships/Fellowships
| 2017–2018 | INSTAP (Institute for Aegean Prehistory) funding for directing the creation of 700 CMS drawings |
| 2012–2014 | FSR 2012 University of Louvain-la-Neuve (FSR Incoming post-doctoral fellowship co-funded by the Marie Curie actions of the European Commission) |
| 2010 | Research Grant, Institute of Classical Studies, London |
| 2009/2010 | Two Research Assistantships, University of Marburg |
| 2004–2007 | PhD Scholarship, Greek State Scholarships Foundation (IKY) |
| 2001–2002 | MA Scholarship of the P. and E. Micheli Foundation |
Lectures
| 14/03/2012 |
Of Prisms and Pictographs: Searching for Patterns in MM II Glyptic With Olga Krzyszkowska: Searching for Seals On-Line: The CMS Database Goes Live Mycenaean Seminar London, Institute of Classical Studies, University College London |
| 18/10/2012 |
Prismen, Piktogramme, Hieroglyphen: Einblicke in die Welt der Glyptik im mittelminoischen Kreta Institute for Classical Archaelogy, University of Heidelberg |
| 20/03/2013 |
Prismen, Piktogramme, Hieroglyphen: Einblicke in die Welt der Glyptik im mittelminoischen Kreta Institute for Classical Archaelogy, University of Vienna |
| 09/03/2015 |
New Insights into Administration in Minoan Kato Zakros - The Sealings from House A Aegean Seminar Zagreb, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Zagreb |
| 22/04/2016 |
Sealing Practices in Minoan Kato Zakros and the Issue of Neopalatial Political Geography Minoan Seminar, Archaeological Society of Athens |
| 14/05/2017 |
Ο Δίσκος της Φαιστού του Τότε και του Σήμερα: Σκέψεις για τις Πολλές Ζωές ενός Αντικειμένου Cretomania Event, Voroi (Phaistos Municipality - Cultural Association of the Messara - Museum of Cretan Enthnology) |
