Univ.-Prof. Mag. Dr. Dr. phil. h.c. Robert Rollinger, wM
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RR 2007_Hasenberg
Hasenberg, Adlwang | Österreich - August 2007 gemeinsam mit Großbauer Rudolf Mayr
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RR 2019_Getty Villa
Getty Villa, Los Angeles, March 2019 (together with Hilmar Klinkott, Josef Wiesehöfer, Kai Ruffing, and Julian Degen)
Institut für Alte Geschichte und Altorientalistik
Universität Innsbruck – Ágnes-Heller-Haus
Innrain 52a
6020 Innsbruck, Austria
room: 05G040 (5th floor)
tel.: +43 (0)512/507-41019
e-mail: Robert.Rollinger@uibk.ac.at
office hours: on appointment
Academic degrees
- 1989: M.A. in Ancient History (Leopold-Franzens-Universität Innsbruck)
- 1993: PhD. in Ancient History (Leopold-Franzens-Universität Innsbruck)
- 1999: Habilitation in Ancient History (Leopold-Franzens-Universität Innsbruck)
Academic positions »
- 1990- University Lecturer in Ancient History and Ancient Near Eastern Studies, Departments of Ancient History (Alte Geschichte) and Assyriology (Sprachen und Kulturen des Alten Orients), Leopold-Franzens-Universität Innsbruck
- 1993-1994: Research Assistant in a project funded by the Austrian “Forschungsfonds” concerned with the interactions between Archaic Greece and the Ancient Near East
- 1994- Teaching Assistant in Ancient History at the Department of Ancient History, Leopold-Franzens-Universität Innsbruck
- 2000- Assistant Professor (Außerordentlicher Universitätsprofessor) at the Department of Ancient History and Ancient Near Eastern Studies, Leopold-Franzens-Universität Innsbruck
- 2003/2004: Visiting Professor at the University of Graz, Austria (Institut für Alte Geschichte)
- 2004-2011: Head of the Department of Ancient History and Ancient Near Eastern Studies, Leopold-Franzens-Universität Innsbruck
- 2005: Full Professor (Ordentlicher Universitätsprofessor) at the Department of Ancient History and Ancient Near Eastern Studies, Leopold-Franzens-Universität Innsbruck
- 2006/2007/2008 and 2010/2011: Visiting Professor at the Institute for the Study of Muslim Civilisations (The Agha Khan University in the United Kingdom), London (Course Ancient Cultures)
- 2007: Visiting Professor at the University of Hildesheim (Jean-Monnet-Chair für Europäische Geschichte, Institut für Geschichte)
- 2011-2015: Finland Distinguished Professor at the Department of World Cultures, University of Helsinki (Research Director of the project “Intellectual Heritage of the Ancient Near East”)
- 2013-2017: Chair of “Melammu. The Intellectual Heritage of Assyria and Babylonia on East and West”
(http://melammu-project.eu/) - 2015-2021: Head of the Department of Ancient History and Ancient Near Eastern Studies, University of Innsbruck
- 2017- Speaker of the Research Centre “Ancient Worlds Studies and Archaeologies (AWOSA)” at the Faculty of Philosophy and History, University of Innsbruck
- 2019: Invited Getty Scholar at the Getty Research Center (Getty Villa), Los Angeles
Awards
- 1995: Dr. Seibert-Preis zur Förderung wissenschaftlicher Publikationen an der Leopold-Franzens-Universität Innsbruck
- 1998: Preis des Fürstentums Liechtenstein für die wissenschaftliche Forschung an der Universität Innsbruck
- 1999: Wissenschaftspreis des Österreichischen Olympischen Comités
- 2010: Wissenschaftspreis des Landes Vorarlberg
- 2022 Wissenschaftspreis für außergewöhnliche Forschungsleistung der Stiftung Südtiroler Sparkasse an der Universität Innsbruck
- 2023 Ausonius-Preis der Universität Trier
Areas of research
- Contacts between the Aegean World and the Ancient Near East
- Ancient Near Eastern History
- Ancient Historiography
- Achaemenids
- History of Empires
- Global History
- Entangled History of the Ancient Worlds
Editor of international journals and series
- Journal “Nikephoros” (2002- ; co-editor)
- Journal “Ancient History Bulletin” (2002- ; Editorial Correspondent)
- Journal “Archäologische Mitteilungen aus Iran und Turan” (2005- ; member of the Scientific Board)
- Journal “Ancient West & East” (2007- ; member of the Advisory Board)
- Journal “Marburger Beiträge zur Antiken Handels-, Wirtschafts- und Sozialgeschichte” (2009- ; co-editor)
- Journal “Electrum” (Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego, Krakau, member of the Scientific Committee since 2010)
- Journal “Aion – Annali dell'Universitá degli Studi di Napoli 'L'Orientale'. Sezione orientale“ (2013- ; member of the Consiglio Scientifico)
- Journal “State Archives of Assyria Bulletin”, Padua (Member of the Scientific Board since 2018)
- “Journal of Ancient Civilizations”, Changchun, China (2019- ; Consulting Editor)
- “Journal of Egyptian History” (member of the Editorial Board since April 2020)
- Journal “Göttinger Miszellen. Beiträge zur ägyptologischen Diskussion” (member of the Advisory Board since November 2021)
- Series “Oriens et Occidens” [Steiner-Verlag] (2004- ; co-editor)
- Series “Oikumene. Studien zur antiken Weltgeschichte” [Verlag Antike] (2004- ; co-editor)
- Series “Philippika – Contributions to the Study of Ancient World Cultures” [Harrassowitz Verlag] (2007- ; co-editor)
- Series ”Classica et Orientalia” [Harrassowitz Verlag] (2010- ; co-editor)
- Series “Melammu Symposia” [Austrian Academy of Sciences Press (since 2020, before: Ugarit-Verlag)] (since 2015)
- Series “Documenta Asiana. Collana di studi sull'Anatolia e l'Asia Anteriore Antica“ (2015- ; member of the Comitato Scientifico)
- Series “Studies in Universal and Cultural History” [Springer Verlag] (2018- ; co-editor)
- Series “Melammu Workshops and Monographs” [Zaphon-Verlag] (2019- ; co-editor)
- Series “Empires Through the Ages in Global Perspective” [De Gruyter] (2019- ; editor-in-chief)
- Series “Reiche der Alten Welt – Ethnien, Länder, Dynastien” [Kohlhammer] (2019- ; co-editor)
- Series “Ancient Iran Series” [Brill] (2020- ; member of the Scientific Board)
- Series “Transcriptiones” [De Gruyter] (member of the Advisory Board since 2021)
- Series “ČISTĀ. Studies in the History, Cultures and Religions of the Iranian World” [UCI – Jordan Center for Persian Studies] (member of the Editorial Board since 2021)
- Series “Contributions to the Archaeology of Egypt, Nubia and the Levant” [Austrian Academy of Sciences Press] (co-editor since 2023)
Membership in international organizations
a) elected
- Deutsches Archäologisches Institut (corresponding member since 2007)
http://www.dainst.org/grundzuege - Centre for the Study of the Ancient Mediterranean and the Near East, Durham (advisor since 2007)
https://www.dur.ac.uk/mediterranean.centre/ - European Network for the History of Ancient Greece (member of the core group/steering committee since October 2008)
- Academia Europaea / The Academy of Europe, Section A2: Classics & Oriental Studies (since October 2011)
- Austrian Academy of Sciences (full member since April 2018)
http://www.oeaw.ac.at/oesterreichische-akademie-der-wissenschaften/ - European Academy of Sciences and Arts (since March 2014)
http://www.euro-acad.eu/ - L'Accademia Galileiana di Scienze Lettere ed Arti in Padova (Classe di Scienze Morali, Lettere ed Arti) (foreign corresponding member since April 2024)
b) non-elected
- Sociologia Iranica Europea
- Deutsche Orientgesellschaft
- International Association for Assyriology (IAA)
Membership in committees and bodies
- Member of the Vorstand of the “Österreichische Orient-Gesellschaft Hammer-Purgstall” (2004-2020)
- Board Member of “Melammu. The intellectual Heritage of Assyria and Babylonia on East and West“ (since 2001)
Ongoing large-scale projects and commissions
- 2018-
“Payravi Lectures on Ancient Iranian History“, organized by Touraj Daryaee, Robert Rollinger and (since 2020) Matthew Canepa - 2021-2025
NAWA Chair “From the Achaemenids to the Romans: Contextualizing empire and its longue-durée developments” (University of Wrocław, Poland)
http://hist.uni.wroc.pl/ (sub NAWA) - 2021-2025
Chairman of the commission „Transformation Processes and Empire in the Ancient Afro-Eurasian Worlds“ at the Austrian Academy of Sciences
https://www.oeaw.ac.at/transempire - 2020-
Member of the commission for scientific diversity at the Austrian Academy of Sciences - 2023-2027
Member of the „Kommission für die Dr.-Friedrich-Teßmann-Sammlung“ at the Austrian Academy of Sciences - 2023-
“Achaemenid Workshops“, organized by M. Rahim Shayegan and Robert Rollinger - 2023-2028
Cluster of Excellence “EurAsian Transformations”, representative of the University of Innsbruck in the board of directors (BOD)
https://www.oeaw.ac.at/eurasian-transformations/
Referee
- Alexander von Humboldt Stiftung
- Arts & Humanities Research Council (London)
- Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
- Estonian Science Foundation
- Österreichische Nationalbank, Jubiläumsfonds
- Historisches Kolleg München
- Schweizer Nationalfonds
- European Research Council
Publications »
Lectures, Organization of Conferences, Non-University Excursions and Mentoring