Early Concepts of Humans and Nature: Universal, Specific, Interchanged

The Research Training Group (RTG) 1876 is funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG). The participating disciplines are  Pre- and Protohistorical Archaeology (Pleistocene Archaeology), Egyptology, Ancient Near Eastern Studies, Near Eastern Archaeology, Classical Philology, Classical Archaeology, Medieval German Studies and Byzantine Studies.

The RTG is interested in establishing where and when similar beliefs and concepts originated, whether this happened independently, or if such concepts were transmitted or even exchanged between early cultures, and in how, and why they then changed over time. The time span of the RTG extends from the dawn of history (ca. 100.000 years B.C.E.) to the Middle Ages within an area that comprises the ancient Near East, the Mediterranean, and Europe.

News from the RTG:

17.08.2023: Dissertation "Conceptualizing Bronze Age Seascapes. Concepts of the Sea and Marine Fauna in the Eastern Mediterranean in the Second Millennium BCE" published!

The Dissertation "Conceptualizing Bronze Age Seascapes. Concepts of the Sea and Marine Fauna in the Eastern Mediterranean in the Second Millennium BCE" of Mari Yamasaki is published. More information here.

04.12.2023: Guest lecture by Prof. Dr. Stavroula Constantinou (University of Cyprus): "Bodily Suffering and Divine Healing in Byzantine Hagiography"

The Research Training Group 1876 invites to the lecture of Stavroula Constantinou (University of Cyprus) entitled "Bodily Suffering and Divine Healing in Byzantine Hagiography" on 25.01.2024 at 16:15. The lecture will take place online.

04.12.2023: Guest lecture by Prof. Dr Panagiotis Agapitos: "Animals and humans in Byzantine literature"

The Research Training Group 1876 invites to the lecture of Prof. Dr. Panagiotis Agapitos entitled "Animal and Man in Byzantine Literature" on 01.02.2024 at 16:15 in room 00-308 (Hegelstraße).