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.

In the weblog of the Research Training Group 1876, our doctoral researchers report on activities from the RTG.

In the weblog of the Research Training Group 1876, our doctoral researchers report on activities from the RTG.

Dissertation project of Riccardo Andreozzi (Egyptology): Cultural exchanges in the botanical and pharmaceutical field in Greek-roman Egypt

Dissertation project of Riccardo Andreozzi (Egyptology): Cultural exchanges in the botanical and pharmaceutical field in Greek-roman Egypt

Dissertation project of Christoph Appel (Classical Philology): Wound Edges. Greek-Roman Figurations of Injury between Medical and Literary-Aesthetic Discourse

Dissertation project of Christoph Appel (Classical Philology): Wound Edges. Greek-Roman Figurations of Injury between Medical and Literary-Aesthetic Discourse

Dissertation project of Laura Borghetti (Byzantine Studies): Concepts of Winds in Byzantium from the 9th to the 11th Century. A Study on the Literary Depictions of a Meteorological Phenomenon

Dissertation project of Laura Borghetti (Byzantine Studies): Concepts of Winds in Byzantium from the 9th to the 11th Century. A Study on the Literary Depictions of a Meteorological Phenomenon

Dissertation project of Judit Garzón Rodríguez (Egyptology): Archaeological-philological-ethno-historical study of fundamental aspects of the penis, its symbolism and meaning in Ancient Egypt

Dissertation project of Judit Garzón Rodríguez (Egyptology): Archaeological-philological-ethno-historical study of fundamental aspects of the penis, its symbolism and meaning in Ancient Egypt

Dissertation project of Francisco José Gómez Blanco (Classical Archaeology): The arena at home: Concepts of the body and violence in mosaic depictions of amphitheater events in the Roman Empire

Dissertation project of Francisco José Gómez Blanco (Classical Archaeology): The arena at home: Concepts of the body and violence in mosaic depictions of amphitheater events in the Roman Empire

Dissertation project of Yossra Ibrahim (Egyptology): Lights of Eternity – Investigating Concepts, Tradition and Innovation in the Ancient Egyptian Celestial Diagrams

Dissertation project of Yossra Ibrahim (Egyptology): Lights of Eternity – Investigating Concepts, Tradition and Innovation in the Ancient Egyptian Celestial Diagrams

Dissertation project of Shahrzad Irannejad (Pharmaceutical Biology): Localization of the Avicennean inner senses in a Hippocratic Body

Dissertation project of Shahrzad Irannejad (Pharmaceutical Biology): Localization of the Avicennean inner senses in a Hippocratic Body

Dissertation project of Sibel Kayan (Byzantine Studies): Concepts and practices of ideal dying in Byzantium from the 4th to the early 13th century

Dissertation project of Sibel Kayan (Byzantine Studies): Concepts and practices of ideal dying in Byzantium from the 4th to the early 13th century

Dissertation project of Jessica Knebel (Egyptology): Studies on concepts of fire in Ancient Egypt

Dissertation project of Jessica Knebel (Egyptology): Studies on concepts of fire in Ancient Egypt

Dissertation project of Marie-Charlotte von Lehsten (Classical Philology): Concepts of night in archaic and classical Greek literature

Dissertation project of Marie-Charlotte von Lehsten (Classical Philology): Concepts of night in archaic and classical Greek literature

Dissertation project of Aleksandar Milenković (Classical Philology): Concepts of visual perception in Greek scientific thought from the V. century BC to the II. century AD

Dissertation project of Aleksandar Milenković (Classical Philology): Concepts of visual perception in Greek scientific thought from the V. century BC to the II. century AD

Dissertation project of Rebekka Pabst (Egyptology): The Dead Body. Studies on Concepts of the „Corpse“ in Ancient Egypt.

Dissertation project of Rebekka Pabst (Egyptology): The Dead Body. Studies on Concepts of the „Corpse“ in Ancient Egypt.

Dissertation project of Oxana Polozhentseva (German Language and Literature Studies): Dead bodies: Semantics of the mortal / transient in the German Medieval Texts

Dissertation project of Oxana Polozhentseva (German Language and Literature Studies): Dead bodies: Semantics of the mortal / transient in the German Medieval Texts

Dissertation project of Nathalie Julia Rodriguez de Guzman (Classical Archaeology): Konzepte vom toten Körper in der römischen Bildkunst von der späten Republik bis zur mittleren Kaiserzeit

Dissertation project of Nathalie Julia Rodriguez de Guzman (Classical Archaeology): Konzepte vom toten Körper in der römischen Bildkunst von der späten Republik bis zur mittleren Kaiserzeit

Dissertation project of Jonny Russell (Egyptology): Ethnomedical Theory in Ancient Egypt: Explanatory Models and their Historical Contextualisation

Dissertation project of Jonny Russell (Egyptology): Ethnomedical Theory in Ancient Egypt: Explanatory Models and their Historical Contextualisation

Dissertation project of Letizia Savino ((Ancient Near Eastern Studies): Medicine and physicians abroad. Circulation of experts and expertise in the Second Millennium BCE in the Ancient Near East

Dissertation project of Letizia Savino ((Ancient Near Eastern Studies): Medicine and physicians abroad. Circulation of experts and expertise in the Second Millennium BCE in the Ancient Near East

Dissertation project of Maral Schumann (Near Eastern Archaeology): Treatment of the Dead Body: Burial Forms and Death Ceremonies in Pre-Islamic Persia

Dissertation project of Maral Schumann (Near Eastern Archaeology): Treatment of the Dead Body: Burial Forms and Death Ceremonies in Pre-Islamic Persia

Dissertation project of Sonja Speck (Egyptology): Origins and development of Ancient Egyptian body concepts in Pre- and Early Dynastic anthropomorphic sculpture.

Dissertation project of Sonja Speck (Egyptology): Origins and development of Ancient Egyptian body concepts in Pre- and Early Dynastic anthropomorphic sculpture.

Dissertation project of David Usieto Cabrera (Near Eastern Archaeology): Human Sacrifice in the Ancient Near East

Dissertation project of David Usieto Cabrera (Near Eastern Archaeology): Human Sacrifice in the Ancient Near East

Dissertationsprojekt von Nicky van de Beek (Egyptology): Tomb with a View: Representations of landscape in ancient Egyptian tombs from the Old to the New Kingdom (ca. 2700-1050 BCE)

Dissertationsprojekt von Nicky van de Beek (Egyptology): Tomb with a View: Representations of landscape in ancient Egyptian tombs from the Old to the New Kingdom (ca. 2700-1050 BCE)

Dissertation project of Benny Waszk (Pre- and Protohistoric Archaeology): Access to the built environment. Perception of space at the early neoltihic Göbekli Tepe (working title)

Dissertation project of Benny Waszk (Pre- and Protohistoric Archaeology): Access to the built environment. Perception of space at the early neoltihic Göbekli Tepe (working title)

Dissertation project of Katharina Zartner (Near Eastern Archaeology): Protector of the herds, opponent of the wilderness, Lord of the animals. An investigation into the figure of the hero with six curls.

Dissertation project of Katharina Zartner (Near Eastern Archaeology): Protector of the herds, opponent of the wilderness, Lord of the animals. An investigation into the figure of the hero with six curls.

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News from the RTG:

09.01.2023: Dissertation "Das babylonisch-assyrische Konzept von Zeit im 2. und 1. Jahrtausend v. Chr." published!

The Dissertation "Das babylonisch-assyrische Konzept von Zeit im 2. und 1. Jahrtausend v. Chr." of Tim Brandes is published. More information here.

20.04.2023: Guest Lecture Prof. Rune Nyord: "Ancient Egyptian conceptions of the human being and its place in the world"

The Research Training Group 1876 invites to the lecture of Prof. Rune Nyord (Emory College of Arts & Sciences) entitled "Ancient Egyptian conceptions of the human being and its place in the world" on 04.05.2023 at 16:00. The lecture will take place online.

09.01.2023: Dissertation "Konzepte hethitischer Heilpraktik" published!

The Dissertation "Konzepte hethitischer Heilpraktik" of Valeria Zubieta Lupo is published. More information here.

15.12.2022: We congratulate PD Dr. Dominik Berrens on the Dalberg Prize

We congratulate our alumnus PD Dr. Dominik Berrens on his habilitation lecture on "Letters in Herodotus" at the University of Innsbruck & the receipt of the Dalberg Prize for transdisciplinary junior research.

06.10.2022: Lecture Prof. Arnaud Zucker: "Das Tier oder die Tiere (in den griechischen Texten). Philosophisches Missverständnis über ein Konzept ohne richtige Einzahl."

The Research Training Group 1876 invites to a lecture by Prof. Arnaud Zucker (Université Côte d'Azur) entitled "Das Tier oder die Tiere (in den griechischen Texten). Philosophisches Missverständnis über ein Konzept ohne richtige Einzahl." on November 24, 2022 at 4:30 p.m. in Hegelstr. 59, room 00-309.