Aaltje Hidding
Staatliches Museum Ägyptischer Kunst, München, Ancient history, Department Member
- From the monuments of Rome, the ancient temples in Greece, to the ruins of Troy in Turkey, my study of the Greek and ... moreFrom the monuments of Rome, the ancient temples in Greece, to the ruins of Troy in Turkey, my study of the Greek and Roman classics has been an adventurous journey.
The classics, however, do not just tell stories from or about a long distant past. When we talk about the Athenian democracy or the pursuit of happiness by Aristotle, we speak as much about the ancient Greeks as we are thinking about the modern world. "Classics are embedded in the way we think about ourselves," says Cambridge Professor Mary Beard, "and our own history." From scenes from the Aeneid on the walls of Bavarian palaces to the success of movies like the Gladiator, Troy, or Ben-Hur - learning Latin and Greek is learning a cultural language that we still speak today.
As a classicist, I aim to make the ancient world accessible to our modern society and to find opportunities for debate and conversation about both worlds.edit
The Great Persecution began by emperor Diocletian and his tetrarchic colleagues in 303 CE would not be forgotten in Egypt. My PhD-project researches how the people who numbered the years according to the ‘Era of Diocletian’ - later also... more
The Great Persecution began by emperor Diocletian and his tetrarchic colleagues in 303 CE would not be forgotten in Egypt. My PhD-project researches how the people who numbered the years according to the ‘Era of Diocletian’ - later also called the ‘Era of the Martyrs’ - remembered this period.
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Ägypten wird als eine der Provinzen angesehen, in denen die Diokletianische Christenverfolgung (ca. 303–311 n. Chr.) die größten Auswirkungen hatte. Allerdings geben die wichtigsten Quellen über die Verfolgung ein stark christlich... more
Ägypten wird als eine der Provinzen angesehen, in denen die Diokletianische Christenverfolgung (ca. 303–311 n. Chr.) die größten Auswirkungen hatte. Allerdings geben die wichtigsten Quellen über die Verfolgung ein stark christlich gefärbtes Bild. Darüber hinaus lassen die wenigen zeitgenössischen Papyri, die erhalten geblieben sind, keine Verallgemeinerungen darüber zu, was damals in Ägypten tatsächlich passiert ist. Der vorliegende Beitrag schlägt vor, diese Texte nicht für eine Rekonstruktion der historischen Wirklichkeit zu verwenden – wie bis jetzt gewöhnlich getan – sondern diese als Ausdrück der Bedeutung zu lesen, die spätere Generationen von Christen der Verfolgung zuschrieben.
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The Distant Worlds Journal (DWJ) is an online peer-reviewed journal established especially for presenting the research of early-career scholars on the ancient world. Each edition of the DWJ centres on a specific question or topic... more
The Distant Worlds Journal (DWJ) is an online peer-reviewed journal established especially for presenting the research of early-career scholars on the ancient world. Each edition of the DWJ centres on a specific question or topic pertinent to the diverse disciplines engaged in the study of ancient cultures. In our third edition, we investigate a phenomenon that has shaped today’s society as well as the ancient world: migration and mobility. Particular attention will be paid to what we know about its causes and consequences: Why does migration happen, what are its effects and how do we as
scholars deal with migration and mobility of past peoples?
For the full issue, go to http://journals.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/index.php/dwj/issue/view/3618
scholars deal with migration and mobility of past peoples?
For the full issue, go to http://journals.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/index.php/dwj/issue/view/3618