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TEACHING

Research in Topoi was closely related to teaching at Freie Universität, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin or one of the partner universities. The central themes of the Topoi project were explored in a multitude of courses on various levels. BA and MA students benefited not only from the cooperation between the universities and various partner institutions, but also from the fact that findings from toplevel interdisciplinary research were integrated into university teaching. There was a wide choice of formats – from standard seminars and lectures integrated in the ongoing academic curriculum of the universities to the central “Topoi lecture series” open for a broad academic and non-academic audience.

MSc PROGRAMME LANDSCAPE ARCHAEOLOGY

The MSc programme Landscape Archaeology evolved from interdisciplinary cooperation in Topoi. The cross-departmental, inter-university programme (participating are Freie Universität Berlin and Hochschule für Technik und Wirtschaft Berlin) combined the academic disciplines Physical Geography, Prehistoric Archaeology and Excavation Technique. The MSc programme was directly linked to the BerGSAS PhD programme Landscape Archaeology and Architecture. Both the M.Sc. curriculum “Landschaftsarchäologie” and the B.Sc. and M.Sc. curricula “Geografische Wissenschaften” at Freie Universität Berlin offer project seminars on a regular basis, often in cooperation with Topoi.

PROJECT SEMINARS

Various Topoi projects are based upon BA and MA seminars. Students participated in the preparation and organization of projects.

Museumsvisionen Supervised by Prof. Dr. Bénédicte Savoy at the Technische Universität Berlin
Digitales Forum Romanum Winckelmann-Institut of the Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin in cooperation with Topoi research project (C-6-1) Raumnutzung und Raumbeanspruchung
Auf den Kopf gestellt An exhibition planned by students of the Freie Universität Berlin in cooperation with the Staatsbibliothek Berlin and Topoi.
Spätpleistozäne und Holozäne Landschaftsentwicklung der Rituallandschaft Königsgrab Seddin/Prignitz Project seminar based upon Topoi research project (B-2-5) The royal tomb of Seddin in the Prignitz

TOPOI SEMINAR SERIES

Topoi offered continuous series of seminars for a university audience:

Mehr als Schätze und Abenteuer

Starting in summer semester 2017, this annual BA/MA seminar (organized by Nina Diezemann and Hauke Ziemssen) discussed traditional and new forms of public communication in ancient studies – from articles in popular journals, interviews, and institutional press offices to social media, blogs, or science slams.

Visitors from Heaven, Visitors to Heaven

The seminar series (2016-2018, organized by Florentina Badalanova Geller and Rainer Kampling) was a cooperation between Topoi and the German-Israel Fund Project “Visitors from Heaven, Visitors to Heaven: Judeo-Christian Encounters and the Last Lingua Sacra of Europe”.

Digital Classicist Seminar Berlin

The Digital Classicist Seminar Berlin was inspired by and connected to London’s Digital Classicist Work in Progress Seminar. It was organized in cooperation with the German Archaeological Institute (DAI). Since 2012/2013 the seminar series ran every winter term in the Topoi house Dahlem. The seminar was part of the academic program of the Freie Universität under the name “Digitale Methoden in den Altertumswissenschaften”. http://de.digitalclassicist.org/berlin/.

Dahlem Seminar for the History of Ancient Sciences

The six Dahlem Seminar series (2012-2016) were organized by Topoi professors Mark Geller and Klaus Geus. Every semester, international experts in various fields of the study of ancient science present their research in the Topoi house Dahlem.


TOPOI LECTURE SERIES

Starting in 2015, Topoi organized a central “Topoi lecture series” every semester. Key topics of the cluster were presented to a broad academic and non-academic audience. In some cases additional BA/MA seminars were offered.

Welt der Archäologie – Neue Ansätze und Perspektiven 
summer semester 2019 Freie Universität Berlin
Die Spätantike – eine expandierende Epoche? winter semester 2018/2019  Freie Universität Berlin
Krieg und Gewalt vom Altertum bis in die Gegenwart summer semester 2018  Freie Universität Berlin
“Identität“ – Probleme eines Konzepts und seine Entstehungsgeschichte winter semester 2017/2018  Freie Universität berlin
Frühe Ökonomien und modernes Wirtschaftsdenken winter semester 2016/2017 Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Migration. Wanderungsbewegungen vom Altertum bis in die Gegenwart summer semester 2016 Freie Universität Berlin, associated blog migration.hypotheses.org,
Grossbauten in ihren Gesellschaften. Zwischen praktischer Nutzung und symbolischer Bedeutung winter semester 2015/2016 Freie Universität Berlin

THEMATIC LECTURE SERIES ON TOPOI RELATED TOPICS

Einführung in die Archäometrie winter semester 2016/2017 organised by Elke Kaiser and Heinz-Eberhard Mahnke
“Tam diu Germania vincitur” – Roms Aufgabe Germaniens vor 2000 Jahren, winter semester 2016/2017 organised by Ernst Baltrusch and Christian Wendt
Die Seele ist ein Oktopus: Antike Vorstellungen über den belebten Körper summer semester 2016 organized by research group (D-2) Mapping Body and Soul, series of lectures accompanying the exhibition at Medizinhistorisches Museum)
Modellkaiser – Kaisermodell. Zum 2000. Todesjahr des ersten römischen Kaisers Augustus winter semester 2014/2015 organized by Ernst Baltrusch, Christian Wendt
Glas und Glasproduktion in ur- und frühgeschichtlicher Zeit. Herstellungstechnik, Adaption und Diffusion von Glastechniken winter semester 2014/2015 organized by Hans-Jörg Nüsse and Florian Klimscha, series of lectures accompanying the seminar on the same topic
Ökonomie früher Kulturen summer semester 2014 organized by Michael Meyer and David Warburton, accompanying the seminar on the same topic
Räumliche und quantitative Analysemethoden winter semester 2011/12 organized by Silvia Polla, Undine Lieberwirth