Prof. Dr phil. habil. Gunnar Brands
Curricumlum vitae
Gunnar Brands, born 1956 in Duisburg
1977 - 1985 Studies in Classical and Christian Archaeology, Ancient History and Latin at the Universities of Bonn, Heidelberg and Rome
1979-1984 Studied architecture at the RWTH Aachen University
1985 PhD thesis in Classical Archaeology, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn (Republican City Gates in Italy, Oxford 1988), scholarship holder of the DAAD (Italy) and the Friedrich Ebert Foundation
1986-1987 Travel grant of the German Archaeological Institute
1987-1988 Research fellow of the German Archaeological Institute in Sana'a/North Yemen
1988-1994 Research assistant at the Seminar of Classical Archaeology, Free University of Berlin (Chair of Prof. Dr. Wolfram Hoepfner)
1993-1994 Fellow for Byzantine Studies at Dumbarton Oaks (Harvard University, Washington D.C.)
1994 Habilitation in Classical Archaeology, Free University of Berlin
1995-1997 Assistant Professor at the Institute for Architectural and Art History, Brandenburg Technical University Cottbus (Chair of Architectural History: Prof. Dr. Adolf Hoffmann)
1996/1997 Assistant Professor at the Institute for Oriental Archaeology, University of Halle
2000-2001 Fellow for Byzantine Studies at Dumbarton Oaks (Harvard University, Washington D.C.) and Fulbright Research Fellow
2002-2004 Head of subproject C 6 at SFB 586 "Differentiation and Integration
2004-2008 Head of subproject A 6 at SFB 586 "Differentiation and Integration
2004 Organisation of the International Congress "Adolph Goldschmidt (1863-1944)", together with the Institute of Art History (funded by the DFG and Wilmer, Cutler, Pickering LLP)
2004-2008 "Archaeological Investigations in the Urban Area of Antakya (Antioch on the Orontes)", (funded by the Fritz Thyssen Foundation)
since 2006 Visiting Scholar at Princeton University
2007-2010 Member of the International Network Late Antiquity (DFG, University of Heidelberg and State College PA)
2009 Congress "New Orientations" (Centre for Interdisciplinary Regional Studies Africa, Asia, Europe)
since 2015 Head of the project "Antiochia on the Orontes", in collaboration with Prof. Dr. Ulrich Weferling (HTWK Leipzig) (funded by the DFG)
since 2018 Project "Late Antique Sculpture on the Iberian Peninsula", in collaboration with Prof. Dr. Hans R. Goette, German Archaeological Institute Berlin, the DAI Madrid and colleagues from Spain and Portugal
2018 International workshop "New approaches to the study of late antique ideal and portrait sculpture: stylistic criticism, contexts, scientific investigations" in Halle (together with Prof. Dr. Hans R. Goette and Prof. Dr. Stefan Lehmann)
since 2019 Project "Procopius and the Language of Buildings" - joint project with Prof. Dr. Marietta Horster, Ancient History, JGU Mainz (funded by the DFG)
2020 Conference of the "Arbeitsgemeinschaft Christliche Archäologie (AGCA)" in Halle
Executive Director of the Institute for Oriental Archaeology and Art (1997-2003), Member of the Board of Directors of the Oriental Studies Centre/Centre for Interdisciplinary Regional Studies (2002-2012), Chairman of the Examination Board of the Faculty of Arts I (2007-2015), Executive Director of the Institute for Classical Studies (since 2016)
Member of the board and treasurer of the Carl Humann Foundation (2002-2009), Lecturer of the Friedrich Ebert Foundation (since 2002), member of the advisory board of Cluster 5 of the German Archaeological Institute (since 2005), co-editor of the Turkish journal "Olba" (since 2006)
Vice-Chairman of the Working Group on Christian Archaeology/AGCA
Fellow for Byzantine Studies at Dumbarton Oaks/Harvard University, Fulbright Research Fellow, Corresponding Member of the German Archaeological Institute