About
Johannes Wienand is professor of ancient history in Braunschweig, Germany. He studied history and philosophy in Tübingen, Vienna, Konstanz, and Pittsburgh from 2000 to 2006, and worked as a research assistant at Heidelberg University (2009–2011) and as an associate professor at Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf (2011–2018).
In 2010, Wienand earned his doctorate with a dissertation on the military representation of the Roman emperor and completed his habilitation in 2018 with a study on the public funeral in classical Athens. He is the founder and spokesperson of the international DFG network “Internal War: Society, Social Order, and Political Conflict in Antiquity” as well as the research and digitization consortium NUMiD (“Network of University Coin Collections”). Research stays have taken him to Athens, Berlin, Cambridge, Frankfurt, Istanbul, Jerusalem, Munich, and Pittsburgh.
Research focus
In his research, Johannes Wienand examines the interplay of inner conflict, religion, and the formation of political order in processes of societal change. His research focuses on Athenian democracy and the Roman monarchy; he also examines Jewish, Christian, and early Islamic history, as well as issues related to the reception of antiquity and the history of scholarship. Wienand is also engaged in the areas of object-based research (particularly numismatics and epigraphy) and in the field of digital humanities.
Awards
- Advanced Fellowship, Historisches Kolleg, Munich
- Bruno-Snell-Award, Mommsen Society
- Walter-Hävernick-Award, Numismatic Commission
Memberships
- Full Member, German Archaeological Institute
- Member of the Scientific Commission, Union of the German Academies of Sciences and Humanities
- Chair of the Advisory Board of the Commission for Ancient History and Epigraphy
- Member of the Board of Directors of the German Protestant Institute of Archaeology (GPIA)
