Raphael Szeider
Contact
E-Mail: raphael.szeider@uibk.ac.at
Phone: +43 512 507-40856
Short Biography
- 2014 – 2018: Bachelor’s degree in history and classical archaeology, University of Tübingen
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2018 – 2023: Master’s degree in history (focus on ancient history), University of Tübingen
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2019 – 2022: Master’s degree in classical archaeology, University of Tübingen
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2022: Start of the PhD in classical archaeology, University of Tübingen. Topic: Hadrianic references to Augustus
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15.09.2023 – 14.09.2024: Coordinator of the HRS4R-Audit at the University of Tübingen
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October 2024: Acceptance of a doctoral position at the doctoral program 'Entangled Antiquities' as part of the Cluster of Excellence 'EurAsian Transformations' at the Leopold-Franzens-University, Innsbruck, Austria
Completed further training and internships
- 24.07.2017 – 18.08.2017: Internship Staatliche Antikensammlungen und Glyptothek, München
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03.04.2018 – 05.04.2018: Spring School „Das Geld liegt auf der Straße – zum wissenschaftlichen Umgang mit Fundmünzen“ of the Numismatischer Verbund in Baden-Württemberg
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22.07.2018 – 19.08.2018: Excavation Campaign of the Classical Archaeology Department, University of Tübingen on Pantelleria, Italy
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03.09.2018 – 05.10.2018: Internship Badisches Landesmuseum, Karlsruhe
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02.09.2019 – 11.10.2019: Internship editorial team DAMALS – Das Magazin für Geschichte
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09.10.2022 – 16.10.2022: Study course „Rom-Bilder. Perspektiven aus Archäologie, Kunstgeschichte und Geschichtswissenschaft“ of the DAI, DHI and the Bibliotheca Hertziana, Rome
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2023 – 2024: Participation at the certificate program ‚scientific management‘ for PhD’s and Postdocs, University of Tübingen
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11.01.2024: Workshop „Mit Mikropolitik souverän umgehen – Macht und Mikropolitik im Alltag des Hochschulmanagements“, held by Dr. Lukas Bischof, Lukas Bischof Hochschulberatung AG, Tübingen
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01.04.2024 – 10.04.2024: Epigraphic Academy in southern France, held by the Berlin-Brandenburgische Akademie der Wissenschaften, the Seminar für Alte Geschichte und Epigraphik of the University of Heidelberg and the Kommission für Alte Geschichte und Epigraphik of the DAI; funded by the Gerda-Henkel-Stiftung
Conference participations
- 13.11.2023 – 14.11.2023: Participation at the conference „A Second Gaze. Intertextuality and Transient Meaning in Roman Texts and Objects“, Mainz
Research interests
- Roman History
- Roman Archaeology
- litterae aureae
- Strategies of legitimisation
- Dealing with remembrance and cultural memory
- Cultural heritage preservation
PhD project
Hadrianvs.Avgvstvs - Legitimation und Vergangenheits(re)konstruktion eines römischen Princeps
The topic of the dissertation project is the often materially tangible and, in their form, extraordinary references of Hadrian to the first Roman Princeps, Augustus.
With models form anthropology and cultural sociology, which I use as analytical tools, I analyse the behaviour of the Roman senatorial elite and the Principes with a special focus on Hadrian.
My assumption is that the hadrianic references on Augustus were meant to show the effort Hadrian invested in being Princeps and, therefore, he expected to be credited with respect for his merits for the res publica. This was needed to justify Hadrian’s leadership towards the acceptance groups of the Imperium Romanum.
To accomplish this, Hadrian referred e.g. with building activities on the Augustan age.
This thesis aims to explain the behaviour of Hadrian in general and his references on Augustus in particular. The theoretical framework will show the necessities of the senatorial field in which the Principes were bound to operate. Moreover, it will be shown how the Principes needed to act to gain and keep the support of the crucial acceptance groups.