Pre- and protohistoric archaeology at LMU München/University of Munich and Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn/University of Bonn

Dissertation title: Das frühmittelalterliche Gräberfeld von Aschheim-Bajuwarenring, Lkr. München. Studien zu Chronologie, Bestattungssitten, Alters- und Sozialstruktur eines merowingerzeitlichen Ortsgräberfelds der Münchner Schotterebene. (translated title: The early-medieval cemetery of Aschheim-Bajuwarenring, district Munich. Studies of chronology, burial rites, age distribution and social structure of a Merovingian local cemetery of Munich Gravel Plain)

Final grade: magna cum laude, submission on 28.05.2008, graduation on 14.07.2010

Studentship of Cusanuswerk

The Cusanuswerk awards government scholarships in all branches of academic study; the scholarships consist of financial support for studies as well as an interdisciplinary education programme that encourages discussion about science and society. The Cusanuswerk offers 80-90 scholarships for doctoral students per year, for which about 300-350 students apply.

LMU München/University of Munich

Major: pre- and protohistoric archaeology; minors: cultural anthropology and archaeology of the Near East. Further subjects: palaeobotany and computer sciences

Thesis title: Die Frauengräber mit Bügelfibeln aus dem frühmittelalterlichen Gräberfeld von Aschheim. (translated title: Womens graves with bow brooches in the Early Medieval cemetery of Aschheim)

for the archaeological studies at university of Bonn

at University of Lüneburg, Leuphana College

at University of Bonn, Department of Art History and Archaeology, section pre- and protohistoric archaeology Research project: Rollenvorstellungen und Lebenswelten der Jüngeren Römischen Kaiserzeit und Völkerwanderungszeit (translated title: Gender roles? Role Models and Lifeworlds of men and women in Roman and Migration Period Western Scandinavia based on archaeological evidence)

Yggdrasil-Fellow and Visiting Researcher at Bergen Museum, Cultural History Collections

Research project: Archaeology of Female Lifeworlds of Western Scandinavia in the Context of Continental Relations from the Roman to the Migration Period

at University of Bonn, Department of Art History and Archaeology, section pre- and protohistoric archaeology

at University of Bonn, Department of Art History and Archaeology, section pre- and protohistoric archaeology

at LMU München/University of Munich, Institute for pre-and protohistoric Archaeology

Working on the project Ecosystem, social structure and subsistence economy in medieval Bavaria (part-time), responsible for developing and programming of databases for archaeological finds of three different sites (mountain monastery with cemetery at Petersberg near Flintsbach, settlement with area for iron smelting and manufacturing at Kelheim near the Danube river, large cemetery with small settlement at Igling near the Lech river). Project leader Dr. Thomas Meier, now professor at University of Heidelberg; the project itself was supported and financed by Volkswagen Foundation.

Course design, including the topics for the term papers, and the course bibliography; responsible for teaching, for supervising and evaluating the presentations given by the students, and for the marking of term papers.

Course design, including theoretical and practical exercises for developing and working with databases for archaeological material, the topics for student presentations and the course bibliography; responsible for teaching and for supervising and evaluating the presentations given by the students, marking of homework, and designing and marking of the exam written at the end of the semester.

Material culture of Merovingian and Carolingian period (practical classes, winter term 2008/2009).

Course design, including the topics for the student presentations and the course bibliography; responsible for teaching, and for supervising and evaluating the presentations given by the students.

Course design, including the topics for the student presentations and term papers, and the course bibliography; responsible for teaching, for supervising and evaluating the presentations given by the students, and for the marking of term papers.

Course design, including the topics for the student presentations and the course bibliography; responsible for teaching, and for supervising and evaluating the presentations given by the students.

Responsible for teaching, supervising and the evaluation of presentations given by the students, marking of term papers, and designing and marking of the exam written at the end of the semester.

responsible for administration, depot organisation and inventory, special exhibitions and the permanent exhibition, guided tours and publications.

Illustrator of archaeological objects (part-time)

for archaeological objects at Bavarian State Department for Cultural Heritage, Munich.

member of the team that developed the concept and realized the exhibition Amber beads and Bronze Swords. Landshut and Lower Bavaria in the time of the Trojan Heroes; responsible for the exhibition focusing on the late Bronze Age Urnfield Culture.

work on exhibitions and at the central information desk. Involved in the implementation of several special exhibitions, the writing of catalogues, guided tours for visitors and school children of all ages, also responsible for the management of student part-time workers.

for Medial working at the Deutsches Museum with the same responsibilities as described above.

work on the inventory of archaeological heritage in Bavaria.

The Sachsensymposion is a working group that focuses on academic archaeological research of the (old) Saxons and their neighbours in northwestern Europe, especially between the 1st and the 8th centuries; among this especially on the archaeological research of the historically known migrations of peoples and groups of peoples in northern and north-western Europe and the related historical and cultural circumstances and connections. The Sachsensymposion’s annual conferences offer a recurrent forum for the presentation and discussion of research for its members. Membership is by invitation only.

Member of the EAA-Working Group AGE – Archaeology and Gender in Europe

since 09/2010 member of the Web Page Editorial Board.

AGE has as its area of concern the discussion of Gender issues in European archaeology, where gender is considered both as a structural element to be studied in the past and as influencing research in the present. It addresses the study and understanding of gender arrangements in the past and the study and understanding of how current gender systems affect archaeology as an academic and professional practice. The main aim of this working group is to develop a formal and permanent European network of Gender Archaeology, to build a permanent forum for promoting and debating the field of Gender issues within European archaeology.

at University of Bonn, section pre- and protohistoric archaeology. At this meeting the founding of the working group AGE – Archaeology and Gender in Europe within the European Association of Archaeologists (EAA) was prepared.

Member of working group Archäologie im Schulbuch (archaeology in school textbooks)

since 09/2010 chair person.

The working group Archäologie im Schulbuch is located at the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Ur- und Frühgeschichte (DGUF), and is concerned with the presentation of archaeological, especially pre- and protohistoric archaeological contents in school textbooks and in school lessons. The main aim of this working group is to promote a long-term improvement of the quality of archaeological topics taught in German schools, which is conducted by reviewing school textbooks and school curricula, by publishing a bibliography of archaeological publications that are easy to understand for teachers, textbook writers and interested non-archaeologist and by building a forum for discussions between archaeologist, teachers, and textbook writers.

Member of the executive board of FemArc - Netzwerk archäologisch arbeitender Frauen e.V.

FemArc is a organization of women interested in Feminist Archaeology, Women's and Gender studies in archaeology. Its aims are to establish Feminist Archaeology and Gender studies as themes and methods in archaeology and to develop and improve its theoretical foundations, to promote the discussion between archaeologists and other academics involved in Women's and Gender studies, to establish an interdisciplinary approach between female archaeologists, scientists of other fields and interested amateurs as well as to encourage the exchange of job-related experiences between women and to improve the employment situation of female archaeologists. This aims are realised by a regular newsletter for members, by the organization of conferences and by the publication of conference readers and the book series Frauen - Forschung - Archäologie (translated title: Women - Research - Archaeology).

Mentoring- and Trainingsprogramme MeTra for postdoctoral researchers at University of Bonn.

rhetorical and discussion training

at Debattierclub München e.V. (Munich Debating Society). Regularly member of its Debating Tournament Team; 1st price at the Munich Toastmasters Tournament 2002.

Maria von Linden-Frauenförderprogramm (support programme for female researchers of University of Bonn)

Grant supporting the paper presentation and participation in the Annual Meeting of the European Association of Archaeologists (EAA), Riva del Garda/Italy

Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst (DAAD), Kongress- und Vortragsreisenprogramm (German Academic Exchange Service, support programme for conference and lecture tours)

medieval monastery and churchyard at Petersberg near Flintsbach, Bavaria. Excavation under high mountain conditions, project manager Dr. Thomas Meier, now professor at University of Heidelberg.

Area supervisor

Neolithic settlement at Unfriedshausen, Bavaria. Excavation under wet soil conditions, project manager Dr. Guntram Schönfeld, Bavarian State Department for Cultural Heritage, section wetland archaeology.

Roman graves and settlement at Aschheim, Bavaria.  Excavation at the Munich Gravel Plain, project managed by PLANUM, company for archaeological services.

Iron Age burial mounds at Pöcking, Bavaria. Excavation at the Munich Gravel Plain, project manager Dr. Tilmann Eickhoff, University of Munich.

09/1996

early medieval cemetery at Penzing, Bavaria. Excavation at the Munich Gravel Plain, project managed by the Bavarian State Department for Cultural Heritage.

Freelance writer of archaeological topics

for the Online-lexicon of Bibliographisches Institut and F. A. Brockhaus AG.

Freelance editorial work

for the book series Bonner Beiträge zur Vor- und Frühgeschichtlichen Archäologie. Responsible for Band 8: Anne Sibylle Hannibal-Deraniyagala, Das bajuwarische Gräberfeld von Künzing-Bruck, Lkr. Deggendorf.

at the journal bild der wissenschaft, Stuttgart, Germany

Mother tongue: German.

English (reading, writing and verbal skills: good)

Latin (reading skills: good)

Scandinavian languages (Norwegian: reading skills: good; Danish and Swedish: reading skills: basic)

10/2002–08/2006

Manager of the Starlight Union, a private club for creative writing

01/2002–07/2002 and 02/2003–08/2003

Member of the executive board of Debattierclubs München e.V. (Munich Debating Society)