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Prof. Dr. Rolf Michael Schneider: curriculum vitae
1950 Born in Hamburg
1971 Humanistisches Abitur, Matthias-Claudius-Gymnasium, Hamburg
1971-1982 Study of Classical Archaeology, Ancient History, Late Antique and Byzantine Art History, Ethnology and Theology, University of Hamburg, University of Heidelberg and German Archaeological Institute, Rome
1982 Dr. phil. in Classical Archaeology, University of Heidelberg; doctoral thesis: Bunte Barbaren, Orientalenstatuen aus farbigem Marmor in der römischen Repräsentationskunst (supervisors: Prof. Dr. Tonio Hölscher and Professor Géza Alföldy)
1982-1983 Research grant, Stiftung Volkswagenwerk; project "Roman gems and glass gems: communicating politics and ideologies in early imperial Rome"
1984-1985
  • Deputy Curator, Department of Mediterranean Art and Archaeology, Badisches Landesmuseum, Karlsruhe
  • With Dr. Michael Maaß re-organisation of the permanent exhibition "Ancient Civilisations in the Mediterranean World"; re-opened in 1985
1987-1990 Assistant Research Professor, Archaeological Institute, University of Heidelberg, funded by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
1991 Habilitation in Classical Archaeology, University of Heidelberg (Dr. phil. habil.); topic: Dionysischer Rausch und gesellschaftliche Wirklichkeit, Großplastische Satyrbilder hellenistischer Zeit
1992-1998 Associate Professor, Archaeological Institute, University of Heidelberg
1994/95 and 1995/96 Acting Professor for the Chair of Classical Archaeology, University of Marburg
1996/97 Acting Professor for the Chair of Classical Archaeology, University of Munich
1997 Guest Professor, Harvard University, Department of the Classics (October)
1998-2001
  • University Lecturer in Greek and Roman Art and Archaeology, Faculty of Classics, University of Cambridge
  • Fellow of Downing College, Cambridge
1999-2001
  • Dean of Downing College, Cambridge
  • Fine Arts Steward of Downing College, Cambridge
  • With Stephen Chambers (Kettle’s Yard artist-in-residence) and Caruso St John Architects (London) appointed to initiate the restauration process of the Dining Hall of Downing College, Cambridge (inaugurated 2009)
2000-2001 Curator of the Museum of Classical Archaeology, Cambridge
2001
  • Organiser of the international workshop "Shaping Visual Cultures: The Workshop in Greece and Rome" at the 2001 Laurence Seminar, in collaboration with the Faculty of Classics, Downing College (both Cambridge) and the British Academy (21-22 May)
  • Curator of the exhibition “Pressing Flesh – Modern Sculpture in the Museum of
    Classical Archaeology, University of Cambridge”, in collaboration with Kettle’s Yard, Cambridge, and the Royal College of Art, London (3 November – 19 December)
2001-2016
  • Appointment as Full Professor of Classical Archaeology, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, Munich (Emeritus since April 2016)
  • Erasmus coordinator for art history and archaeology, cooperation with the universities of Athens, Bern, Florence, Geneva, Istanbul (Mimar Sinan Güzel Sanatlar), Paris (Sorbonne), Prague, Rome (La Sapienza), Thessaloniki)
  • Initiator and organiser of the annual exchange programme between the Classics Departments, Ludwig-Maximilians- Universität, Munich, and the Faculty of Classics, University of Cambridge
2002- Referee for Cambridge University Press
2004-
  • Member of the Scientific Board of Marmora. An International Journal for Archaeology, History and Archaeometry of Marbles and Stones
  • Founding member and Principal Investigator of the Munich Graduate School “Formen von Prestige in Kulturen des Altertums“ (ended 2014)
2006- member of the network "Ancient and Modern Imperialisms"
2007-2010 Field research grants from the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft "Pompeiopolis in Phlagonien. Erforschung einer antiken Metropole im türkischen Schwarzmeergebiet"
2008-2013 Field research grants from the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft "Kelenai/Apameia Kibotos und sein Umland. Erforschung einer Königsresidenz in Phrygien"
2006- member of the network "Ancient and Modern Imperialisms"
2008-
  • with François Lissarrague (Paris) and R.R.R. Smith (Oxford) editor of the international series ICON (Image and Context). Berlin and New York: Walter De Gruyter
  • Corresponding Member of the German Archaeological Institute, Berlin
2009-
  • Member of the Classical Association of South Africa
  • Founding member of the Munich Centre for Ancient Worlds (MZAW)
2010-2012 Member of the Scientific Committee of the Landesausstellung "Otto Imperator. Kaisertum im ersten Jahrtausend", Magdeburg, Kulturhistorisches Museum (exhibition: August - Dezember 2012)
2012 Visiting Scholar at the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, and the Wissenschaftskolleg, Berlin; topic "Production of Knowledge"
2012 and 2013 Guest Scholar at the Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin
2012-
  • Liaison Professor of the Studienstiftung des Deutschen Volkes, Bonn (retired 2017)
  • Founding Member and Principal Investigator of the Munich Graduate School "Distant Worlds"
  • Member of the Scientific Board of the Bullettino della commissione archeologica comunale di Roma
2012-2019 Travel grants and publication subsidy from the Gerda Henkel Foundation "Von der Blaupause zum Marmorfries. Verhandlungen zum Entwurf, Herstellung und Deutung der historischen Reliefbilder der Voortrekker Monument in Pretoria"
2013-2015 Collaboration with Professor Himanshu Prabha Ray (New Delhi / Munich; Anneliese Maier Award of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, 2013);project: "Cross-cultural dialogue: India and the wider world in ancient history"
2014
  • With Himanshu Prabha Ray organiser of the international workshop "Rethinking the Greeks in Gandhara" (Munich, March)
  • Guest Professor, UC Berkeley, to establish the programme UCB-LMU research in the humanities (April to July)
  • Honorary Professorship School of Languages and Literatures, University of Cape Town (2016 to 2019)
2014-2015 Appointment by the Wissenschaftsrat (German Council of Science and Humanities) to the evaluation committee "Deutsches Archäologisches Institut"
2014-2016 Research grant from the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft "Geschichte(n) in Marmor. Der Fries des Voortrekker Monument in Pretoria"
2015
  • One-hour interview with Alastair Sooke, BBC4, 24 March. The Discobolus: Greeks, Nazis and the body beautiful = https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20150324-hitlers-idea-of-the-perfect-body
  • With the India International Centre and National Museum Institute (both New Delhi) organiser of the international workshop "Making of museum collections, with special reference to Gandhara" (April)
  • Curator of the exhibition "Herakles in Neuseeland", in collaboration with the New Zealand artist, Marian Maguire, the Staatliche Antikensammlungen Munich and the LMU Graduate School "Distant Worlds" (September to December)
2016
  • Professor Emeritus of Classical Archaeology, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, Munich (since April)
  • Museum Scholar of the Getty Villa, Malibu (April to June)
  • Honorary Professor School of Languages and Literatures, University of Cape Town, supported by the Johann-Gottfried-Herder Programme, DAAD (September to November)
2016 - 2018 Member of the Scientific Board of the exhibition "Beyond the Nile: Egypt and the Classical World", Getty Center, Los Angeles (March to September 2018)
2017 Summer Research Scholar of the Getty Villa, Malibu (July to August), supported by the Gerda Henkel Foundation
2017 - 2020 With Kristine Bøggild Johannsen and Jane Fejfer (both Copenhagen) senior adviser of the exhibition "Powerful Presence: The modernity of Thorvaldsen’s sculpted portraits", in collaboration with the Thorvaldsens Museum, the Saxo Institute of the University of Copenhagen and the Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek, Copenhagen; funded by the Velux Foundation.
Exhibition "Face to Face. Thorvaldsen and Portraiture" (March to December 2020)
2018 Guitty Azarpay Distinguished Visiting Professor, UC Berkeley (January to May)

2019 -

 
  • Appointment as Honorary Research Fellow, African Studies Centre, Leiden University
  • Re-appointment as Honorary Professor, School of Languages and Literatures, University of Cape Town (November 2019 to October 2024)

2022
  • Appointment to serve in the peer review panel for the Department of Ancient Studies at Stellenbosch University. South Africa


Papers and teaching abroad

Austria, Denmark, France, Great Britain, Greece, India, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, South Africa, Turkey, U.S.A.