Prof. Dr. Daniel Schwemer
Expertise and Research Interests
Akkadian; Hittitology; history of religion in the ancient Near East; ancient Near Eastern magic and medicine; ritual.
Curriculum Vitae
| *26.1.1970 | |
| Career | |
| since 2021 | Chair of Deutsche Orient-Gesellschaft |
| since 2011 | Professor for Ancient Near Eastern Studies, University of Würzburg |
| 2010–11 | Associate Dean, Faculty of Languages and Cultures, School of Oriental & African Studies, London |
| 2008–11 | Reader in Ancient Near Eastern Studies, School of Oriental & African Studies, London |
| 2005–8 | Lecturer in Ancient Near Eastern Studies, School of Oriental & African Studies, London |
| 2004–5 | Temporary professorship, Lehrstuhl für Assyriologie, University of Heidelberg |
| 2000–4 | Assistent professor, Ancient Near Eastern Studies, University of Würzburg |
| Education | |
| 2005 | Habilitation, University of Würzburg (Habilitation thesis: Schadenzauber in Mesopotamien. Quellen und Studien) |
| 2000 | Doctorate, University of Würzburg (Dissertation: Die Wettergottgestalten Mesopotamiens und Nordsyriens im Zeitalter der Keilschriftkulturen. Materialien und Studien nach den schriftlichen Quellen) |
| 1991–96 | Studies of Ancient Near Eastern Studies and Theology at Würzburg and Tübingen |
| Research projects (as PI) | |
| since 2023 | KFG 42 MagEIA: Magic between Entanglement, Interaction, and Analogy. A Centre for the Study of Magical Text Traditions of West Asia and the Eastern Mediterranean in Antiquity (DFG Centre for Advanced Studies, Speaker) |
| since 2022 | The Hittite Corpus of Divinatory Texts: Digital Edition and Cultural Historical Analysis (DFG Langfristvorhaben) |
| since 2021 | An Interdisciplinary Strategy for the Innovative Development and Long-term Consolidation of Ancient Near Eastern Studies at Würzburg University (Volkswagen-Stiftung) |
| 2020–24 | The Cuneiform Texts in the Babylon Collection of the Istanbul Archaeological Museums (DFG) |
| 2020–24 | Thesaurus Linguarum Hethaeorum digitalis (TLHdig) (DFG) |
| seit 2016 | Das Corpus der hethitischen Festrituale: staatliche Verwaltung des Kultwesens im spätbronzezeitlichen Anatolien (Forschungsprogramm der Union der deutschen Akademien) |
| 2012–18 | Corpus of Mesopotamian Anti-witchcraft Rituals (DFG) |
| 2011–15 | Förderprogramm Rückkehr deutscher Wissenschaftler aus dem Ausland (Alfried Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach-Stiftung) |
| 2008–9 | Corpus of Mesopotamian Anti-witchcraft Rituals (AHRC) |
| 2007, 2009 | Corpus of Mesopotamian Anti-witchcraft Rituals (British Academy) |
| Honours | |
| 2018 | Corresponding member of Deutsches Archäologisches Institut |
| 2012 | Member of the Akademie der Wissenschaften und der Literatur, Mainz |
| 2003 | Heinz Maier-Leibnitz-Preis of the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft |
| 2002 | Margarete Häcker-Preis zur Förderung der Altertumswissenschaft |
