Henner von Hesberg (born 24 December 1947 in

Lüneburg Lüneburg (officially the ''Hanseatic City of Lüneburg'', German: ''Hansestadt Lüneburg'', , Low German ''Lümborg'', Latin ''Luneburgum'' or ''Lunaburgum'', Old High German ''Luneburc'', Old Saxon ''Hliuni'', Polabian ''Glain''), also calle ...

) is a German

classical archaeologist Classical archaeology is the archaeological investigation of the Mediterranean civilizations of Ancient Greece and Ancient Rome. Nineteenth-century archaeologists such as Heinrich Schliemann were drawn to study the societies they had read about i ...

. Henner von Hesberg studied classical archaeology,

ancient history Ancient history is a time period from the beginning of writing and recorded human history to as far as late antiquity. The span of recorded history is roughly 5,000 years, beginning with the Sumerian cuneiform script. Ancient history cove ...

classical philology Classics or classical studies is the study of classical antiquity. In the Western world, classics traditionally refers to the study of Classical Greek and Roman literature and their related original languages, Ancient Greek and Latin. Classics ...

and

art history Art history is the study of aesthetic objects and visual expression in historical and stylistic context. Traditionally, the discipline of art history emphasized painting, drawing, sculpture, architecture, ceramics and decorative arts; yet today ...

from 1968 to 1975 at Bonn, Marburg and Wurzburg. He received his doctorate at the

University of Marburg The Philipps University of Marburg (german: Philipps-Universität Marburg) was founded in 1527 by Philip I, Landgrave of Hesse, which makes it one of Germany's oldest universities and the oldest still operating Protestant university in the wor ...

from Heinrich Drerup for his dissertation ''Zur Entwicklung und Funktion des Konsolengeison im Hellenismus und in der frühen Kaiserzeit'' (On the development and function of the Konsolengeison in the Hellenistic and early Imperial period). After that he received a scholarship from the

German Archaeological Institute The German Archaeological Institute (german: Deutsches Archäologisches Institut, ''DAI'') is a research institute in the field of archaeology (and other related fields). The DAI is a "federal agency" under the Federal Foreign Office of Germany ...

and was employed by them in

Berlin Berlin ( , ) is the capital and largest city of Germany by both area and population. Its 3.7 million inhabitants make it the European Union's most populous city, according to population within city limits. One of Germany's sixteen constitue ...

and

Rome , established_title = Founded , established_date = 753 BC , founder = King Romulus (legendary) , image_map = Map of comune of Rome (metropolitan city of Capital Rome, region Lazio, Italy).svg , map_caption ...

. From 1979 to 1983, von Hesberg was an Assistant lecturer at the

University of Munich The Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich (simply University of Munich or LMU; german: Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München) is a public research university in Munich, Germany. It is Germany's List of universities in Germany, sixth-oldest u ...

and he received his

habilitation Habilitation is the highest university degree, or the procedure by which it is achieved, in many European countries. The candidate fulfills a university's set criteria of excellence in research, teaching and further education, usually including a ...

there in 1983 for ''Formen privater Repräsentation in der Baukunst des 2. und 1. Jahrhunderts v. Chr'' (Forms of private display in the architecture of the 2nd and 1st centuries BC). In 1984 he became a C2-Professor at Munich and in 1987 he received a Chair at the

University of Cologne The University of Cologne (german: Universität zu Köln) is a university in Cologne, Germany. It was established in the year 1388 and is one of the most prestigious and research intensive universities in Germany. It was the sixth university to ...

, where he was spokesman for the graduate programme "Formierung und Selbstdarstellung städtischer Eliten im Römischen Reich" (Formation and Self-Representation of Civic Elites in the Roman Empire) and Dean of the Faculty of Philosophy from 1995 to 1997. From November 2006 until spring 2014, von Hesberg was the first director of the of the German Archaeological Institute. For this time he was on a leave of absence from the university of Cologne. At the end of February 2014 he formally retired from his position at Cologne. His successor since 2006 has been Michael Heinzelmann. Von Hesberg is an ordinary member of the Mainz

Akademie der Wissenschaften und der Literatur The Academy of Sciences and Literature (german: Akademie der Wissenschaften und der Literatur Mainz, AdW Mainz) is a scientific academy in Mainz, Germany. It was established in 1949 on an initiative of Alfred Döblin. The academy's goal is to s ...

. In 2008/9 he delivered the ''Jerome Lecture Series'' at the

University of Michigan , mottoeng = "Arts, Knowledge, Truth" , former_names = Catholepistemiad, or University of Michigania (1817–1821) , budget = $10.3 billion (2021) , endowment = $17 billion (2021)As o ...

. Henner von Hesberg focused especially on

Hellenistic In Classical antiquity, the Hellenistic period covers the time in Mediterranean history after Classical Greece, between the death of Alexander the Great in 323 BC and the emergence of the Roman Empire, as signified by the Battle of Actium in ...

and

Roman architecture Ancient Roman architecture adopted the external language of classical Greek architecture for the purposes of the ancient Romans, but was different from Greek buildings, becoming a new architectural style. The two styles are often considered on ...

, urbanism, architectural decoration, Roman tomb structures, Hellenistic court art and art in the

Roman province The Roman provinces (Latin: ''provincia'', pl. ''provinciae'') were the administrative regions of Ancient Rome outside Roman Italy that were controlled by the Romans under the Roman Republic and later the Roman Empire. Each province was rule ...

s. A geographic focus of his work was ancient Italy, especially the city of Rome and its neighbourhood.

Selected publications

* ''Konsolengeisa des Hellenismus und der frühen Kaiserzeit'' orbel Geisons of the Hellenistic and Early Imperial Period(= ''Mitteilungen des Deutschen Archäologischen Instituts. Römische Abteilung.'' Ergänzungs-Heft 24). Zabern, Mainz 1981, . * ''Römische Grabbauten'' oman Funerary Structures Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft, Darmstadt 1992, . * ''Formen privater Repräsentation in der Baukunst des 2. und 1. Jahrhunderts v. Chr.'' orms of Private Representation in Architectural Art of the 2nd and 1st Centuries BCBöhlau, Köln 1994, . * with Silvio Panciera: ''Das Mausoleum des Augustus. Der Bau und seine Inschriften'' he_Mausoleum_of_Augustus:_The_Building_and_its_Inscriptions.html" ;"title="Mausoleum_of_Augustus.html" ;"title="he Mausoleum of Augustus">he Mausoleum of Augustus: The Building and its Inscriptions">Mausoleum_of_Augustus.html" ;"title="he Mausoleum of Augustus">he Mausoleum of Augustus: The Building and its Inscriptions(= ''Bayerische Akademie der Wissenschaften, Abhandlungen der Philosophisch-Historischen Klasse, N.F.'' 108). Beck, München 1994, . * with Harald Mielsch: ''Die heidnische Nekropole unter St. Peter in Rom'' [The Pagan Necropolis under St. Peter's Basilica, St Peter's in Rome]. (= ''Atti della Pontificia Accademia Romana di Archeologia, Ser. 03, Memorie.'' 16). L’Erma di Bretschneider, Roma 1995 . * with Dietrich Boschung,

Andreas Linfert Andreas ( el, Ἀνδρέας) is a name usually given to males in Austria, Greece, Cyprus, Denmark, Armenia, Estonia, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Finland, Flanders, Germany, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland, Romania, the Netherlands, and Indonesia. The name ...

: ''Die antiken Skulpturen in Chatsworth sowie in Dunham Massey und Withington Hall'' Chatsworth,_Dunham_Massey_Hall.html"__"title="Chatsworth_House.html"_;"title="he_Ancient_Sculptures_in_Chatsworth_House">Chatsworth,_Dunham_Massey_Hall">Dunham_Massey_ Dunham_Massey_is_a_civil_parish_in_the_Metropolitan_Borough_of_Trafford,_Greater_Manchester,_England._The_parish_includes_the_villages_of__Sinderland_Green,__Dunham_Woodhouses_and_Dunham_Town,_along_with_Dunham_Massey_Hall_and_Park,_formerly_th_...

Selected publications

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