Karen Radner#
| Membership Number: | 4280 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | CLASSICS & ORIENTAL STUDIES |
| Elected: | 2016 |
| Main Country of Residence: | GERMANY |
| Homepage(s): | http://www.ag.geschichte.uni-muenchen.de/personen/mitarbeiter/radner/index.html |
Present and Previous Positions
- 2015 University of Munich: Alexander von Humboldt Professor in the Ancient History of the Near and Middle East (W3)
- 2011 - 2015 University College London: professor in Ancient Near Eastern History
- 2008 - 2011 University College London: reader in Ancient Near Eastern History
- 2005 - 2008 University College London: lecturer in Ancient Near Eastern History
- 2004 - 2005 University of Munich: Wissenschaftliche Oberassistentin (C2)
- 1999 - 2004 University of Munich: Wissenschaftliche Assistentin (C1)
- 1999 University of Tübingen: researcher (BAT 2a)
- 1997 - 1999 University of Helsinki: researcher
Fields of Scholarship
- Ancient Near Eastern Studies
- Ancient history of the Near and Middle East (pre-Hellenistic)
- Assyriology
- Cuneiform studies
- Ancient Semitic languages
- Empire Studies
- Assyrian Empire
Honours and Awards
- 2016 election to Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities (Bayerischen Akademie der Wissenschaften), Munich, Germany: Ordentliches Mitglied, Sektion I
- 2015 Ordentliches Mitglied, Center for Advanced Studies, LMU Munich, Germany
- 2015 Honorary Professor, History Department, University College London, United Kingdom
- 2014 International Award for Research in Germany (a.k.a. Alexander von Humboldt Professorship): Humboldt Foundation, Germany
- 2008 4-year Major Research Project Grant: Arts and Humanities Research Council, United Kingdom
- 1999 Herta Firnberg Research Award: Ministry of Science and Research, Austria
- 1998 Würdigungspreis: Ministry of Science and Research, Austria
- 1998 promotio sub auspiciis praesidentis rei publicae, Austria
