Babett Edelmann-Singer

Prof. Dr. Babett Edelmann-Singer is a University Professor of Ancient History at the Free University of Berlin (Heisenberg Professorship) since 2023. Her research spans material culture, political history, and religious networks in premodern metropolitan contexts, focusing on Roman provincial elites, epigraphic analysis, and gender in imperial cults.

• Current Appointments: Professor at Free University Berlin, Research Fellow at University of the Free State (South Africa), Adjunct Fellow in DFG Kolleg-Forschungsgruppe 2770
• Research Projects: Materialization of Power, Elite Networks in Roman East, Religious Skepticism Intersections

Methodologically, she integrates social network analysis (SNA) with epigraphic databases to explore provincial interactions. Her Heisenberg-DFG funded projects examine material culture's role in performative power structures and women's agency in religious networks.

Scientific Recognition includes:

• DFG Heisenberg Fellowship (2018–2025)
• City of Regensburg Women in Science Award (2014)
• Multiple publication grants and peer-reviewed accolades

Advising occurs via structured office hours with appointment registration at her secretariat. She collaborates with institutions in Munich, Heidelberg, and Osnabrück, and contributes to global outreach through TerraX/ZDF (2021) and Brill Encyclopedia of Early Christianity (2024).