Agnes Schwarzmaier

Agnes Schwarzmaier is a part-time faculty member at the Institute of Classical Archaeology, Freie Universität Berlin, affiliated with the Department of History and Cultural Studies. She also serves as a Kustodin (curator) at the Antikensammlung der SMB-SPK Berlin, managing archaeological collections. Her career spans academic research, teaching, and curation in classical archaeology.

• PhD in Classical Archaeology (University of Bonn, 1991)
• Habilitation (Freie Universität Berlin, 2002)

Research Interests: Schwarzmaier specializes in ancient Greek material culture, particularly funerary artifacts like terracotta masks and folding mirrors. Her work bridges archaeological analysis, cultural studies, and artifact conservation, with a focus on Mediterranean antiquities and their contextual significance.

Scientific Awards: She received a DAI Travel Stipendium (1991/92) and a DFG Habilitandenstipendium (1998–2000) for her research on Lipari necropolises. Notably, she has led the Lipari-Projekt der DFG (2004–2006) and contributed to the Corpus Vasorum Antiquorum (CVA) series.