Antonia Lakner
پژوهشگر · Cultural and Social History of the Roman Empire
University of Tübingenمعرفی
Dr. Antonia Lakner is a researcher at the Department of History, University of Tübingen. Her work focuses on cultural and social history of the Roman Empire, Jewish history in antiquity, political culture of the imperial era, and urban development in the Roman East. She is affiliated with the Historisch-Philologischen Kommentar zur Chronik des Johannes Malalas project at the Heidelberger Akademie der Wissenschaften.
Education:
- Master of Studies (Jewish Studies, 2020) from University of Oxford
- Bachelor of Arts (History and Art History, 2019) from University of Bonn, University of Tübingen, and University of Haifa
Her research examines mass and elite interactions in the Roman East through case studies of political events, urban dynamics, and textual analysis. She explores how crowds influenced political decision-making and how imperial ideology shaped urban development.
Recent publications include critical reviews and conference papers on topics such as Roman imperial governance, Jewish-Roman relations, and crowd dynamics in antiquity. Her work often bridges classical and Jewish historiography.
Scientific Awards:
- Krupp Foundation Fellowship for Visiting Student Researchers at Stanford University (2024)
- Hanns-Seidel-Stiftung e.V. Scholarship (since 2021)
- Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung e.V. Funding (2016–2020)
She has served as a scientific assistant at the Seminar für Alte Geschichte (Tübingen) and assisted in editorial work at Mohr Siebeck. Her current doctoral research focuses on 'Menschenmassen und politische Kultur im Osten des Römischen Reiches im 1. und 2. Jh. n. Chr.' under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Sebastian Schmidt-Hofner and Prof. Dr. Mischa Meier.
