Jan Martin Timmer

PD Dr. Jan Martin Timmer is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Ancient History at the University of Bonn, where he has been a scientific staff member since 2005. His academic career includes guest professorships at TU Dresden (2020), Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin (2018/19, 2016), and Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen (2017/18). He completed his habilitation at Bonn in 2015 and earned his doctorate from Universität Bielefeld in 2007. Since 2021, he has co-edited the journal Historische Anthropologie.

Timmer's education includes a comprehensive study of History, Ancient History, and Protestant Theology at Universität Bielefeld (1994-2001). His research focuses on:

• Exclusion dynamics in ancient political systems
• Trust as a social resource in the Roman Republic
• Comparative slavery studies in antiquity
• Age-related political participation boundaries
• Emotional and corporeal history of ancient societies

His recent publications (2018-2024) demonstrate a strong thematic focus on trust erosion, disappointment management, and political communication in the late Roman Republic. Over 70% analyze institutional decision-making, aristocratic networks, and social cohesion mechanisms, with emerging interests in historical anthropology approaches to pain perception and gender norms.