Markus Sehlmeyer

Markus Sehlmeyer is a Lecturer in Ancient History at the Heinrich Schliemann Institute of Classical Studies, University of Rostock. His academic career includes positions as Research Assistant at Rostock (2002-2010), Temporary Senior Academic Councillor at Bielefeld University (2010-2013), Research Associate at Philipps University Marburg (2013-2015), and Lecturer at the University of Osnabrück (2016-2019). From 2019-2022, he served as Representative of the Professorship of Ancient History at Rostock and remains affiliated with the university's profile line "Knowledge-Culture-Transformation".

His academic background features:

• 1989-1995: Teaching degree in Latin, mathematics, and history at University of Göttingen
• June 2, 1995: 1st State Examination for Teaching at Grammar Schools
• 1996/97: Doctoral scholarship from Lower Saxony for dissertation "Roman honorary statues of the republican period"
• 1998/1999: Postdoc at Bielefeld University's Graduate School "Social History of Groups, Strata, Classes and Elites"
• 1999/2001: Postdoc at Jena University's Graduate School "Principles of Late Antiquity"
• 2008: Habilitation on "Images of History in Transition from Pagan to Christian Empire"

Dr. Sehlmeyer's research centers on Roman Republican iconography, late antiquity historiography, and the cultural transformation of the Roman Empire into Christian Europe. His work examines how historical narratives evolved during the pagan-Christian transition, with emphasis on material culture and political symbolism.

He received the 2021 Teaching Award from the Society of Sponsors of the University of Rostock (GFUR) for instructional excellence.

As a member of Rostock's "Knowledge-Culture-Transformation" profile line, he contributes to interdisciplinary research on intellectual shifts in antiquity, though specific grant details or laboratory affiliations are not documented in available sources.