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Michael Schilling is an Academic Employee at the Institute of Ancient History within the Department of History at the Faculty of Humanities, University of Tübingen. He is currently completing his PhD dissertation titled "Ordo amplissimus. Die Bedrohung der oströmischen Reichselite unter Kaiser Justinian I." under Prof. Dr. Sebastian Schmidt-Hofner as part of Collaborative Research Center 923 "Bedrohte Ordnungen" (Threatened Orders).
His research focuses on the History of Late Antiquity, examining elites and intra-aristocratic competition in the late Roman Empire, the political economy of the Eastern Roman Empire, and the military treatise of Vegetius. His doctoral work investigates how the Eastern Roman imperial elite perceived existential threats during Emperor Justinian I's reign (527-565 AD), analyzing contemporary sources like Procopius of Caesarea's "Secret History" and John the Lydus's "On Roman Magistracies" to understand power dynamics and elite responses to political challenges.
Schilling's scholarly contributions demonstrate consistent focus on 6th century Eastern Roman political structures, with his 2023 publication analyzing elite dynamics under Justinian. His research combines textual analysis with examination of social hierarchies and political conflicts during this transformative period.
- 1st prize of Förderverein Geschichte an der Universität Tübingen e. V. for Master's thesis "Vegetius zwischen den Zeilen. Spätrömische Armee und Elitenkonkurrenz in der Epitoma rei militaris" (2019-2020 academic year)
As an active academic, Schilling has served as doctoral representative on SFB 923's executive board (2019-2020) and taught the seminar "Johannes Lydos und die Welt der spätrömischen Staatsverwaltung" in summer 2021. His academic journey at Tübingen includes both Bachelor's and Master's degrees in History with additional Indology studies, reflecting his interdisciplinary approach to Late Antique studies.
