Nadin Burkhardt

Nadin Burkhardt serves as Junior Professor and Chair of Classical Archaeology at the Catholic University of Eichstätt-Ingolstadt (KU), having received a positive interim evaluation in 2019. She has held this position since March 2017, following a deputy junior professorship at the same institution from October 2016 to February 2017. Her academic journey includes significant research positions at the German Archaeological Institute in Athens, Johann Wolfgang Goethe University in Frankfurt am Main, and TU Darmstadt.

• Doctorate from University of Cologne (2008)
• Master's degree from University of Cologne (2004)
• Studies in Berlin, Paris, and Cologne

Professor Burkhardt's research focuses on Late Antique Urban Development with particular emphasis on Greece, settlement and urban development patterns, diaspora synagogues in Asia Minor, Italian cultures, colonization in Magna Grecia, acculturation phenomena, and funeral customs. Her work bridges archaeological field research with theoretical approaches to cultural exchange and urban transformation. She has conducted extensive research on Jewish communities in antiquity, particularly through her work on the synagogue at Priene, and has contributed significantly to understanding Greek colonization processes in the western Mediterranean.

Her publication record demonstrates a consistent focus on urban space in Late Antiquity, Greek colonial settlements, and religious architecture. Burkhardt's recent work shows increasing attention to material culture studies, particularly in analyzing ritual objects and funerary practices. She frequently collaborates with international colleagues on excavations and research projects, especially in Italy and Greece.

Professor Burkhardt actively contributes to academic governance, serving as a voting member of the university lecturers' group in the Faculty Council since October 2023, and as spokesperson for the KU Research College 'Dialogue Cultures' since June 2023. She has held various committee positions including membership on the Study Grants Commission and doctoral committee at KU.

Her current research projects include habilitation work on late antique city development in Greece, ongoing excavation at Pithekoussai (the earliest Greek colony in the West), and collaborative projects examining competition behaviors and institutionalization processes among western Greek colonists. She also leads cooperative projects with local heritage organizations, including geophysical measurements around the Böhming fort and archaeological exhibitions in Nassenfels and Eichstätt.