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Simon Karl Elsäßer is a doctoral candidate and academic staff member at the Institute of Ancient History within the Department of History, Faculty of Humanities, Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen. His research centers on the construction and reception of pre-Christian antiquity in 6th and 7th-century historiographical and legal texts, with a focus on anachronistic representations in the Malalas tradition and related chronicles.
His research interests include:
- Ancient and Late Antique historiography
- Political thought under Emperor Justinian
- Classical reception in Byzantine literature
- Anachronism as a historiographical device
- Intellectual and cultural history of the Eastern Roman Empire
He has presented his work at several international graduate workshops, including events at Göttingen, St Andrews, and the Institute for Advanced Study at Princeton. His teaching includes tutorials on late antique chronicles, emperor criticism, and historical reasoning in the 6th century.
Although no publications are listed in the provided text, his dissertation project indicates deep engagement with interdisciplinary methodologies, combining philological analysis, conceptual history, and intellectual frameworks from both classical and early medieval studies.
Scientific Awards:
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Advising and Grants:
Simon Karl Elsäßer is supervised by Prof. Dr. Mischa Meier and Prof. Dr. Sebastian Schmidt-Hofner. No information is available on grants or advising roles, as he is himself a doctoral candidate and not listed as supervising students.
Labs and Research Teams:
He is affiliated with the Seminar für Alte Geschichte at the University of Tübingen and participates in collaborative academic exchanges such as the Tübingen–Princeton graduate meetings and the St Andrews–Tübingen interdisciplinary workshops. His work is embedded in current research on late antique knowledge cultures and historical consciousness.
