Prof. Dr. Stephan Westphalen - Curriculum Vitae

1982 – 1991	Graduate studies in Christian Archaeology and Byzantine Art History, European Art History, Medieval and Modern History as well as Church History at the Universities of Göttingen, Kiel and Freiburg
1991	Magister Artium in Christian Archaeology and Byzantine Art History at Freiburg. Subject of the thesis: „Bauskulptur und liturgische Ausstattungsstücke aus frühchristlichen Kirchen auf Samos“, under the supervision of O. Feld
1994/95	Junior Fellow at Dumbarton Oaks, Washington, D.C.
1995	Doctoral degree at Freiburg. Subject of the thesis: „Die Odalar Camii in Istanbul. Architektur und Malerei einer mittelbyzantinischen Kirche“, under the supervision O. Feld
1996 – 2001	Research officer at the German Archaeological Institute, Orient Department, Damascus Branch
2001 – 2003	Postdoctoral fellow at the German Research Foundation in Göttingen
2001 – 2004	Lecturer at the Institute for Christian archaeology and Byzantine art history at Göttingen
2004/05	Fellow at the German Archaeological Institute, Istanbul Department
2005 – 2008	Lecturer at the Institute for Christian archaeology and Byzantine art history at Göttingen and at the Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaft und Kunst at Hildesheim, M.A. course for conservation of historical monuments
2008	Postdoctoral degree at Göttingen. Subject of the thesis: "Liturgie oder Gestaltung? Form und Funktion von Apsisnebenräumen im kilikischen Kirchenbau des 5. und 6. Jahrhunderts"
2008	Research fellow at the Gerda Henkel-Stiftung: „Die Basilika am Kalekapı in Herakleia Perinthos (Marmara Ereğlisi). Auswertung der Ausgrabungen 1992/93 und 2006/07“
2008	Professor (W 2) of Archaeology at the department for Preservation of Cultural Heritage at the Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaft und Kunst, Hildesheim
2009	Professor (W 3) of Byzantine Archaeology and Art History at the University of Heidelberg
2010 – 2020	Representative for Christian Archaeology at the Executive Committee of the German Archaeological Institute
2012 – 2016	Chairman of the Arbeitsgemeinschaft Christliche Archäologie
2012 – 2014	Dean of Studies at the Philosophical Faculty
October 2018 – September 2020	Dean of the Philosophical Faculty

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Latest Revision: 2023-07-13