Prof. Dr. Jürgen Leonhardt
Contact
Phone: +49 7071 / 29-77964
E-Mail: juergen.leonhardt[at]uni-tuebingen.de
Keplerstrasse 2, 2nd floor, 72074 Tübingen
Room 211
Office hours by appointment
Since I am currently acting as Dean of the Faculty of Humanities I do not engage in regular lectures and courses. If you are interested in an appointment, please, contact me by e-mail: juergen.leonhardt(at)uni-tuebingen.de
Deputy professorship: Prof. Dr. Robert Kirstein
Curriculum vitae
Born 12.08.1957 in Lahr/Black Forest | |
1976-1982 | Studied Greek and Latin Philology as well as Music in Tübingen and Munich |
1981 | Completed first state examination for high school teaching (Greek, Latin) in Tübingen |
1982 | Completed Master's examination (Magister Klassische Philologie, Classical Philology) in Tübingen |
1985 | Doctorate at the University of Munich |
1982 - 1992 | Full-time assistant and research associate at the Institute for Classical Philology of Munich University |
1992 - 1994 | Postdoctoral scholarship of the German Research Foundation |
1994 | Habilitation at the University of Munich |
1994 - 1997 | Professorship (Latin Studies, C4) at the University of Rostock |
1997 - 2004 | Professorship (Latin Studies) at the Philipps-University of Marburg |
Since 2004 | Professorship (Latin Studies) at the Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen |
Married; three children |
Research Focus
Classical latin literature, particularly Cicero, Philosophy in Rome, latin metrics, history of reception of latin language and culture in Europe, particularly latin as world language and scientific language from the ancient world until today; new latin literature
Committees and Memberships
2001-2004 | Repres. Chairman of the „Ständige Kommission für Lehrerausbildung“ (at the University of Marburg) |
2001-2003 | Chairman of the Hesse state association in the German Classical Philology Union |
2001-2005 | Repres. Chairman of the German Classical Philology Union (federal association) |
Since 2004 | Member of the renaissance working group at the Herzog August library Wolfenbüttel |
Full member of the Heidelberg Academy of Scientists | |
Member of the Academy of Sciences for the Common Good in Erfurt | |
2006-2008 | Vice Dean of the Faculty of Cultural Sciences |
Since 2009 | Dean of the Faculty of Cultural Sciences |
2009/2010 | Appointed to oversee integration of the Faculty for Philosophy and History, the Modern Linguistics Faculty, and the Faculty for Cultural Sciences into a single Faculty of the Humanitie |
01.10.2010 - present | Dean of the Faculty of the Humanities at Tübingen University |
Editorial Board
Wolfenbütteler Renaissance-Mitteilungen, together with Anja Wolkenhauer (Tübingen), Manfred Pfisterer (Munich), Marc Föcking (Hamburg)
Member of the Editorial Board of "Rivista di Cultura Classica e Mediovale", Urbino
Publications
My recent publication list is available as pdf-document.