Profile

Professional career

• 10/2003 - 09/2008
  Research associate/assistant in Ancient History at the University of Osnabrück
• 10/2007 - 03/2008
  Lectureship at the University of Hamburg
• 10/2008 - 03/2015
  Academic Councillor at the University of Trier (permanent position from 1 October 2013)
• 04/2015 - 09/2016
  Acting Professor of Ancient History at the University of Trier
• 10/2016 - 08/2024
  Chair) of Ancient History and History Didactics at the Europa-Universität Flensburg
• since 09/2024
  Chair of Ancient History at the University of Leipzig

Education

• 10/1994 - 04/2002
  Studied history with a focus on ancient history, German language and literature at the University of Osnabrück and at Boston College, Boston/Mass. USA
• 04/2002
  First state examination for the teaching profession at schools at the University of Osnabrück
• 02/2005
  Doctorate (Dr Phil.) at the University of Osnabrück
• 01/2014
  End of the habilitation procedure at the University of Trier

Panel Memberships

• since 10/2024
  Editor in charge of the journal "Digital Classics Online"
• since 01/2011
  Editor (together with Peter Probst) of the journal "Frankfurter elektronische Rundschau zur Altertumskunde"
• since 01/2012
  Chairman of the Winkel Foundation
• since 01/2017
  Editor of the series "Pharos. Studien zur griechisch-römischen Antike"
• since 01/2019
  Chairman of the Research Commission: "Imperium und Barbaricum: Römische Expansion und Präsenz im rechtsrheinischen Germanien" at the Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Göttingen
• since 01/2018
  Member of the Scientific Advisory Board of the "Kalkriese Project", a co-operation between "VARUSSCHLACHT im Osnabrücker Land gGmbH", the Ministry of Science and Culture of Lower Saxony and the University of Osnabrück
• since 01/2018
  Member of the board of the "Varus-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der vor- und frühgeschichtlichen Ausgrabungen im Osnabrücker Land e.V."
• since 01/2021
  Member of the board of "Alte Geschichte für Europa e.V."

• Concepts of the afterlife in Greek times
• History of the late Roman Republic and early Roman imperial period
• Latin epigraphy
• History of the Germanic provinces
• History of reception

• Matijević, K.

  Marcus Antonius im Film. Ein Held, der scheitert, oder ein Antiheld?

  In: Lindner, M.; Steffensen, N. (Eds.)

  Classical Heroes in the 21st Century. New Perspectives on Contemporary Cinematic Narratives of Antiquity. Baden-Baden: 2023. pp. 85–95.
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• Matijević, K.

  ‚Leben‘ in, Flucht aus und Vermeidung der Unterwelt. Griechische Jenseitsvorstellungen in archaischer und klassischer Zeit

  In: Grund-Wittenberg, A.; Sattler, D. (Eds.)

  Hölle. 2023. pp. 51–70.
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• Matijević, K.

  "Sie etwa als einen nazistischen Opportunisten hinzustellen[,] kann Absicht nur eines Mannes sein, der entweder Sie oder den Nationalsozialismus nicht kennt [...]." Gerhard Wirth an Fritz Schachermeyr am 24. Februar 1972

  Frankfurter elektronische Rundschau zur Altertumskunde. 2023. pp. 102–107.
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• Matijević, K.

  Epigraphik

  In: Reinard, P. (Ed.)

  Werkzeuge der Historiker:innen: Antike. Stuttgart: 2023. pp. 59–81.
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• Matijević, K.

  Writing and Literacy/Illiteracy

  In: James, S.; Krmnicek, S. (Eds.)

  The Oxford Handbook of the Archaeology of Roman Germany. Oxford: 2020. pp. 287–316.
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