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Professor Dr. Kristin Kleber

Current affiliations

  • Professorship of Ancient Near Eastern Studies (Prof. Kleber)
  • Cluster of Excellence "Religion and Politics"

Curriculum Vitae (CV)

  • Mesopotamia in the first millennium BC
  • Ancient Near Eastern Legal History
  • Economic and Social History of Babylonia
  • Money, currency and metal in the ancient Near East

Academic Education

since 2008PhD 2008, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster (Germany)

Work Experience

since 09/2020Professor of Ancient Near Eastern Languages and Cultures, University of Münster
02/2018 - 08/2020Full Professor in Ancient Near Eastern Studies, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
02/2015 - 01/2018Associate Professor in Languages and Cultures of the Ancient Near East, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
07/2003 - 08/2004Fellow of the Gerda Henkel-Stifung, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster

Functions and Memberships

since 10/2022Chairwomen , Research Advisory Board of the Faculty of Philology (FB 09), Universität Münster
03/2018 - 08/2020Member, Chairwomen in 2019/20, Academic Advisory Board of the NINO - Netherlands Institute of the Near East. Leiden / The Netherlands, Dutch governmental institution

Publications

Kleber, Kristin (2023)
In: Orientalistische Literaturzeitung, 118(6)
Type of Publication: Review (journal)
Kleber, Kristin; Kreppner, Florian Janoscha (2022)
In: Ebers, Sybill; Lichtenberger, Achim; Nieswandt, H.-Helge (eds.), Das Pferd in der Antike. Von Troia bis Olympia. Darmstadt: wbg.
Type of Publication: Research article (book contribution)
Kleber, Kristin (2022)
In: Alter Orient Aktuell, 19
Type of Publication: Review article (journal)
Kleber, Kristin (2021)
In: Kleber, Kristin (eds.), Taxation in the Achaemenid Empire. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz.
Type of Publication: Research article (book contribution)
Kleber, Kristin (2021)
In: Van Ess, Margarete (Hrsg.) (eds.), Uruk – Altorientalische Metropole und Kulturzentrum. 8. Internationales Kolloquium der Deutschen Orient-Gesellschaft, 25-26 April 2013 in Berlin. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz.
Type of Publication: Research article (book contribution)
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Projects

Duration: 01/07/2023 - 31/12/2025 | 1st Funding period
Funded by: DFG - Cluster of Excellence
Type of project: Subproject in DFG-joint project hosted at University of Münster
Duration: 01/07/2021 - 20/06/2026
Funded by: EC H2020 - ERC Consolidator Grant
Type of project: EU-project hosted at University of Münster

Talks

Die 'Medische Mauer' und die babylonische Wasserlinie
Kleber, Kristin (22/11/2021)
Gastvortrag, Universität Leipzig
Type of talk: scientific talk
Governance in Babylon.
Kleber, Kristin (21/05/2021)
Gastvortrag bei einer Sitzung des Babylon-Beirates., Online (Veranstalter: Berlin)
Type of talk: practical talk

Prizes

ERC Consolidator Grant
Awarded by: European Research Council (ERC)
Award given to: Kleber, Kristin
Announced at: 04/12/2020 | Date of awarding: 15/12/2020
Type of distinction: Research award or other distinction
Prize for Ancient Legal History
Awarded by: Universität Innsbruck, Juridische und Theologische Fakultäten
Award given to: Kleber, Kristin
Announced at: 01/01/2015 | Date of awarding: 01/01/2015
Type of distinction: Research award or other distinction

Doctorates

[Working title] Elite Networks in Hellenistic Babylonia: beyond Continuity and Change
Candidate: Verhelst, Nicolaas | Supervisors: Kleber, Kristin; Jursa, Michael
Period of time: 01/07/2023 - today
Doctoral examination procedure finished at: Doctoral examination procedure at University of Münster
Identifying Borrowings between Eastern Mediterranean Cults
Candidate: Meijer, Michèle | Supervisors: Kleber, Kristin
Period of time: until 05/11/2021
Doctoral examination procedure finished at: Doctoral examination procedure at another university (NOT University of Münster)
Tempel und Palast. Die Beziehungen zwischen dem König und dem Eanna-Tempel im spätbabylonischen Uruk
Candidate: Kleber, Kristin | Supervisors: Neumann, Hans
Period of time: 01/04/2007 - 10/07/2008
Doctoral examination procedure finished at: Doctoral examination procedure at University of Münster