Author: teamredaktion

teamredaktion · Berliner Antike-Blog

11/21/2024

The Historical Significance of Games: From Ancient Board Games to the Digital Future

Jacob Schmidt-Madsen holds an MA in Indology from the University of Copenhagen and a PhD in traditional South Asian games from the same institution. His work explores how formal game systems are invested with meaning and used for purposes of ritual, divination, education, and other playful yet serious practices. He…

teamredaktion · Berliner Antike-Blog

12/07/2023

Congratulation, Tue Søvsø!

1 Tue Søvsø, the topic of your dissertation is “Cicero’s Stoicism: Sceptical reflections on Stoic ethics”. Why did you choose this topic and what did you hope to find out? I have been interested in Cicero’s philosophical writings and Stoic ethics for a long time and my project was an…

teamredaktion · Berliner Antike-Blog

08/16/2022

One summer in Japan

The clock tower of Kyoto University | Foto: © Elia Weber By Elia Weber My PhD project in Iranian Studies at Freie Universität Berlin with the working title “The ritual practice of animal sacrifice in pre-islamicate Zoroastrianism” envisages a systematic comparison of this Old Iranian ritual practice with the Old…

teamredaktion · Berliner Antike-Blog

10/07/2019

The Ancient Silk Road is Alive in Berlin

by Stefan Härtel Silk Road Studies in Berlin Between 1902 and 1914, four archaeological expeditions were arranged by the Berliner Völkerkundemuseum to the Oasis of Turfan in Xinjang, China. Along with many treasures of art and archaeology, the expeditions, led by Albert Grünwedel and Albert von Le Coq, brought some…