Search

Every year, the Heidelberg School of Jewish Studies produces a factual report in which all employees present their work. The researchers have their say, as does the administration. A compact…

My dissertation project revolves around the question of the effects of diverse transformations of antiquity on the development of a Zionist attitude among German-speaking Jews before 1948. The…

The focus is on phases of political, social and cultural transformations as well as on the various spiritual and religious movements that characterize the eventful course of Jewish history. Jewish…

2021-2022 Fellow of the Fritz Thyssen Foundation at the Historische Kolleg München 2019-2021 Forschungsfreisemester 2013-2019 Rector of the Heidelberg University of Jewish Studies 2008-2013…

Conflict and acculturation: Roman legionaries present their spoils during the triumphal procession on the occasion of the Siege-Greek Jewish War; here, among other things, a menorah (Arch of…

Research focus March 2024 Research stay at the German Archaeological Institute Rome Since 2023 Doctorate (continued) Princeps and monarch. The demonstration of imperial rank and the…

Research Christopher Decker My research focuses on analyzing the representation of the Roman emperors - especially in the 1st and 2nd centuries AD - and their communication and interaction with the…