Vincent Gabrielsen

Vincent Gabrielsen

Professor emeritus

Vincent Gabrielsen

CURRICULUM VITAE

Personal 
Date of birth: 30 November 1950.

Residence: Denmark

Address: James Grieve Vaenget 4, 5270 Odense N, Denmark

 

Education,

Academic Degrees:          
1983: BA in Classical Tradition, The University of Odense, Denmark

1983: BA in English language and literature. The University of Odense,

Denmark

1984: MA in History, specialization in ancient history. The University of

Odense, Denmark

1985-1987: PhD scholar at the Department of Classical Philology,

University of Copenhagen.

1998: PhD degree, the University of Copenhagen. Dissertation: Studies

in the Liturgies and Financing of the Athenian Fleet

1991: DPhil degree (Habilitation), University of Copenhagen.

Dissertation: The Athenian Trierarchy.

 

Current Position:               
Professor of Ancient History, SAXO-Institute, Univ. of Copenhagen,

Director of the Copenhagen Associations Project (funded by the Carlsberg Foundation)

Director of the Rhodes Centennial Project (Funded by the Carlsberg Foundation)

 

Previous Academic Positions                            
1988-1991: Post-doctoral Fellow, Department of Classical Philology,

University of Copenhagen.

1991-92: Assistant Professor (non-tenured), Department of History,

University of Odense.

1992-94: Senior Researcher, National Research Council’s Hellenism

Initiative.

1995-96: Lecturer (non-tenured), Department of History, University of

Copenhagen.

1996-2001:    Associate Professor, Department of History, University of

Copenhagen.

2001- : Professor of Ancient History, Department of History (now

SAXO-Institute), University of Copenhagen.

 

Visiting Appointments      
1988-1989: Visiting Fellow at Wolfson College, The University of Cambridge.

2010 (fall): R.D. Milns Honorary Professor at the University of Queensland, Australia

 

Teaching, Supervision of Theses      

Courses in Ancient Greek and Hellenistic History, Greek Epigraphy, the Theory of History, World History and Historical Method at BA and MA levels. Supervision of theses in Ancient Greek and Hellenistic History, Greek Epigraphy. Seminars in Ancient History

 

International Conferences                      
Convener (and co-convener) of several international conferences, the latest of which are:

Demand Creation and Economic Flows, Copenhagen, 7-9 September 2006

Private Associations and the Public Sphere in the Ancient World, The Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters, Copenhagen, 9-11 September 2010

A World of Well-Ordered Societies? The Rules and Regulations of Ancient Associations, The Danish Institute at Athens, 22-23 May 2014.

 

Research                           
Classical Greek and Hellenistic History. Specialization in Naval History, Ship Construction and Public Finances, Warfare and Piracy, Hellenistic Rhodes and its Possessions in Asia Minor, Trade in Hellenistic Times, Banking and Credit Supply, the Private Associations of the Ancient World.

 

Distinctions (excluding grants)

2006: Best Teacher of the Year Award (Årets Harald), University of Copenhagen

2007: Member of the Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters

2010: R.D. Milns Honorary Professor at the University of Queensland, Australia

2012: Member of the Academia Europaea

2015: Knight of the Dannebrogordenen (Ridder af Dannebrogordenen)

2016: Einar Hansens Research Foundations Research Prize (Einar Hansens Forskningsonds Forskningshæderpris)

 

Invited Lectures               

Invited lecturer at several uiniversities in Europe, Australia, USA and Japan (a selection) 

2008, Nov.    Royal Irish Academy of Sciences and Letters, Dublin

2008, Nov.    Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences and Letters, Stockholm

2009, March  Univ. of Bergen, Norway

2009, June    Trinity College, Dublin

2009, Sept.   University of Athens

2009, Nov.    University of Oxford

2010, Febr.   University of Oxford

2010, Oct.     University of Queensland, Australia

2010, Nov.    University of Sidney, Australia

2010, Nov.    Macquarie University, Australia

2010, Dec.    Freiburg Universität

2011, Jan.     University of Chicago

2012, June:   Humboldt-Universität-Berlin

2012, Sept. : Ruhr-Universität, Bochum

2012, Dec.: The Norwegian Institute at Athens

2013, May Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona

2014, Febr. Marburg Universität

2014, Oct. Academy of Sciences, Vienna

2018, March   Univ. of Kyoto and Kwansei Gakuin (Japan)

2018, March   Univ. of Nagoya (Japan)

2018, April: Univ. Carlos III, Madrid

 

Administration

I have held several posts at departmental level (e.g. Vice-Head of Department 1998-2005) and Faculty level (Chairman for the Faculty’s PhD Committee 2007-8). Member of the SAXO-Department’s Council and of the National ”Bibliometric” Committee for the discipline of History.                                         

2010: Member of an International Committee for the Evaluation of the University of Crete (Archaeology and History)

2011: Member of an International Committe for the Evaluation of the Univ. of Uppsala (Classics, History)

 

Other Posts                       

Chairman of the Landsdommer V. Gieses Foundation

Chairman of the national commitee Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum (Union Académique Internationale)

Chairman of the national committee Thesaurus Cultus et Rituum Antiquorum(Union Académique Internationale)

Board of Trustees for the Elisabeth Munksgaard Foundation

Board of Trustees for the Danish Institute at Athens

Board of Trustees for Lillian og Dan Finks Fond (Royal Academy)

Board of the Danish Historical Association

Editorial board of Classica et Mediaevalia.

External reviewer for The Institute of Advanced Studies, Princeton

External reviewer for the Swedish and Norwegian Humanities Councils

Mentor for the University of Copenhagen, ”Research Track” 

 

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