Vincent Gabrielsen
Professor emeritus
Saxo-Instituttet - Arkæologi, Etnologi, Historie og Græsk og Latin
Karen Blixens Plads 8
2300 København S
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
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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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