Christoph Samitz

Biography

1973 born in Vienna 1991-1999 Studied Classical Archeology, Art History, Ancient History and Ancient Studies at the University of Vienna. Oct 23, 1997 Sponsor Mag. Phil. 1997-2001 Doctoral studies in Classical Archeology at the University of Vienna 1999 and 2001 Scholarship at the Austrian Historical Institute at the Austrian Cultural Forum in Rome June 1, 2001 Completion of the doctoral studies with a dissertation on the subject "Studies on the Roman Mosaics of Western Asia Minor (Prof. Dr. Werner Jobst) with honors July 11, 2001 Doctorate phil. 1997 Assistant to the Commission for the Corpus of Ancient Mosaics of Asia Minor of the Austrian Academy of Sciences (ÖAW). Research Associate of the Institute for Ancient History, Ancient History and Epigraphy of the University of Vienna: Preparation of the publication of the inscription corpus of Kastabala (Eastern Cilicia). 2000-2009 Researcher at the Institute of Cultural History of the Ancient World of the Academy. Research visit to Sardis / Harvard-Cornell Sardis Expedition under the direction of Prof. Crawford J. Greenewalt, Berkeley, CA. 2002 Scientific assistant to the Commission for the Tabula Imperii Byzantini (TIB) of the ÖAW  From 2002 Annual participation in the Austrian excavations in Ephesus.  2007 Researcher at the Austrian Archaeological Institute (ÖAI) Since March 2010 Research Associate of the Department of Ancient History, Ancient History, Papyrology and Epigraphy / Project Supplementum Epigraphicum Graecum (SEG, Prof. Dr. Thomas Corsten) " Since Nov 2010 Research Associate of the Commission for Ancient Legal History of the ÖAW in the project "Prohibitions and Penalties for the Protection of Graves in Greco-Roman Asia Minor" (Head: Dr. Kaja Harter-Uibopuu) Since Feb 2013 Researcher at the Institute of Ancient Cultural History / Working Group Documenta Antiqua / Epigraphy Group for the Supplementum Epigraphicum Graecum (SEG, Prof. Dr. Thomas Corsten) from October 2016 Collaboration (focus on epigraphy) at the FWF project P 29261  "Archaeological contexts of inscriptions in the private sphere " (project leader Elisabeth Rathmayr)

Research Interest

Antique mosaics Mosaics and epigraphy Greek epigraphy Imperial Age Asia Minor Cultural history of living Client of equipment of private and public buildings Inscriptions in the sepulchral context Fund processing