Herwig Maehler - Curriculum vitae#
Education:- 1942-55 Schools in Switzerland (Basel, Locarno) and Germany (Lübeck)
- 1955-61 Universities of Hamburg, Tübingen and Basel (Classics and Classical Archaeology)
- 1961 PhD, University of Hamburg
- 1961-62 Post-doctoral scholarship (British Council), University of Oxford
- 1975 Habilitation (Classics), Free University, Berlin
Career:
- 1962-63 Research Assistant, Lexikon des frühgriechischen Epos, University of Hamburg
- 1963-64 Research Assistant, Department of Manuscripts, State and University Library, Hamburg
- 1964-79 Curator of Greek Papyri, Egyptian Museum, West Berlin
- 1979-81 Reader in Papyrology, University College London
- 1981-2000 Professor of Papyrology, University College London
- 2000- Emeritus Professor of Papyrology, University College London
- 2002-3 Acting (deputy) Professor of Greek, University College London
Membership:
- 1979- Corresponding Member, German Archaeological Institute
- 1986- Fellow of the British Academy
- 2000- Socio, Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei, Rome
- 2001- Honorary Fellow, University College London
- 2007- Honorary Fellow, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest
Honours:
- Honorary PhDs from the Universities of Helsinki, ELTE Budapest, Roma II ‘Tor Vergata’
