Michael Wendler

Areas of interest

  • Autocracy in the Roman Principate (1st – 3rd century CE)
  • Ancient Succession Discourses and Historical Discourse Analysis
  • Roman Historiography and Biography
  • The Roman Empire in the Early and High Imperial Period

Projects

Doctoral Thesis: „Aufgehende Sonnen und verbrannte Nachfolger. Gescheiterte Sukzession(en) im frühen Prinzipat (27 v. Chr. – 68 n. Chr.)“ (submitted 2024)

Curriculum Vitae

2011–2018 Study of History and Latin Philology (Secondary School Teaching Degree) at the University of Konstanz

2013–2018 Research Assistant and Tutor at the Chair of Ancient History at the University of Konstanz

2019–2020 Preparatory Service (Referendariat) for Secondary School Education at the Friedrich-Wöhler-Gymnasium in Singen and the Teacher Training and Professional Development Seminar in Rottweil (Gymnasium)

Since 10/2020 PhD Candidate (Ancient History) at the University of Konstanz

Spring 2021 Research Associate (interim position) at the Chair of Ancient History at the University of Konstanz

2021–2024 Recipient of the State Graduate Scholarship from Baden-Württemberg

2024–2025 Baden-Württemberg Exchange Scholar and Teaching Fellow at the Yale University (Department of Germanic Languages and Literatures)

Publications

Wendler M. (2021): „Zwischen Concordia und Konkurrenz. Überlegungen zur sogenannten ‚Samtherrschaft‘ von Marc Aurel und Lucius Verus (161–169 n. Chr.),“ in: Gymnasium 128/2, 147–175.

Michael Wendler / Moritz Gallus, Tagungsbericht: Der Römische Prinzipat als Paradoxie. Interdisziplinäre Zugänge zu einer besonderen Monarchie, in: H-Soz-Kult, 17.01.2024, http://www.hsozkult.de/conferencereport/id/fdkn-141153.

Professional memberships

The Association for Historians in Germany / Verband der Historiker und Historikerinnen in Deutschland e.V. (VHD)