Karen Radner

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Karen Radner (11 May 1972) is an Austrian

University of Munich.[1]

Early life and education

Karen Radner started her studies at the

State Archives of Assyria Studies Series (Vol. 6) based at the University of Helsinki
.

Following her doctoral studies, Radner spent two years in the

University of Munich as a research assistant and started her Habilitation, which was completed in 2004 and is entitled "Die Macht des Namens. Altorientalische Strategien zur Selbsterhaltung" ("The Power of a Name: Ancient Near Eastern Strategies for Self-Preservation"). This was published in 2005. From 2005-2015, Radner worked at University College London as a lecturer, reader, and then professor in Ancient Near Eastern History. During this time, she was also a guest professor at the University of Verona, the University of Innsbruck, UCL Qatar, Doha, and Koç University
, Istanbul.

Humboldt Professorship

In 2015, Radner won an Alexander von Humboldt Foundation Award in Classical and Ancient Studies.[3] As part of this award, she received a professorship at the University of Munich, where she is the Alexander von Humboldt-Professur für die Alte Geschichte des Nahen und Mittleren Ostens (Alexander von Humboldt Professor for the Ancient History of the Near and Middle East) as part of the Faculty of History and the Arts, Department of History: Ancient History program.[4] She is also a member of the Center for Advanced Studies at the University of Munich.

Project leadership

Radner has led several projects, including ("'Assyrian empire builders:' Governors, Diplomats and Soldiers in the Service of Sargon II and Tiglath-pileser III, Kings of Assyria" and "Knowledge and Power in the Neo-Assyrian Empire".

Other honors and awards

In 2016, Radner was elected to the Bayerische Akademie der Wissenschaften (Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities). Since 2015, Radner has also been an Honorary Professor of Ancient Near Eastern History at University College London.

Publications

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