Research Projects of the University of Cologne‘s Faculty of Arts and Humanities
Preface
Scholarly excellence is multifaceted. It manifests itself not only within the framework of large collaborative projects but also in highly individual research endeavours. Both types of projects require a university that has sound prospects to remain a University of Excellence. Above all, the different and many research projects presented in this brochure require a faculty as large as the Faculty of Arts and Humanities of the University of Cologne.
The spectrum of the projects made possible by major third party funding institutions is remarkable; in addition to funding from the German Research Foundation (DFG), it is crucial to highlight the funding provided within the framework of the German Academies‘ long-term Programme which takes into account that larger projects in the Humanities take time.
This is the fourth time now that our brochure, which provides insight into research currently being undertaken at our Faculty, is being published.
Whether in the form of digital work with texts and objects, archaeology in Europe and Africa, editing text-corpora or linguistic and cultural investigations into the periods spanning from Antiquity to the global present – academics of the Faculty of Arts and the Humanities undertake research with a great deal of commitment and ingenuity.
To gain an impression of the diversity of topics and the methodological range of the research undertaken at the Faculty of Arts and Humanities, you are cordially invited you to peruse this brochure.
Our special thanks go to the scholars involved in the projects presented for their active support of the editorial team.
We wish all readers great pleasure in discovering the fascinating world of the humanities!
Including two articles concerning the CRC806:
- Extrem geringe Bevölkerungsdichten und unbesiedelte Regionen
Forschungen zu den Populationsdynamiken unserer Vorfahren
Prof. Dr. Andreas Zimmermann | Prof. Dr. Silviane Scharl - Sonderforschungsbereich 806 "Our way to Europe"
Culture-Enviroment Interaction and Human Mobility in the Late Quaternary
Prof. Dr. Jürgen Richter | Prof. Dr. Frank Schäbitz | Prof. Dr. Thomas Litt
