Emotions

 Nicole Diersen

The DFG-funded network "In (E)motion: Methodological Access to Emotions in Ancient Studies" deals with questions relating to the history of emotions in antiquity. The members, from various disciplines of ancient studies, approach the phenomenon via topics such as politics, the military or gender  (January 2025 conference) as well as via methodological access (DFG network). In each case, the focus is on the significance of emotions and how they can be researched for antiquity.

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 Nicole Diersen

In (E)motion: The project group "In (E)Motion" came together at the  conference of the same name. It deals with questions on the history of emotions in antiquity from all areas of ancient studies, such as politics, the military and gender. It examines the similarities and differences between emotions in expression, action and practice...

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 Christiane Kunst and  Nicole Diersen

The research team for the student project 'Battlefield Narratives' explores well-known and lesser-known battlefields (initially) of Roman antiquity as part of the Conflict Landscapes group - from the Battle of the Allia to the famous battles with Carthage (Lake Trasimeno, Cannae and Zama) and the clashes with the kings in the Greek East (Kynoskephalai, Magnesia) or the so-called barbarians (Mons Graupius, Catalaunian Fields) to the numerous civil war battles such as the battles at Cremona...

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 Nicole Diersen (dissertation project)

The project "Emotions of the Political" deals with the question of how emotions were used as a communicative tool in political interactions in the late Roman Republic and what functions they were assigned. Against the background of social and emotional theoretical concepts, linked to ancient theoretical approaches - primarily from rhetoric - emotions are understood as part of an interaction in which the focus is on the associated narratives...

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 The monograph on the homepage of the publisher Mohr Siebeck.