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Elisa Roßberger is a junior professor of Explorative Visual Archaeology within the Department of History and Cultural Studies at Freie Universität Berlin. Her research focuses on the archaeology of the ancient Near East, specifically the visual culture and multimodality of archaeological artifacts, while integrating digital methodologies. Roßberger has conducted archaeological fieldwork in multiple countries including Jordan, Turkey, Lebanon, Syria, and Iraq since 2000. As a graduate of Eberhard-Karls-Universität Tübingen, she achieved her doctoral degree on jewelry inventories in ancient tombs, which was published in 2015. She has held various postdoctoral and teaching positions, including time at LMU Munich and the University of Freiburg. Roßberger actively participates in international conferences and projects, contributing to the understanding of the ancient world's material culture through intersemiotic studies. Her publications include works on cylinder seals and ancient Near Eastern temple inventories, focusing on how visual and textual sources can be integrated in scholarly discourse. In addition to her academic pursuits, she is involved in community outreach and education through digital storytelling initiatives in archaeology.
Freie Universität Berlin • Berlin, Germany
Leading research and teaching in Explorative Visual Archaeology.
Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg • Würzburg, Germany
Tenure Track position focusing on Digital Humanities in Near Eastern Archaeology.
LMU Munich • Munich, Germany
Research associate in the Graduate School Distant Worlds.
LMU Centre Advanced Studies • Munich, Germany
Engaging in advanced research related to Near Eastern studies.
Administered by the Department of Political and Social Sciences.