Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin - Faculty of Language, Literature and Humanities - Alexander von Humboldt Professorship

CV and publications

Annette Heinrich is Research Associate in the Department of Classics at the Humboldt University of Berlin as part of the SFB 980 “Episteme in Bewegung” within the project “Der Transfer medizinischer Episteme in den ‚enzyklopädischen‘ Sammelwerken der Spätantike”. Since 2023 she has been working as Research Fellow at Einstein-Center Chronoi. She received her Ph.D. in Classics in 2021 with a dissertation entitled "Studien zu Hippokrates, De internis affectionibus". Prior to her doctoral studies, she received an MA in Classical Philology in 2017 and a BA in Ancient Greek and Latin in 2015, both from Humboldt University. Annette also holds a diploma in medical and nursing education with a focus on life sciences from Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin/Charité.

 

Fellowships and Positions

2023-2024: Research Fellow, Einstein-Center Chronoi

2022-2024: Research Associate, SFB 980 Episteme in Bewegung / Der Transfer medizinischer Episteme in den ‚enzyklopädischen‘ Sammelwerken der Spätantike.

2017-2021: Doctoral Fellow, Berlin Graduate School of Ancient Studies / History of Ancient Science / Team Member of the Alexander von Humboldt Professorship, Prof. Dr. van der Eijk, Department of Classics, Humboldt-University of Berlin.

1996-2009: Teacher for medical and nursing education in Berlin, Wannsee-Schule für Gesundheitsberufe e.V., teaching anatomy, physiology, pathology and medical terminology.

 

Research Interests

Ancient concepts of the human body; description of signs of disease and use of prognosis; influence of therapeutic systems on recovery in relation to time and phases of disease; constructions of medical concepts of knowledge and professional techniques in therapeutics

 

Selected Publications

  • Forthcoming. "Der Text De internis affectionibus als Zeugnis hippokratischer Medizin." In XVIIth Colloque Hippocratique. Das Corpus Hippocraticum – Einheit in der Vielfalt?, edited by M. Witt. Leiden: Brill.
  • Forthcoming (2024). "Praktiken der Texttradition in spätantiken griechischen medizinischen Sammelwerken – Fallstudie Uroskopie." Beitrag zur gemeinsamen Abschlusspublikation des SFB 980.
  • 2022. Studien zu Hippokrates, De internis affectionibus. Dissertation. Berlin: Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin.
  • 2019. "(Review) Steffi Grundmann (2019). Haut und Haar. Politische und soziale Bedeutungen des Körpers im klassischen Griechenland." Philippika. Altertumswissenschaftliche Abhandlungen 133. Wiesbaden: Harrasowitz Verlag.