Leibniz Prize for Mischa Meier, Professor of Ancient History

Mischa Meier - Tübingen ancient historian, Professor Mischa Meier, receives the annual Leibniz Prize awarded by the German Research Association (DFG). As the DFG announced on Thursday in Bonn, it honors Meier's "groundbreaking work on the history of late antiquity, with which he has had a lasting influence on the field of ancient history and related disciplines both nationally and internationally." Meier has held his post in Tübingen since 2004. His activities include being spokesperson for the collaborative research center -Threatened Orders,- which analyses historical and current crises in politics, economics, society and nature; and taking a leading role in the Heidelberger Academy of Sciences and Humanities- project on the World Chronicle of Johannes Malalas. "The Leibniz Prize for Mischa Meier is a great honor for the entire university and underscores the traditional importance of the humanities in Tübingen," said University president, Professor Bernd Engler. "Over the past decade and a half, his research has made a significant contribution to sharpening the profile of history studies in Tübingen and raising our profile internationally." Meier's work focuses on the history of late antiquity, mainly of the 5th and 6th centuries, the migration of peoples, ethnological, anthropological and folklore approaches in ancient history, historical disaster research and the effects of antiquity in the music and literature of the 19th and 20th centuries. Mischa Meier was born on 13 June 1971 in Dortmund.