Archaeology of the Late Bronze and Iron Ages of the Southern Levant and Mesopotamia
Iconography and visual culture of the Southern Levant and Northern Syria
Technology, crafts and raw materials with a special focus on glass
Archaeometry (special focus: glass)
CV
Academic Education
Doctoral studies as research assistant at the Graduate School "Distant Worlds" at the Ludwig-Maximilians University, Munich and visiting researcher for one term at the University College London
Doctorate (Dr. Phil.) at the Ludwig-Maximilians University, Munich, title of dissertation "Production, Distribution and Significance of Glass in Iron Age Mesopotamia. An Archaeological – Philological – Archaeometrical Approach"
Magister Artium in Near Eastern Archaeology at the Ludwig-Maximilians University, Munich with the thesis: „Glasierte Gefäße in Obermesopotamien unter besonderer Berücksichtigung neuassyrischer Beispiele“
Studies in Near Eastern Archaeology (major), Near Eastern Languages and Prehistoric Archaeology (minors) at the Ludwig Maximilian University, Munich and the Université Paris1 Panthéon Sorbonne, Paris
Positions
Professor for Biblical Archaeology/ Archaeology of the Southern Levant at the University of Münster
Director of the Albright Institute for Archaeological Research (AIAR) in Jerusalem
Habilitation: Ammonite Sculpture
Excavation director of the excavations at Tall Zar‛a, Jordan, by the GPIA Amman, funded by the German Archaeological Institute.
Administration of the DOJAM project "Documentation of Objects in Jordanian Archaeological Museums"
Cultural Heritage Project "Livelihood Support through Cultural Heritage Development. Creating decent jobs through employment-intensive cultural heritage conservation methods in the northern districts of Jordan and Iraq" in cooperation with UNESCO and the International Labour Organisation (ILO), supported by the EU MADAD Fund: Management of the Gadara/ Tall Zarʿa component.
Director of the German Protestant Institute for Archaeology of the Holy Land (DEIAHL) in Amman
Seminars at the Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster (Vorderasiatische Archäologie)
Organisation and coordination of the special exhibition "Tall Zirā‛a - Mirror of Jordan's History" at the Jordan National Museum, Amman, funded by the Federal Foreign Office, Regula Pestalozzi Foundation
Excavation project "Eastern Badia Archaeological Project", Jordan, with a focus on the Late Neolithic period: trench supervisor (Directors: Prof. Y. M. Rowan, Oriental Institute Chicago, Prof. G. Rollefson, Whitman College)
Research assistant at the Graduate School "Distant Worlds" at the Ludwig-Maximilians University, Munich (PhD)
Excavation project Dülük Baba Tepesi (Doliche) of the Asia Minor Forschungsstelle in Münster: Specialist for Iron Age pottery (Director: Prof. E. Winter)
Excavation project Tell Halaf, Syria: from 2009, area supervisor in the area of the Neo-Assyrian north-eastern palace (Directors: Dr. L. Martin, Prof. M. Novák)
Excavation project Sirkeli Höyük, Turkey: field supervisor (Director: Prof. M. Novák)
External Functions
Journal of Eastern Mediterranean Archaeology and Heritage Studies (JEMAHS) (Editorial board, Member)
German Society for the Exploration of Palestine (DPV)
Schmidt, Katharina; Gries, Helen. . ‘Die kerngeformten Glasgefäße aus Gräbern in Assur.’ In Zwischen Feldforschung und Ausstellung. Festschrift für Lutz Martin, edited by Cholidis, Nadia; Katzy, Elisabeth; Kulemann-Ossen, Sabina, 335–349. 0th Ed. Münster: Zaphon Verlag.