Heinz Heinen (September 14, 1941–June 21, 2013) was a German-Belgian historian of classical antiquity. He was a professor of ancient history at the University of Trier from 1971 to 2006. Heinen's main research areas were Hellenistic Egypt and Roman Egypt, Augusta Treverorum in the Roman era (the predecessor to modern Trier), Crimea in the Roman era and the wider northern Black Sea region, Soviet and Russian historiography and views of antiquity, and slavery in antiquity (and in ancient Rome).

Biography

Heinz Heinen was born in Sankt Vith on September 14, 1941. At the time, it was part of Nazi Germany, as the largely German-speaking Eupen-Malmedy region of Belgium was annexed by Germany during the occupation of Belgium, although the region was returned to Belgium in 1945 after Germany's defeat.[1] He grew up in Sankt Vith, but moved to Leuven in 1959, where he studied ancient history and classical philology at the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (Catholic University of Leuven). The German Academic Exchange Service arranged a scholarship for Heinen to study at the University of Tübingen in 1964/65, where he was a research assistant to Karl Friedrich Stroheker [de]. In 1966, Heinen completed a doctorate project under the historian Hermann Bengtson [de], Rom und Ägypten von 51 bis 47 v. Chr. ("Rome and Egypt from 51 to 47 BC"). His studies complete, he returned to Belgium to complete his mandatory year of military service in the Belgian Armed Forces in 1966–1967. He worked at the University of Munich from 1968 to 1970, where he completed a habilitation. He received an adjunct professorship position at the Saarland University, where he worked from 1970 to 1971. In 1971, he attained a full professorship at the University of Trier, where he would teach and research ancient history the rest of his career. He became a full member of the Akademie der Wissenschaften und der Literatur in 1998. Heinen retired from his professorship in October 2006.[2][3]

Personal life

Heinen married Marie-Louise Walderoth in 1965; the two would have a son in 1967.[1]

He died on June 21, 2013, in Trier after a long period of illness.[3][4]

Selected works

Essay collections
Monographs
Works as an editor

References

  1. ^ a b Brand, Gregor. "Heinz Heinen – Althistoriker aus St. Vith". Eifel-Mosel-Zeitung (in German). Retrieved September 23, 2023.
  2. ^ Neyses, Heidi (November 24, 2006). "Abschiedsvorlesung von Prof. Heinz Heinen: "Der Sieg des Kreuzes"". Informationsdienst Wissenschaft (in German). Retrieved September 23, 2023.
  3. ^ a b Pfeiffer, Stefan (2013). "Heinz Heinen (1941–2013)". Historia. 62: 387–389. doi:10.11588/propylaeumdok.00003674. S2CID 194589372.
  4. ^ "Heinz Heinen ist tot". June 25, 2013. Archived from the original on June 26, 2013.((cite web)): CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)