Contact

Email: andreas.puelz(at)oeaw.ac.at

Telephone: +43 1 51581-3463

Location: Georg-Coch-Platz 2 | 1010 Vienna

Biographical sketch

Studied Protestant Theology as well as Classical Archaeology and Ancient History in Vienna and Zurich, doctorate (Classical Archaeology 1993), habilitation (2009); research associate at the Balkan Commission of the ÖAW (1989-1997); since 1997 research associate and since 2009 director of the Institute for the Cultural History of Antiquity (until 2020); corr. member of the ÖAW (2011), acting member (2013); visiting professorships in Graz (2012, 2018); since 2021 scientific director of the ÖAI and head of the Department of Classical Studies.

Research Projects

• »Byzantine Palace of Ephesos«
• »The Episcopal District of Side«
• »Lodging/Living in a Sacred Context«    
• »Reallexikon zur byzantinischen Kunst«
• Pilgrimage/Pilgrim Ampoules from Asia Minor

Research interests

• Late Antique, Christian and Byzantine Archaeology
• Cultural and Art History of Late Antiquity and the Early Middle Ages
• Ancient History of Religion

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