Richard Dahlke

PhD candidate - 2nd cohort
Ancient History

Richard Dahlke is a doctroal student in the field of ancient history as well as a research associate in the DFG-Graduertenkolleg 2792 „Autonomie heteronomer Texte in Antike und Mittelalter“. After his Abitur and a voluntary social year at a „Förderschulzentrum“, he completed his First state examination in teaching profession for secondary schools in the subjects histroy and German at the FSU Jena. His examination paper is about the Nika-riot in 532 and the role of the Byzantine Emperor Justinian I.

An important concern for him is an enhanced interock of the ancient history with theology as well as religious and islamic studies. But also education history, history of ancient mentalities and the history of philosophy belong to his common interest.

Richard Dahlke

Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena
GRK 2792 (Theologische Fakultät)
Fürstengraben 6
07743 Jena

richard.dahlke@uni-jena.de
+49 3641 942812

Research project

In his scripture ,De malianitate Herodoti', the Greek philosopher and biographer Plutarch of Chaeronea in Boeotia (c. 45 - c. 125 AD) offers a fundamental and highly detailed critique of the account provided by Herodotus (490/480 - c. 430/420 BC). He blames the author of the ,Histories' as a malicious liar and a deliberate distorter of historical facts. In the format of a historical commentary, he examines Herodotus's work book by book and discusses specific passages from the ,Histories'. Plutarch's aim is to provide a meticulous refutation of Herodotus. In doing so, he not only conveys numerous works that parallel those of Herodotus - and are of genuine historical interest - but also uses this text to demonstrate how a proper historian ought to work. My dissertation project aims to provide a comprehensive, monograph-length analysis of this text, which has hitherto received relatively little scholarly attention, and to produce a scholarly historical commentary on it.

Curriculum Vitae

Academic education
since 10/2020

expansion subject: philosophy

10/2016 – 11/2024

Studies for teaching profession for secondary schools (German/history), First state examination, Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena

10/2022 – 09/2024

student full member in faculty council Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena, philosophy faculty

Praxiserfahrung/Gremientätigkeiten
10/2023 - 09/2024

Deputy Student Representative on the Faculty Council, Friedrich Schiller University of Jena, Faculty of Philosophy

10/2022 - 09/2023

student full member in the „Akademie für Lehrentwicklung“ (ALe), member of „AG Strategie“, Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena

04/2023 – 02/2024

tutor in ancient history (module: HIST 210), Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena, philosophical faculty

04/2022 – 03/2023

student assistent (professorship: ancient history), Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena, philosophical faculty

04/2021 – 02/2022

tutor in ancient history (module: HIST 210), Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena, philosophical faculty

10/2018 – 09/2022

student representative, Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena

Presentations

14.04.2025

„‚De malignitate Herodoti’ von Plutarch“

03.09.2025

„Aquila of Sinope and his translation of the Hebrew Bible into Greek - a short introduction“

08.12.2025

„Die Herodot-Rezeption innerhalb der griechisch-römischen Antike anhand von ausgewählten Beispielen“