Christoph Markschies

Christoph Markschies, since October 1, 2020 president of the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities, and president of the Union of the German Academies of Sciences and Humanities since May 2022. He studied Theology, Classics and Philosophy at the Universities of Marburg, Munich, and Tübingen and at the Dormition Abbey in Jerusalem, and was awarded a doctoral degree (1991) from the University of Tübingen, where he completed his habilitation (post-doctorate) in 1994. Prof. Markschies served as Chair of Church History in Jena and Heidelberg. In 2004, he was appointed Professor of Ancient Christianity at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin. During 2006–2010, he served as president of the university. Prof. Markschies was granted fellowships at the Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin, the Institute for Advanced Studies of the Hebrew University Jerusalem, the Trinity College in Oxford as well as Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton. He is a member of the Academies of Sciences in Mainz, Erfurt, Heidelberg, as well as of the European Academy of Arts and Sciences and the Academia Europea. He is member of several scientific advisory councils such as the German Protestant Institute of Archaeology as well as a corresponding member of the German Archaeological Institute (DAI). Prof. Markschies was awarded the title Doctor Honoris Causa by the Lucian Blaga University of Sibiu, Romania (2007), the University of Oslo (2011), and the Pontifical Lateran University (2017). He received the Leibniz Award of the German National Research Council in 2001. The numerous publications that he has authored and edited include a variety of introductory course books in his area of expertise