| Oct. 2007 | Presentation of "Habilitation" (postdoctoral thesis) with the title: "Anthropomorphic Deities in Assyrian and Babylonian Art of the First Millennium B.C. - An iconographic-typological Analysis" at the Faculty of Humanities of Heidelberg University. |
| Dec. 1998 | Ph.D. Graduation (Dr. phil.) Doctoral thesis on "The older Ishtar-temples in Ashur - stratigraphy, architecture and small objects of an ancient oriental sanctuary from the 2nd half of the 3rd Millennium to the middle of the 2nd Millennium BC". |
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| 1994-1998 | Halle-Wittenberg University Dissertation research at the Department of Oriental Archaeology and Art. |
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| July 1994 | Master of Arts (M.A.) Major subject: Ancient Near Eastern Archaeology. Minor subjects: Ancient Oriental Languages, Classics.
Thesis: "The Representation of Tribute in Assyrian Art - A Study of Ideology and Propaganda within the Neo-Assyrian Empire". |
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| 1992-1994 | Saarbruecken University Study of Ancient Near Eastern Archaeology, Ancient Oriental Languages and Classics. |
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| 1989-1992 | Frankfurt University Study of Ancient Near Eastern Archaeology, Ancient Oriental Languages and Classics. |
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| 1988-1989 | Mainz University Study of Prehistoric Archaeology, Ancient History, and Classics. |
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