Felix Michler

2023-: University Assistant (PraeDoc) at the Chair for Roman History and Latin Epigraphy at the University of Vienna
Dissertation project: Gradus dignitatis. Entwicklung, Repräsentation und Ideologie des Rangsystems der römischen Reichselite (2.-4. Jh.) [working title]

2017-2023: Studies in Ancient History (BA, MA), Linguistics (BA), Classical Philology and Philosophy at the University of Vienna. Student Research Assistant (2021-2022) and Teaching Assistant (2022-2023). Master's thesis on the emperor's consulship ("Kaiserkonsulat") in the early principate

2016-2017: Auslandsdienst (as alternative for military service) in Jerusalem

Research Interests

• Social History and Political Culture (Principate & Late Antiquity)
• History of Mentalities
• Latin Epigraphy & Documentary Papyrology (esp. Petitions & Private Letters)
• Reception Studies (Humanism, History of Classical Education & Scholarship)

Functions

Scientific:
2024-: Journal TYCHE - Beiträge zur Alten Geschichte, Papyrologie und Epigraphik (member of the editorial team)
2023-: Lecture Series FORVM ANTIKE (member of the organisational team)

Administrative:
2024-: Deputy at the Faculty Conference of the Faculty of Historical and Cultural Studies
2024-: Representative at the Studies Conference for Classical Studies