

Prof. Dr. Ricardo Eichmann
E-mail: ricardo.eichmann@dainst.de
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Biography
Prof. Dr. Ricardo Eichmann was the director of the Orient Department of the German Archaeological Institute in Berlin between 1996-2021. Since 1998 he is co-editor of Studien zur Musikarchäologie (Studies in Music Archaeology). His research interests include music archaeology of the Near East and Egypt and building research in the Near East.
Project Abstract
Audible Temporality: How Time is Structured in—and through—Music
The project investigates the ways time is understood in antiquity by reconstructing music ensembles and conducting tests using modern reproductions and replicas of selected ancient musical instruments from different regions, based on their supposed sound structures and historic performance contexts.
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Curriculum vitae
Education
PhD (1984), Prehistory, Classical Archaeology and Egyptology, Heidelberg University.
Fellowships and Positions
1996−2021
Director and Professor at Deutsches Archäologisches Institut (German Archaeological Institute), Oriental Department, Berlin
2012−2017
Archaeological field work in the South of Qatar in cooperation with the Qatar Museums (QM), Doha
2009
Teaching at the Berlin University of the Arts on "Musical instruments from archaeological contexts"
2009
Honorary doctorate from Union of Arab Historians, Institute for Arabian History and Cultural Heritage, Baghdad
Since 2008
Excavations at Wuqro/Ethiopia in collaboration with Prof. Dr. Norbert Nebes (Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena), Dr. Pawel Wolf (Berlin) and Tigrai Commission for Tourism and Culture
2007−2019
Member of the Excellence Cluster Topoi, Berlin
Since 2004
Archaeological field work in cooperation with the Saudi Commission for Tourism and Antiquities (SCTA) at Tayma/Saudi Arabia
2003−2015
Teaching at Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena
Since 1998
Co-organizer of international Conferences on Music archaeology and co-editor of Studien zur Musikarchäologie (Studies in Music Archaeology)
1995−1996
Professor for Near Eastern Archaeology, Eberhard-Karls-University Tübingen
1989−1994
Researcher at Deutsches Archäologisches Instituts, Baghdad Department (Berlin)
1984−1989
Research assistant at Deutsches Archäologisches Institut, Baghdad department (Berlin)
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