Diana Beuster
Education
- 1993 - 2000 Studies of Ancient History and Classical Archeology at the University of Leipzig/Germany
- 1996 - 1997 Studies of Ancient history, Classical Archeology and Modern Greek language at the Aristoteles University of Thessaloniki/Greece
- 2003 - 2006 Additional studies in German as a Foreign Language at the Martin-Luther-University of Halle/Germany
Academic Interests
- Ancient Coinage
- Greek and Roman archaeology
- Julio-Claudian dynasty
Courses tought
- Tutorial for the lecture Introduction to Ancient History
- Tutorial for the lecture Introduction to Ancient History
- Tutorial to the courses Alexander III. and Rulers of the Late Roman Republic
- Exercise The women of the Julio-Claudian Dynasty
- Exercise The social and political position of the Roman women in the 1.century BC
- Exercise An introduction to Ancient History
- Seminar The Emperor Tiberius
- Seminar The Peloponnesian war
- Seminar The Emperor Septimius Severus
- Seminar Early Rome
Awards and Scholarships
- Summer 1996, Socrates scholarship for Modern Greek language course at the University of Athens/Greece
- 1996 - 1997, Erasmus scholarship at the Aristoteles University of Thessaloniki/Greece
Professional Classics experience
- 1994 - 1997, Participation in excavations for the Office of Federal Care of Monuments Saxony and Bavaria/Germany
- 1998 - 2003, Scientific Assistant at the Chair of Ancient History at the University of Leipzig/Germany
- 2001 - 2003, Member of the research project Women in Early Christianity of the Cultural Ministry Saxony/Germany
- 2002, Database production for the pieces of the Art Collections Dresden for the Office of Federal Monument Archaeology and the National Office for Pre- and Early History in Dresden/Germany
- 2005 - 2006, Numismatist in the Coin & Auction House Leipziger Münzhandlung und Auktion Höhn in Leipzig
Papers presented
- June 2003, paper Gender roles in interdisciplinary discourse - Roman women in myth and history at the University of Leipzig/Germany
- February 2007, paper Clades Variana – battle for freedom? At the Graduate Student conference of the University of Ann Arbor/Michigan
- November 2007, Lilly Competition at the FA Museum IU Bloomington, paper A Roman Bronze coin and its historical background
