GÜNTER PRINZING
Byzantine studies scholar
Hamburg, 24 September 1943

Foreign member

Department of Historical Sciences

 

Membership of SASA
Foreign member since 4 November 2021

Education
University of Hamburg (1963), University of Vienna (1963–1964), University of Lyon (1964–1965), University of Munich (1965–1969), Byzantine Studies, Slavonic studies and history of eastern and south-eastern Europe, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, PhD (1971); University of Münster, habilitation (1980);

Career
Ruhr University Bochum, Department of Historical Studies, assistant (1971–1975); University of Münster, assistant (1976-1982), associate professor (1982-1986); Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Department of Byzantine Studies, professor (1986–2009), professor emeritus (2009–)

Membership of editorial boards
Mainzer Veröffentlichungen zur Byzantinistik, editor of the series (1994–2017), co-editor (2017–); Südost-Forschungen, co-editor (1998–)

Membership of specialist associations
Southeast Europe Association (SOG, München), head of the Mainz branch (1999–2009); German Association of Byzantine Studies Scholars, president (2001–2011); Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences, project leader The Prosopography of Middle-Byzantine Period (2007–2012)

Awards and recognitions
Bronze medal Zasłużony Kulturzy Gloria Artis, Poland (2007);
Bronze medal for merits of the Adam Mickiewicz University  in Poznań, Poland (2017)