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General Information

Full Name Wang Banban 王班班
Pronoun no pronoun / him / his
Date of Birth 17.01.1994
Languages Mandarin, English, German, French, Italian, Japanese
Contact banban.wang.peking[at]hotmail.com

Education

  • 2019 - 2023
    PhD
    Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, Seminar für Alte Geschichte und Epigraphik
    • »Epigrpahic Life of Monuments–Epigraphic Landscape and Material Text Culture in Hellenistic Delphi« (working title).
    • Greek Epigraphy and its Materiality in the sanctuary of Delphi, 346–27 BCE.
    • Supervised by
      • Prof.Dr. Kai Trampedach.
      • Dr. Anna Sitz.
  • 2017 - 2019
    MA Research
    Universiteit Leiden, Institute for History
    • cum laude.
    • Ancient History, with a focus on epigraphy and numismatics
  • 2012 - 2016
    BA History
    Peking University, Yuanpei College/Dept. of History
    • World History + Chinese History.
    • BA Thesis on Early Greek Christianity.
    • with a special focus on historical theory.

Experience

  • 2019 - 2023
    Research associate
    Collaborative Research Centre 933 'Material Text Culture'
    • Working on the presence of texts in Greek sanctuaries.
    • Collaboration in the 'Theme field'
    • Herrschaft und Verwaltung (Rulership and Administration)
      • collective writing of a chapter in the Abschlussband
  • 2014 - 2015
    Teaching and administration assistance
    Peking University

Projects

  • 2022-now
    Attic Inscriptions in Delphi
    • Collaborations with Attic Inscriptions Online on Attic texts in Delphi. I work on inscriptions for the second Pythaïs (128/7 BCE).

Teaching

  • Summer 2022
    Korrespondenz zwischen Königen und Städten, Texte und Materialität
    Seminar für Alte Geschichte und Epigraphik, Uni-Heidelberg
    • BA-1/2 Reading course (Quellenübung).
  • Summer 2022
    Griechische Bundesstaaten
    Seminar für Alte Geschichte und Epigraphik, Uni-Heidelberg
    • BA-3 Research seminar

Academic Interests

  • Greek epigraphy
    • Material aspects of inscriptions
    • Hellenistic and Late Antiquity
    • Digital epigraphy
  • Social history
    • Greek slavery
    • Foreigners in ancient cities
  • Reception history
    • Graeco-Roman antiquity and colonialism
    • Comparative history
  • Historical theory and philosophy of history
    • Historical representation
    • Narrative and historicity

Societal Interests

  • Anti-racism
    • against racism in academic sphere
    • help in tackling anti-Asian racism
    • allyship
  • Critical masculinity
    • intersectionality