Prof. Dr. Cornelia Horn
Cornelia Horn
Zur Person
Geboren 14.10.1968 in Hardheim, Bundesrepublik Deutschland
Verheiratet; Mutter von zwei Kinder
Wohnort: Berlin-Friedenau
Aktive Mitgliederin in der römisch-katholischen Gemeinde Sankt Konrad, Berlin-Schöneberg
Curriculum Vitae
Ausbildung
2011 Dr. phil. habil. (Sprachen und Kulturen des christlichen Orients; Eberhard-Karls Universität; Tübingen)
2001 Ph.D. (Early Christian Studies; Arts & Sciences; Catholic University of America [CUA]; Washington, DC, USA)
1998 – 1999 Lady Davis Fellow (vorortliche Forschung; The Hebrew University; Jerusalem, Israel)
1997 M.A. (Early Christian Studies; Arts & Sciences; CUA; Washington, DC, USA)
1993 – 1994 Postgraduierte Studien (Patristik und Theologie; Université de Fribourg; Fribourg, Schweiz)
1992 – 1993 Graduierte Studien (Sprachen des Nahostens, Koputerassistierte Textanalyse, Kirchengeschichte; Julius-Maximilian Universität; Würzburg)
1992 M.A. (Classics & Ancient Philosophy; University of Texas at Austin; Austin, TX, USA)
1991 Graduierte Studien (International Academy for Philosophy; Schaan, Liechtenstein)
1988 – 1991 B.A. (Klassische Studien, Theologie, Kunstgeschichte; Julius-Maximilian Universität; Würzburg)
Aktuelle Stellen
Seit Okt. 2019: Professorin für Sprachen und Kulturen des Christlichen Orients und der Byzantinischen Studien
Seit Okt. 2016: Lehrstuhlinhaberin und Leiterin des Seminars Christlicher Orient und Byzanz
Ehemalige Stellen
2014 – 2016 Heisenbergstipendiatin (Institut für Griechische und Lateinische Philologie, Freie Universität, Berlin)
2013 – 2014 Alexander-von-Humboldt-Stipendiatin (Theologische Fakultät, Humboldt Universität, Berlin)
Seit 2012 Forschungsstipendiatin (Institute for Christian Oriental Research, The Catholic University of America, Washington, DC, USA)
Seit 2011 Leitende Wissenschaftlerin (Philosophische Fakultät; Eberhard-Karls University; Tübingen, Germany)
2004 – 2012 Assistant Professor (Katholische Theologische Fakultät, Saint Louis University, Saint Louis, MO, USA)
2001 – 2004 Assistant Professor (Katholische Theologische Fakultät, University of St. Thomas, St. Paul, MN, USA)
2000 Lecturer (Katholische Theologische Fakultät; Georgetown University; Washington, DC, USA)
Stipendien und Preise
2014 – 2017 Heisenberg Fellowship (Freie Universität [FU]; Berlin, Germany)
2013 – 2014 Alexander von Humboldt Research Fellow (Humboldt University; Berlin, Germany)
2012 – 2013 National Endowment for the Humanities [NEH] Fellowship
2011 – 2014 American Council of Learned Societies Charles A. Ryskamp Fellowship
2008 Dumbarton Oaks [DO] / Harvard University Medieval Exchange Fellow
2007 – 2008 DO Fellowship (Harvard Research Center for Byzantine Studies; Washington, DC, USA)
2006 – 2007 American Council of Learned Societies / Social Sciences Research Council / National Endowment for the Humanities International and Areas Studies Fellowship
2004 Society of Biblical Literature Regional Scholar
1998 – 1999 Lady Davis Graduate Fellowship (The Hebrew University; Jerusalem, Israel)
1994 – 1999 Andrew W. Mellon Scholarship (and Fellowship) (CUA; Washington, DC, USA)
1993 – 1994 Postgraduate Scholarship (Federal Government of Switzerland and European Union; University of Fribourg; Fribourg, Switzerland)
Betreuung von Graduierten Studentinnen und Studenten und Postdoktorandinnen und Postdoktoranden
2014 – present 2 “Habilitation” Post-Docs, 4 PhD Students (Martin Luther University and University of Oslo)
2005 – 2012 13 PhD Students, 2 Master Students (Dept. of Theology; Saint Louis University; USA)
2014 External Evaluator of PhD thesis (Université de Strasbourg; Strasbourg, France)
2012 External Evaluator of PhD thesis (Macquarie University; Sidney, Australia)
2009 Referee for Postdoctoral Fellowship (Cambridge University; Cambridge, England)
Lehrtätigkeiten
2016 – present Full Professor (Dept. of Christian Oriental & Byzantine Studies; Oriental Institute; Social and Cultural Studies Faculty; Martin Luther University, Halle (Saale), Germany)
2004 – 2012 Assistant Professor (Dept. of Theology; Saint Louis University; Saint Louis, MO, USA)
2001 – 2004 Assistant Professor (Dept. of Theology; University of St. Thomas; St. Paul, MN, USA)
2000 Lecturer (Dept. of Theology; Georgetown University; Washington, DC, USA)
Organization von Wissenschaftlichen Gremien und Konferenzen
2014 – present Co-organizer and co-chair, “The Qur’an and the Biblical Tradition,” conference program unit of the International Qur’anic Studies Association (meetings in San Diego and Atlanta)
2013 – present Founder & Chair, “Bible & Syriac Studies in Context Section,” International Meetings of the Society of Biblical Literature [SBL] (meetings in St. Andrews, Vienna, and Buenos Aires)
2013 Organizer and Chair, Panel “The Christian Orient & the Islamic Near East” at the Annual Meeting of the American Oriental Society (Portland OR)
2011 – 2014 Steering Committee Member, “Bible and Qur’an Section,” Annual Meetings of SBL
2008 – 2017 Founder & Chair, “Syriac Literature and Interpretations of Sacred Texts” Annual Meetings of SBL (Atlanta, Baltimore, Chicago, New Orleans, San Antonio, San Diego, San Francisco)
Vertrauensaufträge
2015 – Editorial Board, series: Gender, Religion, and History (The Abelian Group)
2013 – Editorial Board, series: Eastern Mediterranean Texts and Contexts (The Abelian Group)
2013 – Member of the Advisory Board, journal: Scrinium: Journal of Patrology, Critical Hagiography and Ecclesiastical History (St. Petersburg, Russia)
2008 – 2010 Chief Financial Officer (CFO); eenovate Consulting, LLC
2008 – Board of Directors, Friends of SEERI (St. Ephrem Ecumenical Research Institute, India)
2007 – Scientific Evaluation of manuscripts for academic journals, including Comparative Islamic Studies, Arabic Archaeology and Epigraphy, and Church History
2002 – 2005 Chair of the Board of Directors, ICO: The Institute for the Christians of the Orient, NGO
2005 – Evaluator, NEH Research Fellowships, Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies
Mitgliedschaft Wissenschaftlicher Gesellschaften
2012 – North American Society for Christian Arabic Studies (NASCAS)
2010 – American Oriental Society (AOS)
2008 – Full Member, Association pour l’étude de la litterature apocryphe chrétienne (AELAC)
2004 – Association Internationale des Etudes Patristiques (AIEP/IAPS)
2000 – North American Patristics Society (NAPS)
1999 – American Academy of Religion (AAR) & Society of Biblical Literature (SBL)
Große Kooperationen
Reidar Aasgaard, “Childhood in Early Europe,” Faculty of Humanities, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
Karrierepausen
January 2006 to July 2006 Maternity Leave (birth of my daughter on January 18, 2006)
January 2009 to July 2009 Maternity Leave (birth of my son on February 24, 2009)
Publikationen
Bücher, inkl. Monographien - Auswahl
1) The Rabbula Corpus: Comprising the Life of Rabbula, His Correspondence, a Homily Delivered in Constantinople, Canons, and Hymns. Edition of the Syriac & Latin texts, English translation, and Introduction with notes. Co-authored with R. Phenix Jr. Writings from the Greco-Roman World [WGRW] 17. Atlanta: Society of Biblical Literature; and Leiden: Brill, 2017. Pp. 768.
2) The Chronicle of Pseudo-Zachariah Rhetor: Church and War in Late Antiquity. Edited by G. Greatrex. Translated from Syriac and Arabic sources by R. R. Phenix and C. B. Horn. Translated Texts for Historians 55. Liverpool: Liverpool University Press, 2011. Pp. 562.
3) Let the Little Children Come to Me”: Childhood and Children in Early Christianity. Co-authored with J. W. Martens. Washington, D.C.: The Catholic University of America Press, 2009. Pp. xiii + 438.
4) John Rufus: The Lives of Peter the Iberian, Theodosius of Jerusalem, and the Monk Romanus. Edited and Translated with an Introduction and Notes. Co-authored with R. Phenix Jr. WGRW 24. Atlanta: Society of Biblical Literature and E. J. Brill Publishers, 2008. Pp. xcii + 370.
5) Asceticism and Christological Controversy in Fifth-Century Palestine: The Career of Peter the Iberian. The Oxford Early Christian Studies series. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2006. Pp. 509.