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Deutsches Schifffahrtsmuseum
Hans-Scharoun-Platz 1
D-27568 Bremerhaven
Current position
Managing Director of the DSM, jointly appointed as Professor of Maritime History and Maritime Archaeology at the University of Bremen
Field of research
Maritime archaeology in public; shipwrecks and the environment in the 20th/21st century
Discipline
Pre- and Early History with focus on Maritime Archaeology, Archaeological Research Diver
Since 2013 | Managing Director of the DSM, Professor of Shipping History and Maritime Archaeology at the University of Bremen, Lecturer at the Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg (Master's Degree in Exhibition and Design) |
2012–2013 | Project responsibility "Settlement and cultural history of the Lower Saxony Wadden Sea area", Lower Saxony Institute for Historical Coastal Research, Wilhelmshaven |
2012 | Excavation management, ship documentation, project Fehmarn Belt, subproject II, Archaeological State Office Schleswig-Holstein |
2006–2012 | Scientific assistant/teaching in the field of wetland and underwater archaeology, Institute of Prehistory and Early History, Christian-Albrechts-University Kiel |
2006–2012 | Habilitation at the Institute for Pre- and Early History, Christian-Albrechts-University Kiel; title of the habilitation thesis: The Early Phase of Urbanization on the Southern Baltic Sea Coast in Early Medieval Times |
2004–2006 | Scientific traineeship, State Office for Monument Preservation Baden-Württemberg |
2004 | Research Assistant, Tissø Project, National Museum Copenhagen |
2000–2004 | Doctorate in Pre- and Early History at the Christian-Albrechts-University of Kiel; title of doctoral thesis: The press model find from the port of Haithabu |
2003 | Excavation management, wreck salvage off Dranske, Rügen, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern State Office for the Preservation of Archaeological Monuments |
2000–2003 | Scientific assistant/teaching in the field of the Viking Age, Institute for Pre- and Early History, Christian-Albrechts-University Kiel |
2000 | Excavation management, renaturation project on the Recknitz river, State Office for the Preservation of Archaeological Monuments Mecklenburg-Vorpommern |
1994–2000 | Studies at the Christian-Albrechts-University of Kiel (degree Magister), main subject: Pre- and Early History, minor subjects: Classical Archaeology and History of Art; Title of the Magisterabeit: Brooches and Pendants of the Terslev Type |
Within the framework of the "Joint Appointment", the function of the Executive Director of the German Maritime Museum/Leibniz Institute of Maritime History is accompanied by the cooperative professorship in the fields of maritime history and maritime archaeology. As one of more than 40 cooperative professorships within the framework of the "University Bremen Research Alliance" (UBRA), it is a sign of scientific cooperation and institutional integration between the University of Bremen and the non-university research institutions in Bremen as a centre of science.
Kleingärtner, Sunhild
Die frühe Phase der Urbanisierung an der südlichen Ostseekünste im ersten nachchristlichen Jahrhundert
Studien zur Archäologie des Ostseeraumes 13
Neumünster 2014
Kleingärtner, Sunhild; Newfield, Timothy; Rossignol, Sébastien and Wehner, Donat (Eds.)
Landscapes and Societies in Medieval Europe East of the Elbe. Interactions between Environmental Settings and Cultural Transformations
Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies
Toronto 2013
Kleingärtner, Sunhild and Zeilinger, Gabriel (Eds.)
Raumbildung durch Netzwerke? Der Ostseeraum zwischen Wikingerzeit und Spätmittelalter aus archäologischer und geschichtswissenschaftlicher Perspektive.
Beiträge des am 28. und 29. Oktober 2010 in Kiel veranstalteten wissenschaftlichen Workshops.
Zeitschr. Arch. Mittelalter Suppl. 23
Bonn 2012
Kleingärtner, Sunhild; Ludowici, Babette; Jöns, Hauke; Scheschkewitz, Jonathan; Hardt, Matthias (Eds.)
Trade and Communication Networks of the First Millennium AD in the northern part of Central Europe.
Neue Studien zur Sachsenforschung 1
Stuttgart 2010
Kleingärtner, Sunhild
Education in Wetland and Underwater Archaeology at the University of Kiel,
in: A. Pydyn; J. Flatman (Eds.), Collaboration, Communication and Involvement: Maritime Archaeology and Education in the 21th Century
Toruń 2008, p. 115–124
Participation in the advisory board of the German Historical Museum "Europe and the Sea" (2016-2018)
Participation in the expert council of the Neues Museum Berlin "The Vikings" (2011-2013)
2010 DAAD Travel Grant Stocksholm
Institut Museumsforschung der Staatlichen Museen zu Berlin - Preußischer Kulturbesitz (Deputy Spokesperson of the Scientific Commission)Deutsches Museum München (Member of the Board of Trustees
Section A of the Leibniz Association (spokesperson)
German Oceanographic Museum Stralsund (Scientific Advisory Board Member)
Stiftung Deutsches Technikmuseum Berlin (deputy member of the foundation board)
Northwest Marine Research Association (member of the board)
German Commission for UNESCO, Expert Committee on Culture (Member)
Underwater Archaeology Commission of the Association of State Archaeologists in Germany (Member)
Marsh Council (Member of the Advisory Board)Nautical Association Bremerhaven e.V. (Member of the Advisory Board)
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Deutsches Schifffahrtsmuseum
Hans-Scharoun-Platz 1
D-27568 Bremerhaven
