Curriculum Vitae Prof. Dr. Rita Gautschy

birth: Mai 9th, 1973 in Bad Ischl, Austria
citizenship: Austria and Switzerland

Qualification

2024: Professor of Classical and Ancient Studies and Digital Humanities
2016: Habilitation in Physics, University of Basel (venia docendi: History of Science)
2014: Habilitation in Classical and Ancient Studies, University of Basel (venia docendi: Classical and Ancient Studies with special consideration of the History of Science)
2006: Master in Classical Archaeology, University of Basel
2001: PhD in Astronomy, University of Vienna
1997: Master in Astronomy, University of Vienna

Further education

2013–2014: Trainings in leadership practice
2011–2013: University didactics (Award: „Supporting Learning“, accredited by Staff and Educational Development Association (SEDA))
2011: Project management

Professional experience

University of Basel (since 10.2008)

Professor: Professor of Classical and Ancient Studies and Digital Humanities (since 04.2024)
https://daw.philhist.unibas.ch/de/personen/rita-gautschy/

Director: Swiss National Data and Service Center for the Humanities (since 07.2022)
https://www.dasch.swiss/our-team

University lecturer: Lecturer for Classical and Ancient Studies and History of Science (09.2014–04.2024)
https://daw.philhist.unibas.ch/de/personen/rita-gautschy/

Administrative collaborator: Swiss National Data and Service Center for the Humanities (08.2019–06.2022)
https://www.dasch.swiss/our-team

Scientific collaborator: project Digital Lexicon Iconographicum Mythologiae Classicae Projekt (Digital LIMC) (03.2015–12.2020)
Department of Classical and Ancient Studies, Classical Archaeology

Assistant at the Faculty of Law: (09.2014–12.2015)

Scientific collaborator: Department of Classical and Ancient Studies, Egyptology (10.2008–12.2014)

• Lunar dates and eclipses: technical chronology and its application to historical sciences (10.2008 – 9.2010)
• Astronomische Chronologie des östlichen Mittelmeerraumes und Mesopotamiens im 2. und 1. Jt. v. Chr. (4.2012–3.2012; project R-134/10)
• Chronologie Ägyptens und Mesopotamiens im 2. Jt. v. Chr. (4.2012–7.2013; project R-122/11)
• Astronomische Chronologie der Dritten Zwischenzeit in Ägypten (8.2013–12.2014)

University of Vienna (03.1996-03.2001)

Scientific collaborator at the Institute for Astronomy: (03.1996–03.2001)

Prize/Award

2012: Cogito foundation, Cogito prize 2012

Activities

• President of the European Society for Astronomy in Culture (since 2023)
• Vice-president of Bernoulli-Euler Society (since 2020)
• Secretary of the European Society for Astronomy in Culture (2020–2023)
• Vice-president of Basler Forum für Ägyptologie (2015–2023)
• Member of the European Association of Archaeologists
• Member of the Schweizerischen Gesellschaft für Orientalische Altertumswissenschaft
• Member of the DFG-network CHRONOS: Soziale Zeit in den Kulturen des Altertums
• Member of the Commission for the History of Ancient and Medieval Astronomy
• Member of the International Astronomical Union
• Member of the Swiss Society for Astronomy and Astrophysics
• Member of the Austrian Society for Astronomy and Astrophysics

Publications

See https://unibas.academia.edu/RitaGautschy