香港六合彩

David Wengrow听has been named the 2023 Albertus Magnus Professor at the University of Cologne, one of the university鈥檚 highest academic honours, for his work on comparative archaeology around the world.

To mark his receipt of the Albertus Magnus Professorship, .

His first lecture is entitled 鈥楰airos: Human Prehistory in the Eye of the Storm鈥� while his second lecture will be 鈥極n the Origins of 鈥淭he Origins of Inequality鈥� (Analysis of a Contemporary Myth)鈥�.

According to the University of Cologne:

鈥�Professor Wengrow is one of the leading exponents of 鈥榃orld Archaeology鈥� and investigates the history of humanity and the understanding of human culture in innovative ways.鈥�

The Albertus Magnus professorship was founded in 2005 and named in honour of the medieval polymath Albertus Magnus, who is considered one of the spiritual fathers of the University of Cologne, founded in 1388.

David joins illustrious previous recipients of the professorship, including听renowned scientists and researchers听Jean-Luc Nancy, Giorgio Agamben, Noam Chomsky, Martha Nussbaum, John Searle, Judith Butler and Eva Illouz.听

David is co-author (with the late David Graeber) of the best-selling book The Dawn of Everything: A New History of Humanity. Recently he co-curated an exhibition for the Venice Architecture Biennale about the remains of a 6,000-year-old city in Ukraine and was also invited to听give the SAGE Lecture 2023 at the University of California, Santa Barbara.

David indicated:

鈥�It is a great honour for my work to be recognised in this way. Joining this prestigious list of academics means a huge amount to me, and I look forward to being able to use this position to further demonstrate the importance of archaeology for the historical and social sciences.鈥�

Read more

• 香港六合彩 News