Franziska Lang
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Doctoral degree (1991), Free University of Berlin
Franziska Lang | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1959 (age 66–67) |
| Citizenship | German |
| Academic background | |
| Education | M.A. (1987), Free University of Berlin Doctoral degree (1991), Free University of Berlin |
| Thesis | Archaische Siedlungen in Griechenland. Struktur und Entwicklung (1991[1]) |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Classical archaeology |
| Institutions | Technische Universität Darmstadt |
Franziska Lang (born 1959) is a German classical archaeologist. She held the Chair of Classical Archaeology at the Technische Universität Darmstadt from 2005 until her retirement in 2025, and has served as the university's Vice President for Academic Careers since 2023.[2]
Lang received an M.A. from the Free University of Berlin in 1987 and a doctorate from the same institution in 1991, with a dissertation on archaic settlements in Greece.[1]
Career
After completing her doctorate, Lang worked as a research assistant at the Winckelmann-Institut of the Humboldt University of Berlin.[1] In 2005, she was appointed to the Chair of Classical Archaeology at the Technische Universität Darmstadt, succeeding Heiner Knell.[3]
Her research focuses on settlement archaeology and urban development in ancient Greece, particularly in Acarnania and the northwestern Peloponnese. She directed the interdisciplinary Plaghia Peninsula Survey in western Acarnania, together with Ernst-Ludwig Schwandner of the German Archaeological Institute and Peter Funke of the University of Münster.[4][5]
In 2023, the TU Darmstadt University Assembly elected Lang as Vice President for Academic Careers, a newly created position.[2] She has acted as patron of networking initiatives for female researchers and first-generation academics at the university.[6]
