Thomas L. Gertzen

Thomas Gertzen studied Egyptology (major), Assyriology and Greco-Roman Archaeology at the universities of Muenster, Oxford and Berlin (FU). His MA-thesis dealt with the "Methods and Aims of W. M. Flinders Petrie". In 2013 he obtained a PhD in History of Science at the Humboldt University, Berlin. His thesis being entitled "École de Berlin und Goldenes Zeitalter (1882-1914) der Ägyptologie als Wissenschaft. Das Lehrer-Schüler-Verhältnis zwischen Ebers, Erman und Sethe".

In various different projects he conducted research into the history of (Ancient) Oriental Studies, in particular Egyptology. He also edited archival material, such as travel diaries, published on the reception of the Orient and gave courses at Free and Humboldt University Berlin.