Academic Education | |
2016 | Doctorate (Dr. Phil.) at the Ludwig-Maximilians University, Munich, title of dissertation "Production, Distribution and Significance of Glass in Iron Age Mesopotamia. An Archaeological – Philological – Archaeometrical Approach" |
2013 - 2016 | Doctoral studies as research assistant at the Graduate School "Distant Worlds" at the Ludwig-Maximilians University, Munich and visiting researcher for one term at the University College London |
2012 | Magister Artium in Near Eastern Archaeology at the Ludwig-Maximilians University, Munich with the thesis: „Glasierte Gefäße in Obermesopotamien unter besonderer Berücksichtigung neuassyrischer Beispiele“ |
2007 - 2012 | Studies in Near Eastern Archaeology (major), Near Eastern Languages and Prehistoric Archaeology (minors) at the Ludwig Maximilian University, Munich and the Université Paris1 Panthéon Sorbonne, Paris |
Work Experience | |
since 2023 | Professor for Biblical Archaeology/ Archaeology of the Southern Levant at the University of Münster |
since 11/2020 | Habilitation: Ammonite Sculpture |
2022 - 2023 | Director of the Albright Institute for Archaeological Research (AIAR) in Jerusalem |
2020 - 2022 | Cultural Heritage Project "Livelihood Support through Cultural Heritage Development. Creating decent jobs through employment-intensive cultural heritage conservation methods in the northern districts of Jordan and Iraq" in cooperation with UNESCO and the International Labour Organisation (ILO), supported by the EU MADAD Fund: Management of the Gadara/ Tall Zarʿa component. |
2018 - 2022 | Excavation director of the excavations at Tall Zar‛a, Jordan, by the GPIA Amman, funded by the German Archaeological Institute. |
2016 - 2022 | Director of the German Protestant Institute for Archaeology of the Holy Land (DEIAHL) in Amman |
2016 - 2022 | Administration of the DOJAM project "Documentation of Objects in Jordanian Archaeological Museums" |
2019 - 2021 | Seminars at the Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster (Vorderasiatische Archäologie) |
2018 - 2019 | Organisation and coordination of the special exhibition "Tall Zirā‛a - Mirror of Jordan's History" at the Jordan National Museum, Amman, funded by the Federal Foreign Office, Regula Pestalozzi Foundation |
2016 - 2017 | Excavation project "Eastern Badia Archaeological Project", Jordan, with a focus on the Late Neolithic period: trench supervisor (Directors: Prof. Y. M. Rowan, Oriental Institute Chicago, Prof. G. Rollefson, Whitman College) |
2013 - 2016 | Research assistant at the Graduate School "Distant Worlds" at the Ludwig-Maximilians University, Munich (PhD) |
2012 - 2015 | Excavation project Dülük Baba Tepesi (Doliche) of the Asia Minor Forschungsstelle in Münster: Specialist for Iron Age pottery (Director: Prof. E. Winter) |
2008 - 2010 | Excavation project Tell Halaf, Syria: from 2009, area supervisor in the area of the Neo-Assyrian north-eastern palace (Directors: Dr. L. Martin, Prof. M. Novák) |
2008 - 2009 | Excavation project Sirkeli Höyük, Turkey: field supervisor (Director: Prof. M. Novák) |
Functions and Memberships | |
since 2023 | Member, Editorial board, Journal of Eastern Mediterranean Archaeology and Heritage Studies (JEMAHS) |
since 2021 | Member of the Board, International Relations, German Society for the Exploration of Palestine (DPV) |
since 2019 | Mitglied, Freundeskreis der Asia Minor Forschungsstelle |
since 2013 | Member, Deutsche Orient-Gesellschaft (DOG) |
since 2013 | Mitglied, Deutscher Archäologen- Verband e.V. (dArV) |
al Khasawneh, S., Schmidt, K., Murray, A. (2023) In: Archaeometry, 65(5) Type of Publication: Research article (journal) | |
Schmidt, K. (2023) In: Irving Finkel, J.A. Fraser, St John Simpson (eds.), ‘To Aleppo gone …’: Essays in honour of Jonathan N. Tubb. Oxford: Archaeopress. Type of Publication: Research article (book contribution) | |
Schmidt, K. (2023) In: Soenecken, K.; Leiverkus, P.; Zimni, J.; Schmidt, K. (eds.), Durch die Zeiten – Through the ages. Festschrift für Dieter Vieweger. Essays in honor of Dieter Vieweger. Norderstedt: Gütersloher Verlagshaus. Type of Publication: Research article (book contribution) | |
Schmidt, K. (2023) In: S. Kerner/ H. Hayajneh/ O. al-Ghul (eds.), Excavations, Surveys, Heritage. Essays on southwest Asian archaeology. In honour of Zeidan Kafafi, 249–271.. Münster: Zaphon Verlag. Type of Publication: Research article (book contribution) | |
K. Schmidt (2023) In: Biblical Archaeology Review, 49(4) Type of Publication: Review article (journal) |
Duration: since 01/01/2024 | 1st Funding period Funded by: DFG - Cluster of Excellence Type of project: Subproject in DFG-joint project hosted at University of Münster | |
Amman Archaeological Project (ammap) Duration: since 01/11/2023 Type of project: Own resources project | |
Roads to Mansur (RMP) Duration: 01/01/2022 - 31/12/2023 Type of project: Project carried out outside the University of Münster | |
Duration: 01/12/2020 - 30/01/2022 Type of project: Project carried out outside the University of Münster | |
Duration: 01/01/2018 - 01/01/2022 Type of project: Project carried out outside the University of Münster |