Stefan Krmnicek
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Stefan Krmnicek is a scholar at the University of Tübingen and director of the Numismatische Arbeitsstelle specializing in the cultural history of money and coinage, particularly in relation to archaeology, numismatics, anthropology, and sociology.[1] He also contributes to the digital humanities through his archaeogaming and virtual reality projects.[2]
Biography
[edit]Krmnicek studied in Vienna, Padova, Frankfurt and Cambridge and obtained his PhD under the supervision of Hans-Markus von Kaenel . His doctoral research examined the coin finds from the Iron Age and Roman transitional period at the Magdalensberg site in Noricum.[3] Following his doctorate, he held a postdoctoral research position at the School of Archaeology and Ancient History at the University of Leicester[4] before joining the University of Tübingen.
Select books
[edit]- 2023 - Römische Archäologie in Deutschland. Positionsbestimmung und Perspektiven. Heidelberg: Propylaeum-DOK, 7-26. (ed. with D. Maschek)
- 2023 - Institutions and Individuals. The Numismatic World in the Long Nineteenth Century, Volume 2. Routledge Studies in Cultural History 127. London: Routledge. (ed. with Hadrien J. Rambach)
- 2023 - Academia and Trade. The Numismatic World in the Long Nineteenth Century, Volume 1. Routledge Studies in Cultural History 126. London: Routledge. (ed. with Hadrien J. Rambach)
- 2020 - The Oxford Handbook of the Archaeology of Roman Germany. Oxford: Oxford University Press (with S. James)
- 2019 – (ed.) A Cultural History of Money in Antiquity (paperpack edition 2023); Chinese edition: 货币文化史I 希腊罗马时期.钱币的诞生与权力象征, Shanghai: Wenhui Publishing House (2022).[5]
- 2019 - Money Matters : Coin Finds and Ancient Coin Use. Bonn : Verlag Dr. Rudolph Habelt GmbH (ed. with Jérémie Chameroy)
- 2017 – (ed.) Theodor Mommsen (1817-1903) auf Medaillen und Plaketten. Sammlung des Instituts für Klassische Archäologie der Universität Tübingen. Von Krösus bis zu König Wilhelm, Neue Serie 2. Tübingen: Universitätsbibliothek Tübingen.
- 2014 - 'Art in the Round': New Approaches to Ancient Coin Iconography. Tübinger Archäologische Forschungen 16. Rahden/Westf.: Marie Leidorf (ed. with N.T. Elkins)[6]
References
[edit]- ^ "Krmnicek, Stefan". new.coinsweekly.com. Retrieved 29 January 2025.
- ^ "Temple Tax & Doves VR". eisclimber.itch.io/temple-tax-and-doves. Retrieved 5 February 2025.
- ^ Krmnicek, S. 2010. Münze und Geld im frührömischen Ostalpenraum: Studien zum Münzumlauf und zur Funktion von Münzgeld anhand der Funde und Befunde vom Magdalensberg. Archäologische Forschungen zu den Grabungen auf dem Magdalensberg 17. Klagenfurt: Verlag des Landesmuseums Kärnten.
- ^ Haselgrove, C. and Krmnicek, S. 2013. The archaeology of money. Annual Review of Anthropology 41: 235-250. https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-anthro-092611-145716
- ^ "A CULTURAL HISTORY OF MONEY IN ANTIQUITY. Edited by StefanKrmnicek. London and New York: Bloomsbury Academic, 2019. Pp. i-xiv + 198. Hardcover, $130.05". Religious Studies Review. 48 (1): 116. March 2022. doi:10.1111/rsr.15625. ISSN 0319-485X.
- ^ Suspène, Arnaud (2017). "Nathan T. Elkins, Stefan Krmnicek (eds.), "Art in the Round". New approaches to Ancient Coin Iconography, Tübinger Archäologische Forschungen 16, Verlag Marie Leidorf Gwbh, Rahden, 2014". Revue numismatique: 409–411.