Frank Schad M.A.

Vita

summer term 2026

Exercise class: "Replicas of late antique riverboat types experimentally tested on the Naab and Danube rivers"

Exercise class: "Professions for Scholars of Antiquity"

Temporary reduction in teaching duties for the provisional administration of financial and HR matters at navis lusoria.

winter term 2025/26

Proseminar "The Roman Empire during the 1st and 2nd Century CE – Parallel Course 1"

Proseminar "The Roman Empire during the 1st and 2nd Century CE – Parallel Course 2"

Exercise class: "Maintenance techniques of Roman military units in Central Europe. Block course on experimental archaeology" (together with Dr. Heinrich Konen)

Preparatory Cource: "An Introduction to Academic Methods of Historiography - Parallel Cource 1"

Preparatory Cource: "An Introduction to Academic Methods of Historiography - Parallel Cource 2"

summer term 2025

Exercise class: "Roman and Germanic river (war) vessels in experimental archaeological comparison"

Exercise class: "Professions for Scholars of Antiquity"

winter term 2024/25

Proseminar: "From Pistoria to Actium: The Work and Turmoil of the Last Generation of the Roman Republic"

Exercise Class: "Working techniques of Roman wood and metal craftsmanship. Block course on experimental archaeology" (together wirth Dr. Heinrich Konen)

Preparatory Cource: "An Introduction to Academic Methods of Historiography - Parallel Cource 1"

Preparatory Cource: "An Introduction to Academic Methods of Historiography - Parallel Cource 2"

summer term 2024

Exercise Class: "Experimental Archaeological Trials of Late Antique River (War)Ships on the Danube and Naab"

Exercise class: "Professions for Scholars of Antiquity"

Preparatory Cource: "An Introduction to Academic Methods of Historiography"

winter term 2023/2024

Exercise Class: "Roman Working Techniques in Wood and Metal Crafts. Block Cource on Experimental Archaeology"

Preparatory Cource: "An Introduction to Academic Methods of Historiography

summer term 2023

Proseminar: "The Age of the Antonine and Severan Dynasties"

Exercise class: "Experimental Archaeological Tests on the Rhaetian Danube Limes" (together with Dr. Heinrich Konen)

Exercise class: "Professions for Scholars of Antiquity"

Preparatory Cource: "An Introduction to Academic Methods of Historiography"

winter term 2022/2023

Proseminar: "Gender, Roles, Expectations within the Roman Sphere"

Exercise Class: "Practical Work with Materials of Ancient Shipbuilding" (together with Dr. Heinrich Konen)

Preparatory Cource: "An Introduction to Academic Methods of Historiography"

summer term 2022

Exercise Class: "The Epitoma rei militaris by Vegetius"

Exercise Class: "Experimental archaeological practice of late antique river vessels" (together with Dr. Heinrich Konen)

summer term 2018 - winter term 2021/2022

Student collaboration in an instructional role in Dr Heinrich Konen's experimental archaeological exercises on the navis lusoria Regina.

Research Interests

• Roman Gender History
• Roman Social History
• Roman Economic History
• History of the Danube Limes

Unveiling the Unspoken: Queer Minorities (with)in Roman Society?

Gender constructs and gender roles are dependent on space, society and culture, and are subject to constant change. Non-binary individuals have been documented throughout almost all periods and regions of human history. At the same time, however, most of the definitions covered by the modern term LGBTQI* are difficult (or impossible?) to apply to social groups or individuals in Roman society due to the significant differences between the Roman and contemporary Western views of gender. In contrast, the term “queer”, which refers to gender or sexual deviance from a contemporary norm, could well be used for the scientific description of people who lived in the Roman Empire. In my PhD project, I examine whether various groups or individuals in Roman society can be described as queer in relation to Roman social gender concepts and norms, based on the cult of Attis.

A brief summary of the project is available on request.