Welcome to the Münster School of Ancient Cultures!

The Münster School of Ancient Cultures (MSAC) is an interdisciplinary graduate school founded in December 2020 at Münster University. It unites the numerous subjects and disciplines of ancient studies at Münster University.

The aim of the MSAC is to provide the best possible support and guidance for doctoral students during the realization of their doctoral projects.
From the beginning of the doctoral phase and in close exchange between the doctoral students and their supervisors, the MSAC aims to offer a thematically, theoretically and methodologically open ideal platform for the most diverse research projects from the named subjects and disciplines. At the same time, the MSAC wants to promote the exchange with peers and more advanced scientists through appropriate interdisciplinary and international formats, events and coaching, as well as facilitate the establishment of international research networks.

Whether you are visiting the MSAC site as a student, faculty member, or otherwise interested, you are welcome! Have a look around and feel free to contact us.

 

NEWS I November 2026

Philip Ebeling Receives the Helga Weippert Prize

Philip Ebeling, graduate of the MSAC, has been awarded the Helga Weippert Prize at this year’s conference of the German Society for the Study of Palestine (DPV), held in Münster.
He received the award in recognition of his doctoral dissertation, completed in May 2026, entitled “The Northern Cemetery of Scythopolis and the Funerary Culture of the Ancient Hellenistic, Roman and Byzantine Harod Valley.”
Our warmest congratulations on this outstanding achievement!

Conference book "Bridges in the Ancient Mediterranean" erscheint.
© 2025 Brill Schöningh; Einbandgestaltung: Evelyn Ziegler, München

The conference book "Bridges in the Ancient Mediterranean", written by the MSAC-Fellow-Workshop "Bridges in Antiquity" (Jul 2022) will be published on February 10th, 2024 as Bd. 26 from the series "Mittelmeerstudien", which is edited i. a. by board member Prof. Dr. Achim Lichtenberger. Congratulations to our fellows Anna Falke and Florian Neitmann for an amazing workshop and for publishing the volume!